Are you keen to work within a collaborative team environment to achieve occupational success for children at school? Are you looking for an opportunity to advance your professional knowledge and skills in paediatric occupational therapy practice? Working as an OT in QLD state schools is a rewarding career choice that can make a real difference in the lives of children and young people.

Job details

About the Department:

The Department of Education is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.

About the Role:
The department employs approximately 100 (full time) occupational therapists working in Queensland state schools supporting students with disability to achieve the best outcomes from their education.

As the Occupational Therapist, you will:

• Support students to access and fully participate in learning and experience success and wellbeing across all stages of learning, in an inclusive education system supported by reasonable adjustments and teaching strategies tailored to meet their needs.
• Apply your professional skills and knowledge in contemporary occupational therapy and collaborate with education teams within schools to deliver high quality occupational

Your Opportunity:
In this role you will advance your professional knowledge and skills in evidence based, contemporary paediatric OT practices. You will support students to access and participate in learning and assist schools to deliver inclusive education.

Benefits:

• Dedicated supervision and peer mentoring to assist with your professional support and ongoing development
• Comprehensive department and discipline specific induction programs
• Professional development allowance with negotiation to complete in work hours (up to 5 days paid per year)
• A supportive and flexible work environment. e.g. accrued time off for school holidays
• All the required equipment provided to you including laptop and mobile phone, access to fleet vehicles and travel allowance
• Access to the Employee Assistance Program - to support your wellbeing
• Salary packaging available
• 38hr work week for full-time staff members. Part-time options available
• Locality allowance

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position. 

Interested? To Apply: 

• Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history);
• Attach a 1-page written statement in response to the attached role description. 

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive. 

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department. 

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted. 

When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.

Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE). 

The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies. 

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

For a full list of the position responsibilities and mandatory requirements, please ensure you download the attached role description and candidate information fact sheet and follow the instructions.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• CQR644887_25T - Role Description (PDF, 242KB)
  Role Description
  
  Applicant Information Package (PDF, 245KB)
  Information Package for Applicants