Melanie J @ Abracadabra Childcare Services

Sept 2014 - June 2018
Personal Carer for close family member

Paediatric Occupation Therapist
AEIOU Sippy Downs Early Learning Centre
March 2014 - August 2014

• Provision of occupational therapy services to children with Autism Spectrum Disorder within a early educational setting
• Collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team to develop programs targeting educational and family-centred goals for individual chilodren and groups of children
• Provision of parental and staff training to support children's specified needs and facilitate skill acquisition.

Paediatric Occupational Therapist 
Synergy Learning and Therapy
July 2012 - March 2014

• Independent management and provision of family centred therapy intervention to children and adolescents with a range of developmental and neurological conditions including Autism 
• Spectrum Disorder, Learning Disorders and Cerbral Palsy.
• Provision of onsite intervention, in addition to school/daycare/ECDU visits and involvement in staff educations and stake holder meetings.
• Conducted regular integrated therapy sessions with a Speech Patholoogist, including specialised feeding therapy sessions.
• Use of formal assessments and informal observations to produce in-depth reports for families and other health professionals.
•  Participation in training, resource management, multi-disciplinary case conferencing and goal setting.

Paediatric Occupational Therapist
MindMattrz Psychology Clinic
March 2012 - July 2012

• Establishment of occupational therapy services with the practice
• Independent caseload management including assesment and intervention with children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder and/or other developmental conditions
• School and home visits, in addition to in-clinic service provision
• Goal Planning with families and case conferencing with mult-disciplinary team members for individual clients
• Administrative duties including completion of documentation for funding support and communication with external service providers.

Paediatric Occupational Therapist
Pathways Occupational Therapy
July 2011 - January 2012

• Provision of therapeutic intervention with children (aged between 2 -10 years)
• Liaison with families to develop family-centred goals and intervention, in addition to providing family education and support
• Independent management of caseload, including planning and implementing sessions, liaison with mult-disciplinary professionals from other agencies and completion of documentation
• Administrative duties including managing client files and gathering intake and assessment documentation and information