AHP2 Senior Occupational Therapist
3 weeks ago
Department for Education
Job reference: 649081
Location: 5070 - FELIXSTOW
Job status: Ongoing
Eligibility: Open to Everyone
Why work with us:
Every child and young person deserves a great education. We have a strategy that aims to unlock every child's potential now and into the future, one that in partnership with learners, students, parents, and the wider South Australian community will build a world-leading public education system. One that is equitable and prioritises learning and wellbeing. Together we will make our education system the best it can be. When our children and young people thrive, so do our communities and our state.
About the Role:
Children's Centres for Early childhood Development and Parenting provide a statewide network of integrated health, family support, education, and care services hubs to families with young children with a focus on the first 1000 days of life. This initiative plays a key approach in enhancing early childhood development outcomes. The Children's Centre Occupational Therapy and Speech Pathology program, delivered through Student Support Services, provides both universal and targeted support to families with young children to promote children's development, responsive caregiving, and ameliorate developmental difficulties and reduce impacts of disadvantage. This is achieved through collaborating with families and children's centre's colleagues to provide a broad range of professional, direct, and indirect services at the individual, group, and whole site level.
As a key member of the interdisciplinary team, the Senior Occupational Therapist contributes to clinical governance, provides supervision, and offers professional support and development to Occupational Therapists working in Children's Centres and Student Support Services across the state. The Senior Occupational Therapist works closely with the AHP2 Occupational Therapists, Children's Centres Leaders, and the Senior Speech Pathologist to ensure the delivery of quality high-quality integrated services to support family functioning and improve child development.
The Senior Occupational Therapist is responsible for professional practice and service delivery standards specific to occupational therapy in Children's Centres, providing discipline-specific knowledge for the implementation, development, and evaluation of occupational therapy services within Children's Centres.
Reporting to Statewide Services Operations Manager, the position is supervised by the Principal Occupational Therapist. The Senior Occupational Therapist will connect with other Occupational Therapists routinely and build relationships to support their professional growth and service delivery.
Student Support Services are on a cultural response journey; as such, we value and prioritise Aboriginal ways of knowing, doing, and being.
Qualifications:
Essential: An appropriate degree in occupational therapy or other appropriate qualification, giving eligibility for practicing membership of the Occupational Therapy Association of Australia.
Special Conditions:
The successful applicant is required to gain a Department for Human Services (DHS) working with children check (WWCC) prior to being employed, which is required to be renewed every five years before expiry. The incumbent will be required to undertake RRHAN –EC (Responding to Risks of Harm, Abuse and Neglect - Education Care) Facilitator Lead (Masterclass) extended course or the online (Fundamentals) course, which will be required to be updated every three years.
For all other Special Conditions please refer to the attached Position Description.
Remuneration:
AHP3 $104,180 - $111,746 per annum (1.0 FTE) + superannuation (11.5%)
Enquiries:
Enquiries can be directed to Lisa Varona, Statewide Services Operations Manager, via tel: 0429691783 or email: lisa.varona2@sa.gov.au
Application Instructions:
Applications should be made through the IWorkForSA website. Applicants are required to submit a CV, the Application Cover Sheet, Employment Declaration, and a cover letter addressing the key competencies in the attached position description.
People of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent and/or those who have a disability are strongly encouraged to apply.Additional Note:
This is a full-time (1.0 FTE) ongoing role.
Applications close: 10/02/2025 11:30 PMAttachments:
- 1. App Cover Sheet - PSAct.pdf
- 2. RD - How to Apply PS Act guidelines.pdf
- 3. VL233 Pre-employment declaration.pdf
- CURRENT - position description - Children's Centres Senior Occupational Therapist - AHP3 - December.pdf
Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
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