The Nurture Team, a Neurodivergent-led practice, is supportive, tight knit and passionate about helping children flourish and grow, to give them a better shot at learning and build strong relationships to lead a fuller life.​ We predominantly work with children from our Beulah Park & Salisbury clinic with some school visits. We have a mixed caseload of NDIS Participants and private paying clients.

Neuroaffirming approaches are at the core of what we do. We are always learning more about the neurodiversity movement and from the neurodivergent community, changing the way we work to align better with neurodiversity affirming practices and be a strong ally for the neurodivergent community. The Nurture team presume competence, respect sensory differences and body autonomy of children. Nurture aims to implement practices that are respectful, culturally competent, trauma-sensitive and empathetic. We do not use/encourage compliance training in therapy as it has been reported by the autistic community as trauma-inducing (often leading to PTSD). We adopt strength-based approaches and reporting (avoiding ableist language use), and work on neurodiversity affirming goals (such as self-advocacy).

In order to be able to provide quality neurodiversity affirming services, we have identified the strong need to better understand and support the sensory needs of the children we work with. The team will be built with a focus on sensory regulation and use of sensory integration approaches. We are keen on bringing on like-minded Occupational Therapists to the team so that we can better support the children we support and provide SPOT (joint Speech Pathology & Occupational Therapy) sessions.

Responsibilities:

Improve daily functioning of children 0 to 18 years old who have experienced trauma, and enhance their ability to access and engage in education.

Support sensory, learning, fine and gross motor, social and independence skills.

Assess and develop individualised treatment plans that target identified goals that arise from the assessment process and are developed in conjunction with the child and family.

Play will be used to engage children, to support their participation, learning and skill development.

Work with parents and carers to support them in learning the skills to nurture independence across all environments

Advocate for supports and accommodations

What we look for

Essential​:

A passion for supporting children!

Willingness to work with and learn more about neurodivergence and respect neurodiversity

Proven experience working with autistic and other ND children

Experience using sensory integration-based approaches

Experience working with the NDIS framework

Confident oral and written communication skills

Proven organisational and time management skills

Understands the importance of being a team player​

Relevant tertiary Occupational Therapy qualification

Registered with the Occupational Therapy board of Australia (AHPRA)

Current working with children check

Current mandatory notification training

​Desirable

Experience mentoring/supporting fellow Occupational Therapists ​

Experience in mealtime management

What you will enjoy

Attractive remuneration

Professional Development Allowance

Sensory play room with an assigned work iPad and MacBook

Complimentary coffee (Jura Coffee Machine) and on-site parking

Flexible working arrangements possible (e.g. start late)

Regular weekly supervision

Opportunity to develop mentoring skills and leadership skills for career progression

Administration support for all bookings, billings, schedule management & enquiries etc but flexible for you to manage if you'd prefer that

Management team that places their clinician’s wellbeing above profits

New graduates OTs are welcome to apply :)