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Occupational therapist jobs in Melbourne

49 care requests an occupational therapist could take on were submitted within 45 km of central Melbourne in the last 90 days. Register free to see the ones still open.

Melbourne and suburbs within 45 km, Victoria

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Care requests within 45 km of central Melbourne

49

requests in 90 days

17

in the last 30 days

1

occupational therapist profile on Carevo in the same area

In the 90 days to 10 November 2026, people within 45 km of central Melbourne submitted 49 care requests through Carevo that an occupational therapist could take on. The services asked for most were therapy, allied health and occupational therapy. The suburbs with the most were Melbourne (8), Epping (4), Craigieburn (3) and Broadmeadows (2). 17 of the 49 arrived in the last 30 days.

39% of these requests were sent by a support coordinator, and 31% by a family member or carer. A coordinator or plan manager often places more than one participant, so a good first job with one can lead to more. 75% asked for support to start within a week, so a quick reply counts for a lot here.

Where the requests came from

  1. Melbourne
    8 requests
  2. Epping
    4 requests
  3. Craigieburn
    3 requests
  4. Broadmeadows
    2 requests
  5. Forest Hill
    2 requests
  6. Keilor East
    2 requests
  7. Kew
    2 requests
  8. Melton
    2 requests

A suburb is named only when it has at least three requests of any kind in the window. Distances are straight lines between suburb centres.

Counted from care requests submitted through Carevo between 13 August 2026 and 10 November 2026, in the service categories occupational therapist work covers. They are enquiries from people looking for support, not advertised vacancies, and some will have been filled.

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Support work requested near Melbourne: 49 requests within 45 km

Care requests submitted through Carevo in the last 90 days in service categories related to occupational therapist work, within 45 km of Melbourne: the last 30 days first, nearest to Melbourne first among those. These are examples of recent demand, not confirmed open vacancies or evidence that each request needs this specialist role. Check the scope, credentials and current status before contacting anyone.

  1. NDIS participant in Melbourne, VIC needs therapy

    NDIS, self-managed

  2. NDIS participant in Melbourne, VIC needs therapy

    NDIS, self-managed

  3. Support coordinator in Brighton, VIC needs therapy · 11 km from Melbourne

    NDIS, plan-managed · needs to start soon

  4. Family carer in Keilor East, VIC needs therapy · 13 km from Melbourne

    Home Care Package / Support at Home · planning ahead

  5. Family carer in Broadmeadows, VIC needs therapy · 15 km from Melbourne

    NDIS, self-managed · needs to start soon

  6. Family carer in a suburb near Melbourne needs therapy · 15 km from Melbourne

    NDIS, plan-managed · needs to start soon

  7. Support coordinator in Altona Meadows, VIC needs therapy · 18 km from Melbourne

    NDIS, plan-managed

  8. Support coordinator in Forest Hill, VIC needs therapy · 19 km from Melbourne

    NDIS, self-managed · needs to start soon

  9. 41 more related care requests near Melbourne in the last 90 days. Register your profile to see them in full and contact the ones that fit (contact details are shown when you choose to contact a request, and up to two workers can contact each request).

Requests are anonymised: no names, contact details or health information are stored or shown. A suburb is named only when it has at least three requests in the window; otherwise the region is shown. Who is asking and the timing are inferred from the request by Carevo's classifier, and timing is described in the past tense once a request is more than 30 days old. Regenerated from Carevo's database at each deployment. How we calculate these numbers.

How the work within 45 km of central Melbourne is funded

Of the 46 requests that stated how the support would be paid for, 52% were NDIS plan-managed, 20% were NDIS self-managed and 7% were funded by a Home Care Package or Support at Home.

  1. NDIS, plan-managed
    52% (24)
  2. NDIS, self-managed
    20% (9)
  3. Home Care Package or Support at Home
    7% (3)
  4. NDIS, agency-managed
    7% (3)
  5. Privately funded
    7% (3)
  6. CHSP
    4% (2)
  7. DVA
    4% (2)

Share of the 46 requests that stated a funding type. Who can deliver a support under each NDIS arrangement is set by the NDIA: ways to manage your funding.

Responses and competition within 45 km of central Melbourne

47

had a provider respond

0

had an independent worker respond

2

had no response from any provider or worker

Carevo sent out 49 of these requests. A provider responded to 47 and an independent worker responded to 0. No independent worker responded to the other 49; a provider responded to 47 of those. 2 (4%) had no response from any provider or worker through Carevo. Each request goes to providers as well as workers, and up to two independent workers can contact it, so a request with no response on the day it arrives may not stay that way.

1 occupational therapist profile on Carevo lists a suburb within 45 km of central Melbourne. Against 49 requests in 90 days, that is about 49 requests for each profile. Profiles are self-reported and not all are active, and providers respond to the same requests.

Occupational therapist jobs by suburb in Melbourne

Suburbs within 45 km of central Melbourne that had their own occupational therapist requests in the last 90 days, busiest first. Each page shows the requests within 30 km of that suburb.

Craigieburn 3 Kew 2 Keilor East 2 Broadmeadows 2 Forest Hill 2 Melton 2 East Melbourne 1 South Yarra 1 Ascot Vale 1 Preston 1 Brighton 1 Heidelberg 1 Glenroy 1 Hampton East 1 Templestowe 1 Altona Meadows 1 Glen Waverley 1 Burnside Heights 1 Vermont South 1 Hoppers Crossing 1 Fraser Rise 1 Edithvale 1 Ferntree Gully 1 Chelsea 1 Mickleham 1 Kilsyth 1 Hallam 1 Hampton Park 1 Eltham Bonbeach

The number is that suburb's own requests in the window. All occupational therapist pages in Victoria.

Every suburb within 45 km of Melbourne (332 more)

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Contact details are shown when you choose to contact a request. Up to two workers can contact each one, and providers receive the same requests, so a prompt reply helps.

Pay, checks and qualifications are the same wherever you work: occupational therapist checks and credentials, occupational therapist pay rates.

Frequently asked questions

Does Carevo have occupational therapist jobs in Melbourne I can apply for?

Carevo is not a job board with fixed listings. It passes on care requests from people looking for support. In the last 90 days there were 49 within 45 km of central Melbourne that an occupational therapist could take on. You register your availability and credentials once, the requests that match your services, area and funding types appear on your dashboard, and you choose which to contact.

How much occupational therapist work is there in Melbourne?

In the 90 days to 10 November 2026, people within 45 km of central Melbourne submitted 49 care requests through Carevo that an occupational therapist could take on. The services asked for most were therapy, allied health and occupational therapy. The suburbs with the most were Melbourne (8), Epping (4), Craigieburn (3) and Broadmeadows (2). 17 of the 49 arrived in the last 30 days.

Who pays for occupational therapist work in Melbourne?

Of the 46 requests that stated how the support would be paid for, 52% were NDIS plan-managed, 20% were NDIS self-managed and 7% were funded by a Home Care Package or Support at Home.

How many other occupational therapists are in Melbourne?

1 occupational therapist profile on Carevo lists a suburb within 45 km of central Melbourne. Against 49 requests in 90 days, that is about 49 requests for each profile. Profiles are self-reported and not all are active, and providers respond to the same requests.

Does it cost anything?

Creating a profile and seeing the requests near you is free. To contact a request you need the Support Worker Plan: $99 a month (ex GST) for up to 5 contacts a month, with a 7-day free trial. Carevo charges no commission and takes no cut of what you earn.

Other roles in Melbourne

Roles that also had care requests around Melbourne, busiest first.

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