OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIES 

Occupational Therapists enable people to engage meaningfully in their everyday life. In occupational therapy, occupations refer to the everyday activities that people do as individuals, in families and with communities to occupy time and bring meaning and purpose to life. Occupations include things people need to, want to and are expected to do. (WFOT – World Federation of Occupational Therapists) Our Occupational Therapists look holistically at each individual and use a client-centred and strengths-based approach. They can support children and young people across a range of areas, including:

• Cognitive skills

• Self-cares

• Lifeskills

• Emotions and Regulation

• Sensory Processing

• Play and Social Skills

• Fine Motor Skills

• Gross Motor Skills

• Visual Perception, Visual Motor and Visual Motor Integration Skills

• Feeding and more…

PHYSIOTHERAPY

Paediatric Physiotherapy covers a wide spectrum of health issues. Physiotherapists work with children from different walks of life (0-18 years old) who have a variety of conditions, injuries and or/ developmental concerns. We can assist in developing play based intervention programs to help your child achieve the best outcomes.

Paediatric services can include the assessment and management of:

Neurological conditions such as:

  • Cerebral Palsy, Brain Injury
  •  Low Muscle Tone and Hypermobility
  •  Functional Neurological Disorder
  • Gross Motor Delays
  • Chromosomal deletions and duplications
  • Down Syndrome
  • Idiopathic Toe Walking
  • Congenital conditions such Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
  • Gait assessment
  • Muscular Dystrophies
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Achondroplasia
  •  Musculoskeletal conditions such as: joint conditions and pain

KEY WORKER 

The Key Worker promotes and optimises the child’s learning and development to ensure full and active participation in family and community life. Key Workers implement service provision under the National Guidelines on Best Practice for Early Childhood Intervention Services, Child Safe Standards and relevant NDIS guidelines. They will work closely with all adults involved in a child’s life – parents, paediatrician, kindergarten and/or childcare staff. External stakeholders in close relationship with other professional staff within the multidisciplinary team.

SOCIAL WORKER 

The primary role of the Social Worker is to work within a multidisciplinary team providing support to young people aged 0-16 years and their families. The purpose of Social Work intervention is to help people improve their quality of life. The Social worker assists people to recognise their potential to reach greater understanding of themselves and their issues, learn effective coping skills and empower them to make appropriate changes and decisions to achieve better outcomes.