Job Description

Occupational Therapist - Mental Health | Community & NDIS

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- Use your Mental Health expertise to support people with psychosocial disability
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- Community-based, clinic access from Northcote if local, mobile elsewhere
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- Varied work across capacity building, independence, participation and ADLs
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- Use your Mental Health expertise to support people with psychosocial disability
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- Community-based, clinic access from Northcote if local, mobile elsewhere
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- Wide-ranging work across capacity building, independence, participation and ADLs
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At Avina, we're a national allied health and behaviour support organisation supporting communities across Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia.

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With a team of 400+ clinicians, we deliver Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, Physiotherapy, Psychology, Dietetics and Positive Behaviour Support across community, clinic and telehealth settings, across the whole lifespan.

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Our values guide how we work every day:
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About the Role

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We're looking for an Occupational Therapist with experience and a genuine interest in mental health to join our multidisciplinary team in Northcote.

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This role has a strong mental health and psychosocial disability focus, supporting NDIS participants to build independence, increase participation, and develop the skills and routines that matter to their everyday lives.

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The role is community-based with clinic access from our Northcote base if you're local, and fully mobile/home-based otherwise.



Working within participants' homes and communities gives you a real, practical view of the impact of their mental health, and the chance to deliver strengths-based intervention in the environments where it actually counts.

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This would suit an OT with prior experience across mental health, psychosocial disability, community health, or a related setting, looking for more flexibility while continuing to build their clinical practice. Open to full-time and part-time.

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What You'll Be Doing

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- Deliver person-centred OT with a strong mental health and psychosocial disability focus
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- Complete functional assessments, including Functional Capacity Assessments, and provide evidence-informed recommendations
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- Support participants with daily living skills, routines, community participation, independence and capacity building
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- Build practical strategies to address the functional impacts of mental health and psychosocial disability
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- Work with a range of presentations, including more complex support needs
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- Collaborate with participants, families, carers, support coordinators and broader treating/support teams
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- Deliver services across home, community and telehealth settings
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- Manage your caseload with genuine flexibility and autonomy
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- Take part in regular supervision,



peer collaboration and professional development
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What We Offer

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- The chance to build on your mental health and psychosocial OT experience in a community setting
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- Flexible working arrangements and hybrid options
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- Autonomy to structure your working day
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- Structured supervision and clinical support
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- A genuinely multidisciplinary team, Psychology, Behaviour Support and broader allied health
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- Achievable KPIs that support a healthy work-life balance
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- Professional development and real career progression
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- A national organisation with local team connection
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- The systems and resources to support solid clinical practice
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What You're Bring

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- Bachelor or Master of Occupational Therapy
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- Current AHPRA registration
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- Prior experience in mental health, psychosocial disability, or a related clinical setting
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- Confidence supporting participants with mental health presentations and complex functional needs
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- Strong assessment, clinical reasoning and report-writing skills
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- A strengths-based, recovery-oriented, person-centred approach
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- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
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- NDIS Worker Screening Check and Working With Children Check, or willingness to obtain
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- Driver's licence and access to a reliable vehicle, caseloads are built around participants' locations, so this is genuinely required
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If you're an OT who enjoys mental health work and wants a role combining clinical reasoning, functional intervention, and genuine community-based practice, we'd like to hear from you.

📌 Occupational Therapist - Mental Health | Community & NDIS (Williamstown)
🏢 Avina
📍 Williamstown