Our Team
Rachael - Senior Occupational Therapist and Director
Rachael is a senior occupational therapist who has extensive experience working with a variety of people in community-based roles since she graduated from Edith Cowan University in 2012. She is passionate about providing a high standard of care and evidence-based therapeutic interventions.
Rachael has extensive experience working with children, teenagers, and adults. She has experience working in areas such as hospital discharge support, rehabilitation, complex home modifications, assistive technology, palliative care, wheelchair scripting, and of course paediatrics. Rachael has professional and lived experience working with the neurodiverse population. Her passion to support neurodiverse children and teens in school environments comes from her own personal experiences. She loves exploring creative ways to help her clients thrive in different environments.
In 2022 Rachael started as a sole trader, her aim is to provide a more personalised style of therapy. Her unique therapy approach has seen Function Focused Therapy grow and evolve. Rachael and her team are passionate about working with people of various ages to improve their quality of life. She enjoys working with children and families using a play-based approach to achieve therapy goals. She works in partnership with parents to help support children to build capacity across all areas of daily living.
Being a mum of 3 children has allowed Rachael's therapy style to take on a more realistic edge. She understands that families have different routines and adjusts recommendations for therapy accordingly.
Rachael provides occupational therapy services for children aged between 2-18 years. She also provides supervision services to other therapists.
Jasmine - Senior Occupational Therapist
Jasmine Paine is an experienced Occupational Therapist with a passion for empowering children and families to achieve their goals and live meaningful, happy lives.
Jasmine holds an Honours degree in Occupational Therapy from Curtin University and a Graduate Certificate in Child and Adolescent Mental Health from Victoria University. In addition to her core qualifications, Jasmine is a certified Teacher of Swimming and Water Safety and a Progressive Play Certified Practitioner in LEGO®-based Therapy.
Her clinical journey has included roles as Occupational Therapist, Senior Occupational Therapist, and Clinical Lead, where she provided guidance and oversight to therapy teams.
As a neurodivergent professional herself, Jasmine is dedicated to creating inclusive, empowering environments for all children. She believes in celebrating all kinds of brains and tailoring support to each child’s individual needs. Jasmine is committed to ongoing learning (and sometimes unlearning!) to ensure her practice remains evidence-informed and inclusive.
Caitlin - Therapy Assistant
Caitlin is a 3rd year occupational therapy student with a keen interest for working with children of all abilities and strengths. She has a life long passion for helping kids become the best, happiest versions of themselves.
Caitlin has experience with neurodiverse individuals in professional and personal settings. This has helped her to understand some of the challenges of living with disabilities and health conditions.
Caitlin brings a calm, safe persona to therapy sessions, working in fun, creative ways to assist your children in achieving their goals.
Caitlin can support children with 1:1 services or through therapy groups, she works alongside Rachael and Jasmine to provide more intensive and cost effective therapy supports.
Susan - Administrative Assistant
We are excited to welcome Susan Garces to Function Focussed Therapy as our Administrative Angel.
Susan brings a wealth of experience from social care settings both in the United Kingdom and Western Australia.
Sue has previously worked in aged care, mental health and the disability (NDIS) sectors.
Sue brings strong communication, organisation and relationship building skills. She is looking forward to supporting the families to coordinate therapy services in a smooth and efficient way.