What we can provide you
How we help you find your place @ Tandem
Starting any new job is exciting, but it can definitely leave you feeling a tad fatigued. Let’s face it, sometimes just remembering your passwords & learning where to find the toilets at a new place can be exhausting..
That’s why at Tandem we don’t just shove a caseload in your direction, we build it slowly at a pace that works well for you. Picture lots of joint sessions with our other staff. Sometimes as a nice relaxed way to meet the clients you’ll be working with, sometimes just to see how other people on our team work.
We allocate you a peer mentor to help you settle in, and for all those questions that continuously pop up in any new environment. Trust us, they’ve most likely all been asked before.
Then there’s the couches, mini-library, private staff garden (and espresso machine) to help you take those little moments of rest that are simply vital.
Our flexible approach means you never have to “look busy” at work. If your brain briefly shuts down in the afternoon you can head to the gym, do your grocery shopping, explore the town or take a walk by the river. We think it’s important that our staff manage their energy as much as their time, so if you don’t have a client session booked in you are free to do whatever helps you be at your best. No sideways glances from your co-workers as you head out the door, just trust & support to help you find what works for you.
How we help you love your job
At Tandem we focus on impact, not on KPI’s, targets or compliance techniques. In fact, we have no minimum KPI’s at all, and we want you to keep your focus on how you can make an impact in the lives of the people we support.
We also love to be creative in our approach to therapy. As you walk into our office you’ll see our giant (5 metre) Aerial Circus rig, which our Physio’s use with clients to work on core control, strength & coordination. There’s the enclosed trampoline that our OT’s use for movement breaks or the full kitchen where clients can bake their own perfectly imperfect creations.
When we work with our clients we look for every opportunity to take their interests and embed them into our therapy. So you might run a session at our office, or a school, a park, a shopping centre, a swimming pool. Whatever location will make the biggest impact.
Speaking of impact, we realise that as health professionals in Australia we are incredibly lucky. So we also run a social enterprise - Joey - that uses 100% of profits to support allied health professionals across south east asia, through scholarships, placements, mentoring and PD opportunities. Sound interesting? Well, you're welcome to be involved as much or as little as you like.
Our clients are our our why
The western side of Melbourne, and the regional areas beyond, have significantly less access to healthcare and disability services than most areas across metro Melbourne. This means that we work with a wide variety of clients, allowing us to tailor caseloads to the specific skills and interests of our team.
Keen to work in paediatrics or neuro rehab, with assistive tech or home mods? Maybe you just love working with people to grow their independence at any stage of life? Have a chat to us about your interests and we’ll show you how we can create a caseload that is manageable, yet keeps you growing and learning for many, many years to come.
We love our local community
We are lucky enough to work in one of the most successful multicultural regions in Australia. Not only does this significantly add to the vibrancy of our local community, it also means that we are able to make a more significant impact as we support people from refugee backgrounds, or families where english is not the primary language spoken at home.
Navigating the NDIS, the health system & the school systems can be challenging for anyone, but these challenges can be even more significant for people in our local community. So we embrace this as an opportunity that allows us to have an even greater impact, through the way in which we can support people outside of our direct “clinical role”.
What we need from you
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