Are you a creative, innovative and ideas-driven Occupational Therapist? Unleash your creativity at Northcott!We are committed to growing our team of creative, innovative clinicians in the beautiful Illawarra region and give back to our community, and the disability sector.Do you have an idea that youve been waiting to try, a program that youd like to implement, a creative approach to delivering therapy but havent had the opportunity to unleash your creativityyet??Want to be part of a bigger team for supervision and support and have opportunities for real career development and growth?Come and join us at Northcott , let''s see what you can do!Why do we love working here?"After a couple of years of commuting we moved to the Illawarra in 2010 and absolutely fell in love with the region. Initially, it was almost like having more hours in the day, not having an extensive commute and then having so many outdoor places to explore after work. It was nothing to pack up dinner and have a picnic by the water or a quick swim after work. The Illawarra is now where we are raising our family, it has an amazing sense of community and so many low-cost activities to do with the kids. We love the outdoors so the beaches, bush walks, bike paths and Lake give us endless choices of how to fill our weekends. And of course watching our local Hawkies play at the Entertainment Centre. Wollongong is also still close enough to head to Sydney for day trips, visiting family, and all of the perks of big city life."If you can see yourself here we cant wait to meet you!Soon, we will open our new building, and cant wait to show it off to our customers!It is the perfect time to join the team. not only can you bring your dynamic and creative self to the team, but you can be based from our brand new purpose built centre at Dapto . Are you inspired by your environment? The Illawarra region truly does offer it all! And wed love to hear your ideas on how to build nature-based programs, which you will receive support to implement, as our team is passionate about completing groups in addition to one-to-one therapy. From our new site we are aiming to establish more nature-based programs to really make the most of the amazing surrounds and help our customers achieve their goals. One of our successful groups is I-Splash, an amazing swimming program. Wed love your help to develop more!New building, growing team, new approach with supportive and inspiring leaders.Whats a typical day?The Illawarra therapy team provide therapy services across the lifespan primarily through NDIS funding. We cover from Helensburgh to Kiama. You will have the autonomy to set up a therapy schedule which fits you. We are a big region so travel is a necessary element, however traffic is generally quite smooth and not stressful. We pass through some absolutely beautiful areas and there are lots of nice places for a coffee or lunch stop with a view.What is the caseload?The caseload is currently predominantly school aged participants. We work a lot with young people with diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, intellectual disabilities, genetic disorders, developmental delays, anxiety and complex trauma. Therapists and Allied Health Assistants in our team can expect to provide services across a range of settings (onsite, home-based, pre-school/school based and in community). This means our days are varied and do involve travel so a licence is essential. We are reimbursed for our KMs if we use our personal vehicles and have access to Northcott pool vehicles as needed.Days really do vary depending on case load and waitlist. We do spend a lot of time in the community, between home and school-based sessions, with some clinic based sessions too.We love to use our clinic space as our team hub too, for meetings, admin time and team collaboration. Speaking of collaboration, you are also joining our wider therapy teams across Sydney, NSW, QLD and the ACT, providing for more support, collaboration and opportunities.A true multi-disciplinary approachIn the Illawara, we are linked into the bigger Northcott SW Sydney Therapy hub. We also have Allied Health Assistant, Senior Behaviour Support Practitioner and Sexuality & Relationships counsellor working within the Illawarra. We also have dieticians, orthotists, physiotherapists, social workers and prosthetists so there is definitely scope to expand our services further. We can offer positions to therapists at any stage of their career and have a varied model of supervision depending on experience, including a 12 week dedicated new grad program.Lets talk about support what does that look like?For our new graduates: a 12 week dedicated program designed to bring you into your first role with confidence, competence and careful guidance .If youre mid career, we provide the opportunity to be part of a diverse multidisciplinary team to continue building your therapeutic skills and knowledge. The chance to be part of projects such as the Therapy outreach program we run at Kempsey, NSW. There is a lot of autonomy however still with support and established systems. When your work day is done, there arent accounts, insurances etc to complete as that it all sorted, so you can clock off and enjoy time with family and friends.If youre a senior clinician we understand that working in an organisation that understands NDIS and allied health with established systems in place so you can focus on being the best therapist you can is invaluable.If you are considering a career change from aged care or other settings, we understand this is both exciting and challenging. We will explore options of building a caseload which aligns with your current area of expertise if you want to continue to work within your primary therapeutic focus and experience. If you would like to expand into other areas of practice, we can provide supervision, support and professional development. Being part of such a large therapy team, we have access to internal development opportunities including shadowing, individual supervision and group supervision. We also have resources to support transitions into other areas of practice.More about our supportNorthcott offer monthly discipline specific in-services which are facilitated by internal and external presenters. Our therapists are allocated a senior therapist to provide one to one clinical supervision, the frequency of these supports is usually dependent on your level of experience. You will also join a peer supervision group which meets monthly. For our seniors, we participate in monthly peer supervision groups and also facilitate the peer groups. Therapists are able to join working parties which align with areas of practice they are passionate about, for example neuro-affirming practice.More broadly, Northcott provide opportunities to support work/life balance including workplace flexibility, maternity leave, 5 weeks annual leave and 10 days Professional Development leave with a generous financial contrbution allowance for your professional development of $1,000. We offer full and part time opportunities, 9 day fortnights and flexibility wherever possible to truly enable a work/life balance.The salary offered is commesurate with experience, with a graduate starting base of $76,674 up to $113,514 plus superannuation. As a not-for-profit we also offer salary sacrifice to significantly increase your take home pay, entertainment/meal cards, novated leasing of vehicles and numerous discounts across a wide and growing list of retailers and industries banking, health insurance, fitness passports and so on.We encourage our therapists to be creative, allowing you to establish/provide innovative therapy supports within our framework. Northcott have an ongoing focus on PD to ensure therapy supports continue to adapt with updated evidence. There are also career pathways such as the Clinical Lead and Team Leader positions.We asked our team why they stay with us they said:"I work alongside some amazing allied health practitioners and really love the customer base we work with. I find it a really rewarding role.""I like being part of a bigger team for supervision and support."Need employer sponsorship? We may be able to help.Apply today for immediate consideration. If youve got questions now, call Janelle Delos Santos Service Manager on 0479026417Diversity and Inclusion StatementNorthcott actively promotes diversity and inclusion in the recruitment process and throughout employment. We are committed to providing a workplace where every person is valued, respected and supported to progress. Northcott welcomes applications from and ensures no one is disadvantaged on the basis of their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander identity, culture, LGBTIQ+ identity, disability, gender, age, religion or caring responsibilities. If you require an adjustment to participate in the recruitment process, if you have a preferred contact method or require any information provided in an alternative format, please contact Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at diversity@northcott.com.au . #J-18808-Ljbffr
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Occupational Therapist