Direct Occupational Therapy Services
COVID-19 Update
Our primary aim is to keep people safe in these challenging times and ever-changing circumstances. Our business continues to offer face-to-face interventions where needed, adhering to social distancing and sanitisation protocols, except where a person has been in regular close contact with a person who has tested positive for COVID-19 or is awaiting results for suspected COVID-19, or has returned from travelling overseas or interstate in the past 14 days.
We also offer telehealth consults through a number of platforms for your convenience.
About us
Direct Occupational Therapy Services was established in 2000 and provides a comprehensive and expert range of services to individuals and industry using evidence based practice.
Mission
We are committed to delivering:
- Respectful, timely and cost-effective assessment and intervention services to enable the injured person to optimise their recovery and abilities and prevent dysfunction.
- Collaborative, evidence based services for organisations to prevent injuries and manage risk.
Values
- Exceptional individualised customer service
- Integrity, respect and trust
- Collaboration
- Innovation
- Flexibility
- Community responsibility
Belinda Dwyer 
Principal Occupational Therapist
Belinda has degrees in Occupational Therapy and Occupational Health and Safety Management. She is also a certified workplace trainer and assessor. She has worked in the occupational rehabilitation industry for in excess of 24 years and has a breadth of experience in injury management, prevention and training.
Direct Occupational Therapy Services proudly supports the following organisations:
Services
Direct Occupational Therapy Services provides a range of services:
Assessment
- Job Analysis and Graduated Return to Work Planning
- Worksite Assessment
- Job Dictionaries
- Ergonomic Workstation Assessment
- Activities of Daily Living Assessment including Home Modification
- Functional Capacity Evaluation
- Risk Assessment
- Medico-legal Assessment
- Income Protection Assessments
Injury Management
- Early Intervention Services
- Initial Needs Assessment
- Return to Work Planning including
- Pre-Injury Employer
- Fit for Work
- Restoration to the Community
- Return to Work Assessment
Training
- Customised training packages to industry
- Manual Tasks Training
- Nursing and Aged Care
- Community agencies
- Manufacturing
- Civil, Construction & Field Services
- Office Ergonomics training
- Independent Living Skills
- Energy Conservation and Work Simplification
- Injury Management
- Injury Prevention