Ruah is a leading values-driven employer in Western Australia’s community services sector. Our staff go boldly, not just supporting people in need, but working to end homelessness, end domestic violence and create opportunities for people struggling with poverty and mental health challenges.
Our professional team of operational and corporate services staff is backed by one of WA’s biggest Peer support workforces. Our staff reflect our commitment to diversity and inclusion, where difference is valued, celebrated and embraced.
By choosing to work with us, you are helping transform the lives of vulnerable and disadvantaged people in our community.
This role sits within Ruah’s Karlup Service, our specialist family and domestic violence service supporting women and children to heal, recover, and thrive following experiences of violence.
Karlup operates from The Angela Wright Bennett Centre, housed within Ruah’s purpose‑built Women’s and Children’s Centre The centre provides a safe, welcoming, and therapeutic environment designed to support trauma‑informed, child‑centred, and family‑focused practice.
The Karlup Service works within a multidisciplinary model, bringing together therapeutic supports, case management (Koorta Guides), group programs, and recovery‑focused interventions. Practice is grounded in cultural safety, child‑centred approaches, and strong collaboration with education, health, and community partners.
Working from this dedicated facility, you’ll be supported to deliver meaningful, relationship‑based work that helps children rebuild safety, regulation, confidence, and participation in everyday life.
This role is offered on a 12‑month fixed‑term contract, working full‑time hours (38 hours per week, Monday to Friday).
We’re looking for an experienced and compassionate degree-qualified Occupational Therapist who is confident working with children and families impacted by trauma and complexity.
You’ll bring:
We’d love to hear from you!
Please click apply, create your LiveHire profile, and submit your current CV along with a cover letter of no more than two pages, helping us understand your fit for this role.
Closing date for applications: 19th June 2026.
The Job advertisement may be closed earlier than the date mentioned above.
For further information please our Talent team at talent@ruah.org.au.
We are building a workplace where difference is embraced and encouraged - and to do this, we need people on our team who are representative of the clients we work with, who are passionate about change and courageous enough to stand up for what is right. Everyone is welcome. Everyone belongs.
We are committed to protecting children and young people from harm. All applicants will undergo an extensive screening process prior to appointment.
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
