06 Aug
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Cerebral Palsy Alliance
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New South Wales
06 Aug
Cerebral Palsy Alliance
New South Wales
Location: Croudace Bay, NSW, Australia. Contract: Full time, with part time considered for the right applicant.
Why join our Croudace Bay team?
Our Croudace Bay site is home to a highly experienced and supportive multidisciplinary team, including Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Speech Pathologists. We work together in a collaborative, transdisciplinary way to provide person-centred, evidence-informed services for clients with complex needs.
- Custom wheelchair seating and positioning
- On- site casting services
- Powered mobility assessment and intervention
- Complex assistive technology prescription
- Vehicle modification and transport-related assessment
- Early diagnosis and early intervention services
- Bimanual therapy and goal-directed therapy programs
- Bike riding, school holiday and community participation programs
- Therapy support for residents in our on-site CPA group homes
About the role
As a Senior Occupational Therapist, you will provide high quality assessment, intervention and clinical leadership for clients with complex physical disability and support needs. Your caseload may include children, young people and adults requiring support with:
- Complex seating and positioning
- Manual and powered wheelchair prescription
- Postural support and pressure care considerations
- Assistive technology trials and prescription
- Vehicle access and modifications
- Transport planning and community access
- Upper limb function and participation
- Home, school and community-based intervention
- Functional independence and daily routines
- Collaboration with families, support workers, teachers and other professionals
You will be supported to work within a transdisciplinary model, drawing on the strengths of the broader team while also contributing your own specialist OT expertise. This role also offers opportunities to mentor others, contribute to clinical problem solving, support quality practice and continue developing your own area of specialisation.
We are looking for someone who has
- Experience working with people with complex physical disability
- Strong clinical reasoning and confidence managing complex presentations
- An interest in assistive technology, seating, positioning, mobility and access solutions
- Experience or interest in vehicle modifications, transport and community participation
- A team-oriented mindset and willingness to work transdisciplinarily
- A person-centred, strengths-based approach
- A commitment to evidence-informed practice
- The ability to build strong relationships with clients, families and teams
- A willingness to mentor, share knowledge and contribute to team culture
- Experience in complex disability, paediatrics, lifespan practice or neurological conditions would be highly valued
What makes CPA special?
At Cerebral Palsy Alliance, you will be part of an organisation with a strong commitment to clinical excellence, innovation, research and client-centred practice.
- Professional development: CPA is a registered training organisation, offering structured learning pathways, clinical education and ongoing career support.
- Specialist clinical growth: Develop expertise in complex disability, assistive technology, seating, positioning, mobility, research, clinical governance or leadership.
- Experienced team support: Work alongside a highly skilled multidisciplinary team with deep knowledge in complex disability practice.
- Rewarding clinical work: Support clients to achieve meaningful goals that improve daily life, access, independence and participation.
- Transdisciplinary practice: Collaborate closely with OT, PT, SP, and other professionals to deliver integrated care.
- Flexibility: Work across clinic and community settings, with options for full time, part time, compressed hours or negotiated start and finish times.
What we offer
Salary:
Clinical salaries are graded, with an approximate range of $80,000 to $140,000 including super and salary packaging benefits, depending on experience.
- Professional development investment: Access professional development opportunities valued up to $20,000 in your first year and $10,000 each year after that.
- Relocation support: Up to $5,000 relocation allowance, subject to terms and conditions.
- Tax benefits: Reduce your taxable income through salary packaging, including an optional $2,650 meals and entertainment benefit.
- Fitness Passport: Discounted gym membership for you and your family.
- Generous leave: Access up to 3 additional days of leave, 12 weeks paid parental leave, 2 weeks partner leave, compassionate leave and options for additional pre-paid leave.
Essential requirements
- Relevant qualification in Occupational Therapy
- Current AHPRA registration
- Current driver's licence
- Access to your own vehicle
- Commitment to the NDIS Worker Code of Conduct and child safe practice
Our values
At Cerebral Palsy Alliance, we champion diversity and equitable opportunities for people with disability and lived experience, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse communities and LGBTQIA+ people. We are passionate, respectful, ethical, curious and courageous. Great Minds Think Differently.
We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace. Workplace adjustments can be discussed to support your health, abilities and personal needs.
For the safety of staff and clients, this role has been assessed as requiring a medium level of physical functionality.
Cerebral Palsy Alliance upholds and advocates for the rights of clients, is a child safe organisation, and all workers must adhere to the NDIS Worker Code of Conduct. CPA is committed to creating a safe and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from people with diverse lived experience and will happily accommodate reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process. We have assessed this role type as requiring a Medium level of physical functionality with some inherent requirements.
Cerebral Palsy Alliance upholds, advocates for, and protects the rights, wellbeing and safety of people with a disability. We are a child safe organisation and all workers are responsible to adhere to the NDIS Worker Code of Conduct. Cerebral Palsy Alliance is a ground-breaking, global centre of expertise for cerebral palsy research, advocacy, intervention and assistive technology innovation. For over 75 years, we have been driven by our founders' vision of a future where nothing is impossible for babies, children, teenagers and adults living with Cerebral Palsy. Our research and innovation inform our world-class services, which include early childhood intervention, therapy, health and wellbeing, sports, assistive technology, independence skill building, supported accommodation and employment services. Find out more at cerebralpalsy.org.au
Cerebral Palsy Alliance is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Cerebral Palsy Alliance upholds, advocates for, and protects the rights, wellbeing and safety of people with a disability. We are a child safe organisation and all workers are responsible to adhere to the NDIS Worker Code of Conduct.
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📌 Senior Occupational Therapist (New South Wales)
🏢 Cerebral Palsy Alliance
📍 New South Wales