Occupational Therapist - Mental Health | Community & NDIS

At Avina, we're a national allied health and behaviour support organisation supporting communities across Victoria, New 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.

Our Values Guide How We Work Every Day

Progressive | Curious | Respectful | Collaborative | Informed | Purposeful

About The Role

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.

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.

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.

What You'll Be Doing

Deliver person-centred OT with a strong mental health and psychosocial disability focusComplete functional assessments, including Functional Capacity Assessments, and provide evidence-informed recommendationsSupport participants with daily living skills, routines, community participation, independence and capacity buildingBuild practical strategies to address the functional impacts of mental health and psychosocial disabilityWork with a range of presentations, including more complex support needsCollaborate with participants, families, carers, support coordinators and broader treating/support teamsDeliver services across home, community and telehealth settingsManage your caseload with genuine flexibility and autonomyTake part in regular supervision, peer collaboration and professional development

What We Offer

The chance to build on your mental health and psychosocial OT experience in a community settingFlexible working arrangements and hybrid optionsAutonomy to structure your working dayStructured supervision and clinical supportA genuinely multidisciplinary team, Psychology, Behaviour Support and broader allied healthAchievable KPIs that support a healthy work-life balanceProfessional development and real career progressionA national organisation with local team connectionThe systems and resources to support solid clinical practice

What You'll Bring

Bachelor or Master of Occupational TherapyCurrent AHPRA registrationPrior experience in mental health, psychosocial disability, or a related clinical settingConfidence supporting participants with mental health presentations and complex functional needsStrong assessment, clinical reasoning and report-writing skillsA strengths-based, recovery-oriented, person-centred approachStrong communication and stakeholder engagement skillsNDIS Worker Screening Check and Working With Children Check, or willingness to obtainDriver's licence and access to a reliable vehicle, caseloads are built around participants' locations, so this is genuinely required

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.

To apply, send your CV to careers@avinatherapy.com.au or hit the quick apply button

https://www.avinatherapy.com.au/