Please tell us in your covering letter if you are looking for full or part time work and please specify what days you are available to work.

We have opportunities to work in our Child & Family team which involves some days working from our Manly office and opportunities in our Schools and Early Years team where staff can work from our Manly office or from home anywhere within Australia.

This position is responsible for the provision of evidence-informed, culturally responsive occupational therapy services to the children and families referred to Royal Far West. The role includes assessment, formulation, intervention and discharge planning in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.

There is a continuum of skills and experience within the occupational therapists employed by Royal Far West. Clinicians ideally demonstrate a level of practice characterised by expert clinical skills, reasoning, critical thinking, knowledge, and experience with service provision to meet complex client needs within contemporary practice.

Within the supportive multidisciplinary team and OT discipline community, you will have access to regular clinical supervision, professional development opportunities, with a range of supported career development pathways and opportunities in clinical, leadership, supervision, education, safety and quality and research.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE ARE

Essential Criteria

•Tertiary qualification in Occupational Therapy, and current AHPRA registration and a minimum of 3 years’ experience.

•Demonstrated experience working in the core components of paediatric Occupational Therapy i.e regulation, sensory processing, motor skills, self care skills, play and social skills. This includes caseload management for children range of needs such as disability and/or complex developmental, social-emotional, learning and behavioural challenges.

•Exhibits high quality written and verbal communication skills including report writing, file notes, communicating with children, carers, teachers and colleagues.

•Knowledge of Child Safe practices including, but not limited to, Child Protection legislation, policy and procedures.

•Demonstrated understanding of family-centred and strengths-based care

•Complies with Mandatory Employment Screening Checks Policy and Workforce Immunisation Policy.

•Commitment to diverse and inclusive practices. Demonstrated understanding of the issues faced by CALD and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities within the context of health and family wellbeing. Ability to communicate effectively with people across cultures, ranges of ability, genders, ethnicities and races and successfully deliver culturally responsive services.

Departmental Additional Essentia Criteria for:

Schools & Early Years:

•Highly developed computer skills including use of programs such as Microsoft Teams and Zoom, and experience delivering services via telehealth.

OUR CULTURE

Royal Far West is a rewarding, inspiring, diverse and purpose driven workplace which aims to elevate and harness our people power to support the health and wellbeing of country children for generations to come.

Our core values of Care, Connection, Passion, and Impact are integral to the organisation. Respecting and upholding these values enables us to maintain a positive, innovative and highly collaborative workplace culture.

BENEFITS OFFERED

Royal Far West has been recognised as one of Australia and New Zealand’s Best Places to Work in the prestigious annual list, published by The Australian Financial Review and Boss Magazine. Our extensive benefits offered, include:

• Structured induction program
• Meaningful work where you are making a positive difference. You will be supporting children’s mental health, their wellbeing and helping them to build resilience.
• You will be able to focus on the practical work and clinical care, while our support team take care of the administration and service planning.
• Career and professional development opportunities: You will be given high-quality clinical supervision. All team members are supported to become accredited facilitators of the Tuning in to Kids, parent group program and the Seasons for Growth children’s group program. There are great opportunities to learn best practice, we offer an Impactful Leadership Program to emerging leaders, interactive workshops offered to develop your work skills as well as online mandatory training.
• Multi-disciplinary workplace. Across RFW we have collaborative and supportive resident paediatricians, psychiatrists, psychologists, speech pathologists, occupational therapists and social workers to name a few.
• Attractive remuneration: base salary + 11.5% superannuation
• Salary Packaging – up to $15,900 of your general living expenses can be offered tax free + meals and entertainment up to $2,650 pa tax free. See details at https://www.salary.com.au
• Work/Life Balance – work from our beautiful location at Manly Beach or work from home. A laptop provided to work remotely and we offer a purchase leave scheme.
• Recognition & Reward – Length of service awards and recognition awards aligned to our values.
• Positive Culture – We are an inclusive organisation welcoming people from all walks of life!
• Beautiful location at Manly beach: easy access by bus, ferry and parking options. We are based in an architecturally designed building, purposely built to deliver our services. We have showers and towels available for your use so going for a swim before or after work is possible.
• CARE Days - up to 5 days off to look after individuals’ health and wellbeing, on top of Annual and Personal Leave, with the intention to provide employees with an opportunity to take regular breaks throughout the year.
• Benefits Program with discounts available on many high street purchases across Australia and access to novated car leasing.
• Pandemic Leave - 7 days paid leave, per calendar year to employees that have been impacted by either a disaster or pandemic which effects their ability to attend work.
• Gifted Leave - gifting leave of up to 3 working days over the Christmas and New year holiday period.
• Paid Parental Leave – 14 weeks full leave pay for the primary care giver and 4 weeks full leave for the non-primary care giver. Access to paid lactation breaks and lactation facilities.

HOW TO APPLY

If you like to take the first step in developing your career in a purpose led organisation, please submit your CV and cover letter, addressing the essential criteria, by clicking on the “Apply” button.

For further information please contact Jade Thompson on [email protected]. A position description is available on the Royal Far West website https://www.royalfarwest.org.au/current-vacancies/

Candidates will be reviewed as they are submitted so, please don’t delay in submitting your application.

Royal far West is privileged to work with First Nations communities and families. We are committed to the process of reconciliation and we value and respect the diversity of our employees.

Royal Far West does not discriminate based on race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable law.

Royal Far West encourages applications from minorities and all other qualified applicants.

Only those applicants who have the right to work and are currently residing in Australia can be considered.

As a child safe organisation, all employees at Royal Far West are required to provide a NSW Working with Children Check and vaccination record against Covid-19.

If working with us to provide services to NDIS clients you will also be required to provide a NDIS Worker Check.