Could you become an Occupational Therapy Assistant?
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What this job is
An Occupational Therapy Assistant supports qualified occupational therapists in delivering therapy programs. The work centres on helping clients, often people with disability, injury, or age-related conditions, to carry out daily tasks more independently. Assistants may set up therapy equipment, guide clients through exercises or activities, record progress notes, and communicate observations back to the supervising therapist. The role is always supervised. Assistants do not assess or diagnose independently.
Pay
A$1,844 a week
This is the median for full-time employees who are not managers and are paid at the adult rate, before tax and salary sacrifice. It is a guide to what the work pays, not a wage rate.
Source: ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025, customised report.
What this role asks for
- Active Listeningcore
- Confidentiality and Privacy Compliancecore
- Cultural Awareness and Sensitivitycore
- Empathy and Emotional Intelligencecore
- Inclusive Practicecore
- Trauma-Informed Communicationcore
- Verbal Communicationcore
- Case Note Writing
- Conflict De-escalation
- Professional Boundaries Maintenance
- Regulatory and Legislative Awareness
- Risk Identification
- Service Navigation and Referral
- Written Communication