Paediatric Therapy Assistant: Occupational Therapy

3 weeks ago


Penrith, Australia MHNSF Pty Ltd Full time

Are you a motivated, passionate and dedicated individual?

Do you thrive collaborating and growing within a team?

Do you love to challenge your limits, learn new skills and climb to new heights?

And most of all, does it bring you joy to witness the achievements, successes and triumphs of those around you?

Yes? Then it sounds like you are a Spring Forwardian.

The Spring Forward team flourishes with like minded individuals coming together to think out of the box and execute our collective dreams. Our unique business model see's self motivated and driven team members thrive with no limits to how far they can progress in their careers.

What's Included?
- A personalised therapy kit of resources valued at over $5,000
- A clear and achievable bonus structure
- Over $1,000 per year available for continuing education and learning
- A personalised career growth and employment success plan
- A self-care and burn out prevention allowance
- Consistent investment in your personal and professional growth
- The latitude to innovate, develop and create
- The opportunity to work with a fun, easy-going yet enthusiastic team of professionals

Main Purpose of the Job

This position is to implement therapy plans as designed by a qualified and registered Occupational Therapist. This role is to assess, collaborate, plan and implement high level paediatric OT supports and parent education to our clients, their families and partners in the community. For highly experienced applicants, the opportunity to manage the OT department within Spring Forward is also available, inclusive of profit sharing.

Position Overview
- Ensuring a high quality of evidence-based and ethical care is provided to clients of our service
- Managing a diverse caseload of client care
- Assessing, goal setting, planning, report writing and implementing personalised and successful intervention plans for clients
- Develop goals and plans in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team
- Manage weekly schedule to ensure achieving all set KPI's
- Proposing, developing and contributing to both OT and mulit-disciplinary focused projects within the company
- Develop plans for therapy assistants to implement and comprehensive home programs for clients
- Complete individualised and/or group parent education
- Contribute OT expertise to a multidisciplinary team
- Providing in-services to the team and approved community partners about relevant topics
- Administering a range of clinical assessments of a standardised and non-standardised nature
- Positively promoting OT and OT services at Spring Forward Family Centre
- Actively engage in weekly OT supervision and professional development

Minimum Required Education/Training
- Experience working with kids
- Bachelor's degree in OT
- AHPRA registration
- OTA Membership
- Working with children check (paid)
- Police check - clear
- First aid certificate
- NDIS Worker Number
- CPR

Desired Attributes
- Initiative
- Self-motivated
- Strong, assertive communication skills
- Strategic thinker
- Analytical minded
- Ambitious
- Strong finisher of tasks
- Problem solver, strong clinical reasoning skills and an active partner in achieving results
- Compassionate
- Great listening skills
- Salary range of $80,000-$109,999 pa



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