Occupational Therapist for 2026

Endeavour Hills Specialist School provides highly individualized programs of learning for students aged 5 to 18 with disability and high needs who have a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder with a language disorder and/or an intellectual disability.

School participation maximizes life opportunities for children and young people by providing them with a comprehensive learning program and access to support networks. It also helps to develop important skills, knowledge and values that set them up for further learning and active participation in their local community.

VISION:The vision of the Endeavour Hills Specialist School community is to inspire students to achieve their personal best and become active and independent members of their community.

MISSION:Our mission is to provide a blended curriculum of academic learning, high-interest programs and therapeutic supports within a positive behaviours framework that will cater for each student at their point of need and encourage personal growth, independent learning, and sound social-emotional behaviours.

OBJECTIVE:Endeavour Hills Specialist School's objective is to produce lifelong learners who are aware of their skills and strengths and have a positive attitude to challenges and opportunities.

VALUES: We have one value - BE KIND:

BE KIND to yourself

BE KIND to others

BE KIND to the environment

We enact this value in our everyday actions and interactions - it is highly visible, explicitly taught, continuously modelled and regularly celebrated.

Our values form the foundation of our School-Wide Positive Behaviour Supports framework and reflect the school community's intention to empower students to be the best person they can be. Students discuss, agree and enact ways in which the values can be applied in all aspects of the school community.

Our staff work in transdisciplinary teams comprising teaching staff, allied health practitioners and education support staff to cater for the diverse range of student abilities and needs. This approach respects professional knowledge and expertise, while also providing the opportunity for staff to learn from one another.

Endeavour Hills Specialist School places the child at the centre of all decisions regarding learning and teaching. We hold high expectations for and of the learning community. Diverse learning needs are accommodated with differentiated learning and the application of a wide range of teaching strategies and learning technologies.

Relationships are fundamental to ensuring positive engagement and collaboration across the school community. Endeavour Hills Specialist School staff explicitly teach, model and demonstrate school and DET values in all their dealings with students, parents/carers, staff and the broader community.

Karen Hunt

The occupational therapist will join an existing team to develop and implement a transdisciplinary teaming model, facilitating the education of students with intellectual disability and/or ASD with language disorder. The successful incumbent will work collaboratively to develop and support student's individual program plans and complete the school's requirements for assessment and reporting, provide individual and group-based therapy services, consultancy with staff, students and families, and professional development for the school community

• Delivery of a professional support service/s in a school/s, including the development of policy and operational practices that will guide the work of others, including other school staff
• Undertakes advanced interventions in dealing with particularly complex cases that may require cross-profession or agency collaboration
• Provides expert advice in the professional field, which will influence the strategic approach to student support and learning
• Actively promotes primary health care, mental health, or wellbeing within the education curriculum. Provides information and facilitates links between the school community and relevant services
• Delivers health and wellbeing education and promotion programs in collaboration with school community.  Provides health and wellbeing advice to the school community
• Implements evidence-based health promotion and preventive care within the school community
• Provide leadership, training, and development for others in the adaption and application of professional fields
• Undertakes nursing and/or health and wellbeing assessments and plans ongoing care to effectively address healthcare needs of individual students and groups within the school community.  Acts on referrals by parents, guardians and employees
• Delivers primary health care, counselling, wellbeing, and therapeutic services to students (or staff) in allocated schools through health education, assessment, support, referral and health and wellbeing promotion activities
• Provides support for students (or staff) on sensitive health and wellbeing issues

When applying for the position -please address the following selection criteria by writing a paragraph or two explaining your experience in each area and how that experience may translate to this position.

Selection Criteria

SC 1 A recognised qualification, current registration with AHPRA and a working with children's check.

SC 2 Demonstrated capacity to apply best practice strategies and processes to improve outcomes for children and young people with a variety of disabilities.

SC 3 Commitment to working collaboratively with others; accepting and acting on feedback; engaging in continual professional learning for self and others.

SC 4 Demonstrated ability to: identify opportunities for improved outcomes; implement behaviour management plans; provide feedback on growth and achievement to students and their parents/carers.

SC 5

Demonstrated skills in developing effective and respectful relationships; modelling and explicitly teaching the school values.

About Us

Endeavour Hills Specialist School provides differentiated learning programs for students aged 5 to 18. Our students present diverse and complex needs, secondary to intellectual disability or ASD with severe language disorder. Endeavour Hills Specialist School opened in 2022 and offers an exciting opportunity to join a team committed to building a centre of excellence where best practice forms the foundation of all learning programs.

The Allied Health team is a valued part of our school community and is represented at the senior leadership level by the Allied Health Team Leader. Our Allied Health team comprises speech pathologists, occupational therapists, music therapists, psychologists, nurses, and allied health assistants. We work alongside teaching staff, in a transdisciplinary model to deliver interventions within class programs. We aim to embed best-practice strategies into all learning programs, to extend student participation across the school week.

The role

We are seeking an Occupational Therapist who is interested in a full-time position; however, this is negotiable for the right candidate. This is an ongoing, permanent position. As an Occupational Therapist your role is to support the:

• Provision of key support and advice to the learning place team, including teacher, education support and learning place team leader.

• Conduct assessment of students in areas such as regulation, fine motor, self-care and social interactions.

• Professional student support were duties and responsibilities relate to the scope of occupational therapy.

Responsibilities

In this position, you will:

• Support students to access the school curriculum by implementing therapeutic supports within class programs.
• Work collaboratively within a transdisciplinary team to deliver programs and interventions relevant to your scope of practice.
• Provide information about special access equipment.
• Contribute to school improvement initiatives, such as Berry Street, learn to play or SWPBS.
• Deliver and/or contribute to professional learning for school staff when relevant.
• Work closely with students and their families to support communication across the home and school environment.
• Have opportunity to support junior staff within the relative therapy stream and coordinate clinical placement programs for undergraduate Occupational Therapy students.
• Complete assessments and reports for Disability Inclusion Profile development.
• Attend meetings e.g. staff, therapy and care team meetings.
• Management and maintain Occupational Therapy resources.

Required

Occupational Therapists applicants must hold full registration with AHPRA.

If you have any questions please contact

Natalie Yuill