About the role

You will work one-to-one with children and young people with a range of developmental, sensory, motor and participation differences. Depending on each child's individual goals, sessions may incorporate sensory processing and regulation support, fine and gross motor development, core strength and postural control, motor planning and coordination, emotional regulation, interoception and body awareness, executive functioning, self-care and daily living skills, school readiness and participation, play and social participation, parent education and practical strategies, and sensory-motor and developmental movement activities. You will collaborate with other members of the multidisciplinary team.

Our St Kilda Road clinic is located within a professional building, with access to both indoor and outdoor therapy spaces. This gives clinicians flexibility to choose the environment that best supports each child and their goals. Therapy might take place in a structured indoor space, through movement-based activities, or outdoors where children can work on regulation, coordination, confidence, participation and functional skills in a more natural setting. Sessions are responsive, adaptable and adapted to the child in front of you.

Key responsibilities

- Work one-to-one with neurodivergent children and young people using a neuroaffirming, child-led and play-based approach

- Provide sensory processing and regulation support, Primitive Reflex Integration

- Support fine and gross motor development, core strength and postural control

- Work on motor planning, coordination, emotional regulation and interoception

- Support executive functioning and self-care and daily living skills

- Facilitate play and social participation

- Provide parent education and practical strategies





- Deliver sensory-motor and developmental movement activities

- Collaborate with multidisciplinary team members

- Maintain clinical documentation

About you

- AHPRA-registered Occupational Therapist

- Interest in paediatrics and neurodiversity

- Uses or is willing to develop a neuroaffirming approach

- Enjoys working creatively and playfully with children

- Understands that behaviour is communication

- Comfortable adapting sessions around a child's regulation and engagement needs

- Values working collaboratively with parents and caregivers

- Communicates clearly and professionally

- Organised with clinical documentation

- Experience working with autistic children, ADHD, sensory processing differences, developmental coordination differences or other neurodevelopmental presentations would be highly regarded

About us

Neurodiverse Playhouse was created to provide a different kind of allied health experience for neurodivergent children and their families. Our philosophy brings together movement, sensory processing, regulation, functional participation and play, with clinicians working collaboratively rather than in isolated disciplines. Our services include Occupational Therapy, Exercise Physiology, Paediatric Podiatry, Sensory-Motor Programs, Primitive Reflex Integration, Art Therapy, Learning and developmental supports, and Photobiomodulation / Red Light Therapy. We are continuing to expand our services across Melbourne, Brisbane and the Gold Coast.

Benefits

- Part-time hours

- Well-located Melbourne clinic on St Kilda Road

- Access to indoor and outdoor therapy spaces

- Growing paediatric caseload

- Administrative support

- Multidisciplinary collaboration

- Clinical support and professional development

- Opportunities to develop specialised areas of practice

- Internal training and education

- Access to the growing Neurodiverse Playhouse Academy

📌 Occupational Therapist (Melbourne)
🏢 Neurodiverse Playhouse
📍 Melbourne