Job Description
At Avina, we're a national allied health and behaviour support organisation supporting communities across Victoria, Recent South Wales, Queensland and South Australia. 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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Progressive | Curious | Respectful | Collaborative | Informed | Purposeful
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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. 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 career 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'll 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.
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📌 Occupational Therapist - Mental Health | Community & Ndis (Victoria)
🏢 Avina
📍 Victoria