Career Opportunities
Occupational Therapy Position
The Play Projects (TPP) is entering an exciting phase of change and growth, and we are seeking an Occupational Therapist to join our organisation. Our team of experienced occupational, behavioural and speech therapists work with children and young adults to create individual strategies that help them reach their goals.
About The Play Project:
At The Play Projects, we do therapy a little differently. We don't operate on a typical one to one therapy model. Our clinic-based services are just a small part of how we achieve desired outcomes and our approach to therapy is highly flexible and outcome focussed. We specialise in programs, support packages and retreats, which sees our clients and their families reap the benefits of unique therapeutic experiences. We also provide OT at Home support through our sister company ‘The Play Way’ providing resources and content for those seeking home based support.
Our current staff describe The Play Projects as a Supportive, Caring, Compassionate, Friendly, Collaborative and Fun place to work. The Play Projects team also really believes in the benefits of a healthy work life balance. Many of us have families and lead busy lives outside of work so we know how important it is for our staff to maintain a balanced lifestyle. For this reason we:
- Enable a hybrid working environment - some days from the office and some from home (if based in Vic/NSW
- OR - we offer a complete work from home environment
- Provide a great supportive, collaborative and innovative workplace environment
- Give you the ability to work flexible hours to suit your personal situation
- Offer lots of perks which include; clinical supervision, shadowing and mentoring opportunities, awesome professional development opportunities, lunches with the team, team training days, social events, a fun working atmosphere, state of the art facilities and flexibility! In other words - who wouldn’t want to work here?
With our main office in Yarrawonga, Victoria, we are seeking an Occupational Therapist to support our Clinic and the programs we offer. We can be flexible with work arrangements as we service a large geographical area across north east Victoria and southern NSW. Your main duties and responsibilities will include (dependant on experience)
- Provide safe, evidence based assessment, outcome measures and therapy in line with TPP and NDIS principles
- Work collaboratively with clients, their families and/or significant others and other stakeholders to establish client focused goals, consistent with professional practice and evidence based practice
- Manage a case load in fair distribution amongst a team
- Provision of OT assessments and therapeutic interventions including facilitating group based therapy and providing consultative services to support workers, schools, pre-schools and other stakeholders.
- Monitor, evaluate and review progress of therapy plans
- Telehealth (if working remotely)
- Develop resources to support clients and families.
A few requirements:
- Tertiary qualification in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
- Able to demonstrate and apply an understanding of relevant and contemporary occupational therapy theory, practice knowledge and evidence in clinical practice.
- Experience in working with individuals with a disability who require Occupational therapy and guidance
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively with the multi disciplinary team to deliver safe client focused care
- The ability to create and maintain strong relationships with challenging clients in a short period of time
- Experience and a genuine interest in developing and implementing plans that ensure participants reach their full potential
- Ability to write quality reports in a timely manner
- Ability to commit to a minimum of 24 hours per week (this can be spread across a variety of ways to ensure it works for you!)
To submit your application or to learn more about this opportunity, please contact Hannah Douglass on 1800 953 761 or email [email protected]
You can also check out our Social Media Pages our for more info:
Facebook: @theplayproject
Instagram: @theplayproject
We welcome all people to join our team, including people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, living with disability, all gender identities, LGBTQIA+, people of any socioeconomic status, of any age, race, national origin or ethnicity. We believe each person’s uniqueness makes us even better at the work we do.