Occupational Therapist

About Salute for Service

Salute for Service is a QLD-based, Veteran-focused not-for-profit that helps current and former Australian Defence Force members and their families thrive after service. Our Combat to Career program helps Veterans turn their skills and experience into meaningful civilian employment. It combines one-on-one coaching, skills recognition, CV support and direct connections with employers

About the role

We're looking for a registered Occupational Therapist to join our multidisciplinary team and put their vocational skills to work for people who've served. You'll work directly with Veterans and their family members to identify their strengths and set career goals. You'll also give them the practical tools to find and keep work that matters to them.

This is a hands-on, client-facing role delivered across the range of programs within Combat to Career. You'll also occasionally help Veterans apply for aids and appliances and support in other programs deliverables.

What you'll be doing

• Providing vocational support to Veterans and families, from assessment and goal-setting through to sustainable employment

• One-on-one career coaching and ongoing mentoring

• Helping clients translate military skills and experience into civilian language

• CV development and job application support

• Interview preparation and coaching

• Supporting delivery of group programs and employer events under Combat to Career

• Assisting Veterans with assessments and applications for aids and appliances, as needed

• Working with colleagues across disciplines to deliver coordinated support

• Keeping accurate client notes and contributing to program reporting

About you

• Degree in Occupational Therapy with current, unrestricted AHPRA registration

• Experience in vocational rehabilitation, return to work, employment services or a related area

• Confident building rapport with people from a wide range of backgrounds

• Organised, self-directed and comfortable managing your own caseload

• Current driver's licence

Highly regarded

• Experience working with veterans, DVA, or Defence families

• Understanding of the military-to-civilian transition

• Experience with aids and appliances prescription or funding applications

• Lived experience of Defence service, or as a Defence family member

Why join us

• Genuinely meaningful work, with outcomes you can see

• Join a multidisciplinary team working together to support Veterans and their families

• Salary packaging: up to $15,900 tax-free for everyday living expenses, plus a further $2,650 for meal entertainment and holiday accommodation

• Variety across coaching, mentoring and clinical work

• hybrid arrangements

• Professional development support