Childworks

11/08/2026

04/06/2026

✨ Job Opportunity 🤩

Hi beautiful OTs!

Love working with kids but want a workplace that values you too? 💕

Join our friendly, close-knit team at Childworks and enjoy a career that's rewarding, flexible, and truly supportive. 🙌

At Childworks, we're passionate about helping children thrive and making a genuine difference in the lives of families every day. As a leading paediatric therapy provider, we deliver evidence-based, family-centred care in a warm, supportive, and collaborative environment where both our clients and our team can flourish. 🤩

We value your ideas, celebrate your successes, and invest in your growth through ongoing professional development, mentoring, and career advancement opportunities.

Why you'll love working here:

✅ Flexible part-time or full-time hours available
✅ Hybrid working options (clinic, home, telehealth, school and home visits [travel reimbursed of course!])
✅ Compressed 4.5-day work week available (hello half day off!)
✅ Competitive salary + annual bonus + incentives
✅ Dedicated administration team handling bookings, paperwork and support
✅ Ongoing professional development and mentoring (never have to chase those last minute CPD hours)
✅ Consistent caseload each week with autonomy over billable hours
✅ Documentation time built into your schedule = no end of day 'pile up' (45 minute sessions with 15 minute documentation time included). Work stays at work as we prioritise work-life balance

✅ Freshly renovated clinic with:
• Individual therapy rooms
• Large sensory gym
• Relaxing staff room
• Warm, welcoming atmosphere

✅ Supportive, collaborative team culture where your wellbeing matters
✅ Paid birthday leave and weekly 'me hour' to go for a run, nap, shop, you do you!
✅ All resources, equipment and education/coaching resources available for you to give/use in your therapy

We're looking for someone who:
• Is passionate about helping children and families thrive
• Enjoys working as part of a team
• Values work-life balance and their own wellbeing!
• Wants to grow professionally while having fun along the way

If you're looking for a role where you'll feel supported, valued, and excited to come to work each day, we'd love to hear from you! 🥳

Please submit your resume and cover letter to [email protected]

Find a job you love and you will never feel like you are working a day in your life. 😍

Take the step, this is your sign, Childworks is waiting to welcome you! ~Bri (Director & Principal OT) 🌸

19/01/2026

🌟 Occupational Therapy Spots Now Available – Starting February! 🌟

Childworks Dural is excited to offer morning availability for Paediatric Occupational Therapy starting this February — no referral needed!


✨ Our clinic features:

🧠 A fully equipped Sensory Gym

🏡 Newly renovated therapy rooms

😊 Energetic, friendly, and highly qualified therapists dedicated to helping your child thrive (Emotional regulation, social skills, motor skills, self care, attention and focus skills… you name it!)

📍 7F/256 New Line Road, Dural, 2158
🌐 Visit www.childworks.com
📞 Call 9055 4692 to secure your spot now
Spaces are limited—book early to avoid missing out!

06/08/2025

🌋 Anger Volcanoes, Emotional Regulation & Co-Regulation 🌋

Ever seen your child go from calm to explosive in seconds?
That’s their anger volcano erupting!

Just like a real volcano, anger builds up pressure inside the body(sometimes from things we can’t see), until even a small trigger causes a meltdown. 💥

What’s really happening?

Often, it's the result of interoception (our ability to sense what’s going on inside our bodies) being overwhelmed or underdeveloped. Kids may not realise their heart is racing, they’re hungry, tired, or overstimulated.

This is where tools like body scans come in handy. A simple check-in like H.A.L.T.T. (Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired, Toilet) helps children learn to tune into their inner world.

💬 Behaviour is communication.

When a child is melting down, they’re not being “naughty”, they’re struggling with emotional regulation, which is a learned skill. It takes time, practice, and most importantly, support from a regulated adult.

This is where Co-Regulation comes in. When their world feels like chaos, your calm can be their anchor.
Yelling won’t help; it often leads to more resistance, more tears, or shutdown.

You might be wondering, “But how do I co-regulate?”

Here are a few tips:
✅ Get down to their level
✅ Use open, non-threatening body language
✅ Soften your voice and tone
✅ Acknowledge their big feelings without judgment
✅ Guide them gently through a body scan like H.A.L.T.T.
✅ Offer calming strategies you’ve practiced together

❤️🧠 Emotional regulation is a journey, not a destination—and it starts with connection.

❤️ Miss Bri

25/04/2025

❤️🌸 Lest We Forget 🌸❤️

Look at these beautiful wreaths that the clever Children at Childworks have been busy making this week!

05/04/2025

Friday session fun….🎉

Obstacle courses, slime, pegs and balancing! 🎯

The little legends are loving the new layout and equipment… 🎲📝

The parents are loving the ‘Parent Retreat’ we have set up too! 😎 With adult colouring, books, couches and a quiet space to catch up on those emails 📧🎨

03/04/2025

*** Happy Thursday parents! 😍

Clever little hands & bright minds have been hard at work at Childworks this week! ⭐

Check out some of their beautiful work! 🌈

If you see an activity that catches your eye and you want to know more about how it is promoting skill development, or how you can do the same at home with your own little one, then comment on the photo! 💡

Miss Bri will be more than happy to answer your comments or even send you one of her ‘Miss Bri’s Top Tips’ bundles! 🤩

03/04/2025

The Childworks team have been truly spoilt this morning with this surprise delivery!! 🍩

Thank you to our mystery sender! 🎉🥹

02/04/2025