At a Glance
- Tasks: Support clients in their homes and communities, enhancing their daily living skills.
- Company: Join a leading community-based allied health service with over 20 years of experience.
- Benefits: Flexible work hours, competitive salary, travel reimbursements, and ongoing training.
- Other info: Participate in social events and enjoy a vibrant team culture.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in people's lives while enjoying a fun and supportive work environment.
- Qualifications: Recent graduates or students in Occupational Therapy are encouraged to apply.
The predicted salary is between 56700 - 69300 $ per year.
Graduate Occupational Therapist - start now or 2027!
Receive Daily Supervision & Training from Experienced Clinicians
Learn Alongside Other Graduates In a Fun, Supportive Setting
Service a Diverse Adult Caseload in the Clinic & Community
How Our Grad Program Will Empower Your Future
We believe that when you choose us for your Graduate role, you are entrusting us with teaching you the core skills that will form the foundation for an amazing career to come. With this in mind, we've set out a structured, comprehensive 12-month plan:
- You will start with a classroom style orientation so you can meet your team, play around with your new laptop and our online database and do some pre-reading and training modules.
- We then take you out to ridealong with your supervisor so you can observe and ask questions.
- Your supervisor will then begin shadowing your sessions, letting you take the reins and providing updates so that you'll feel confident when you begin seeing clients independently.
- Throughout your Graduate Program you will receive different forms of daily and weekly supervision and support varying from one on one time to group sessions.
- You can access additional training content anytime via our online resource library.
- You'll attend multi-disciplinary meetings and enjoy opportunities for collaboration as you share clients with other disciplines such as Physio, Psych or Exercise Physiology.
- One of the best days of the year is our companywide annual training day where the entire business comes together to learn from external presenters tailored to each discipline.
- If you find you're particularly passionate about a certain area, we have pathways to clinical specialisation such as home mods, AT or Mental health.
- Your first year is all about building a solid broad base of clinical knowledge and then we can set new goals with you once you are settled in.
You've worked hard to get to this point so we need to have some fun at work too:
- We have an ongoing wellbeing program that involves monthly social events.
- You will celebrate your milestones in your Grad program with a Graduate celebration at your 12-month mark.
- To allow you more time to focus on clinical work, you'll have someone allocated to you in our admin team to assist with booking client appointments for you and assisting with admin tasks.
- Your travel is reimbursed at $1.01/km and you also receive phone/data and laundry allowances.
- Novated leasing options are available.
- Professional indemnity and public liability insurance covered for you.
- Ability to transfer between offices if you move one day.
- Discounted Health Insurance for you and your family plus other everyday savings on your Energy Bill, online shopping, groceries, petrol and more.
- An Employee Assistance Program is available to provide external, confidential support.
The Role
As a community-based team, we predominantly see our clients in their homes, group homes, aged care facilities or in a public setting that's relevant for them. We want to see our clients where they are most comfortable and that's relevant to their goals.
Some of our team schedule a full day of seeing 3 or 4 clients one day, then balance this the next by working from home or having an office day to write reports, prepare resources, have supervision/training. Or you can mix things up and split your day depending on how you like to work!
A community role is great as it allows you to have genuine flexibility and control over how you structure your days and therefore you don't miss your afternoon sport or having the social life you've sacrificed whilst studying!
You will gain lots of variety in this role as you service a predominantly adult, NDIS & DVA caseload (12 yrs old and up) living with:
- Developmental disabilities (autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, Down syndrome)
- Neurological conditions (stroke, acquired brain injury, brain tumour, multiple sclerosis)
- Degenerative diseases (Parkinson's disease, MS, motor neurone disease, Huntington's disease, dementia)
In your Grad Program you will:
- Support clients with a range of tasks such as life skills - budgeting/shopping/travel/cooking, pressure care, sensory, cognitive re-training, prescribing equipment and assistive tech, upper limb + fine & gross motor therapy plus home assessments and modifications.
- You'll sharpen your clinical reasoning and get really good at completing comprehensive assessments and reporting.
- Along with having the freedom to work from home, we have clinics in Toronto and Maitland so you can have a home base to work from.
How We Make an Impact
Recovery Station provides community and clinic based allied health services, with a strong focus on disability and senior health. For over 20 years we have grown and now proudly offer services in the community across Sydney, the Hunter, Central Coast, Tamworth and nationally via telepractice.
Together, our passionate multidisciplinary team collaboratively share their knowledge and experience to holistically design an individualised service to help improve the quality of life for people living with a disability or looking to age as independently as possible.
Be Part of Something Bigger
We have limited positions still remaining for our 2027 graduate program working from either our Maitland, Toronto or Erina Hubs.
If we haven't covered something that's important to you, reach out via our website or at our contact email and we'll be happy to tell you more!
Graduate Occupational Therapist — Flexible, Community-Based Role in East Maitland employer: Recovery Station
Recovery Station is an exceptional employer that prioritises the growth and development of its Graduate Occupational Therapists through a structured 12-month program, offering daily supervision and training from experienced clinicians in a fun and supportive environment. With a strong focus on employee wellbeing, flexible work arrangements, and opportunities for clinical specialisation, you will thrive in a culture that celebrates collaboration and personal milestones while making a meaningful impact in the community.
