Therapy Assistant

4 weeks ago

Melbourne, Australia bestchance Full time

Overview

bestchance Child Family Care is seeking a Therapy Assistant – Level 1 to join our Children’s Therapy team. Reporting to the Team Manager – Children’s Therapy Services, the role involves working as part of a multi-disciplinary team of allied health professionals to integrate the developmental and therapy needs of children ages 0–10 years with developmental delays or disabilities. The position is based at our Notting Hill office.

Responsibilities

- Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to support developmental and therapy needs of children aged 0–10 with developmental delays or disabilities.
- Assist with planning and delivery of therapy services under supervision, contributing to the child’s progress and outcomes.
- Engage with children, families and stakeholders from diverse social and cultural backgrounds to develop rapport and positive working relationships.
- Record observations and contribute to documentation and planning as directed by the supervising therapists.

Qualifications

- Currently working towards a degree and towards professional registration in a relevant Allied Health field.
- Ability to demonstrate growing or demonstrated knowledge to support children with developmental delay and disability.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills with a proactive, positive approach.

About you

Crucial to your success will be your ability to develop rapport and positive working relationships with stakeholders and families from a broad range of social and cultural backgrounds.

What we offer

- Competitive hourly rate with career opportunities within
- Ongoing role with an immediate start
- Paid Parental Leave program for all ongoing employees (after 12 months’ of service)
- Genuinely committed to staff development with opportunities for cross-training and working with other areas of the business to create variety and interest in your caseload
- Strong proactive focus on health and wellbeing, understanding that carers need caring too
- Genuine flexible working arrangements in a supportive, inclusive and passionate team
- One week study leave per year (pro-rata) and a reduced caseload to allow for extra planning and development
- Protected mentoring and supervision time
- Access to Employee Wellbeing Program

All bestchance Children’s Therapy Services staff are required to hold a WWCC and be able to provide a satisfactory National/International Criminal History Check and NDIS Screening Clearance prior to employment.

About us

bestchance is a not-for-profit organisation with the aim to make a real and lasting impact for every child, family and community we support. We achieve this through our quality education, care and therapy services for children, and our support programs for families.

bestchance is a child safe and equal opportunity employer. We are committed to child safety and have zero tolerance of child abuse. Applicants should be aware that we carry out Working with Children, Police Records and reference checks to ensure that we are recruiting the right people

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