Staying in the OT Profession with Hope and Purpose
This practical session focuses on supporting occupational therapists to navigate workforce pressures, reduce burnout, and reconnect with meaning and purpose in their work. Learn strategies to manage stress, build supportive networks and sustain hope in your work.
Program Overview
Amid frequent system changes, workforce shortages, rising service demands, administrative pressures, and moral injury, many OTs are struggling to maintain their passion and sense of purpose, placing them at risk of burnout and career attrition.
This session with Toni Knight is designed to help you navigate these challenges, reconnect with the meaning in your work, why you became an occupational therapist and develop strategies to maintain hope, resilience, and long-term career satisfaction
What You Will Learn:
In this interactive session, you will learn:
- Strategies to manage the emotional weight of systems you can’t control, reducing stress, burnout, and moral injury.
- Tools for preserving meaning and purpose in your work, even when administrative and funding pressures feel as though they are dominating your work
- Approaches you can use to create and maintain supportive professional networks, mentors, and peer connections.
- Ways to set boundaries, prioritise self-care, and build resilience to sustain your career long-term.
By attending this session you will:
- Gain practical strategies to protect your wellbeing and manage professional stress.
- Learn how to surround yourself with the supports and connections you need to thrive.
- Discover approaches to maintain meaning and purpose in a complex and challenging workforce environment.
- Develop resilience and tools to sustain your career through periods of change, pressure, and workforce shortages.
- Connect with other OTs who share your challenges and aspirations, strengthening your professional community
Registering for this event will also give you access to a 45 minute complimentary recording on Understanding burnout, compassion fatigue and moral injury which we recommend you view prior to attending this session.
This session is suitable for:
Suitable for OTs at any career stage.
WORKSHOP DETAILS:
DATE:
Monday 30th March 2026
TIME:
Presentation Commences:
12 noon – 1:30pm | VIC, NSW, ACT, TAS |
11:30am – 1:00pm | SA |
11:00am – 12:30pm | QLD |
10:30am – 12:00pm | NT |
9:00am – 10:30am | WA |
The session will run for approximately 90 minutes.
Please login 10 minutes before the scheduled presentation time
VENUE
This is a 100% virtual event. You will receive an email with details to access the event one day ahead of the scheduled event date.
CPD HOURS:
Total CPD claimable workshop hours: 1.5 hours
Please allow 48 hours for your CPD Certificate to be loaded in your CPD Tracker after course completion.
ACCESS:
This session will be recorded. A link to the recording will be provided following the event completion. Attendance at the live event is encouraged to optimise learning.
Participants will be able to access the course materials online in their OTA account for the event and for a further 12 weeks after the event
REGISTRATION FEES
EARLYBIRD – Book on or before 23 February 2026
OTA Member: $54
OTA Student/New Graduate Member: $49
Non-member: $70
STANDARD – Book on or after 24 February 2026
OTA Member: $60
OTA Student/New Graduate Member: $54
Non-Member: $78
(All pricing is inclusive of GST)
RSVPS close 11:55pm AEDT on 26 March 2026
Members must be logged in with username and password in order to register at the member rate.
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DISCLAIMER
All information is correct at the time of publication. OTA reserves the right to alter or delete items from the CPD calendar as required, and takes no responsibility for any errors, omissions, and changes.
All resources including copies of the presentation, along with all supporting documents and links are not for distribution and are the property of the presenter.
An OTA staff member or representative may be photographing this event for use in OTA publications and/or on OTA social media sites. If you do not wish to be photographed, or have your image published please make this known to the OTA representative at your course or contact OTA on 1300 682 878 or info@otaus.com.au
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Terms and Conditions including OTA’s refund and cancellation policy are available here
CONTACT US
Please email info@otaus.com.au or phone 1300 682 878
Presented By
Toni Knight
Toni is a psychotherapist, author and presenter who specialises in anxiety, burnout, compassion fatigue and trauma. She has a degree in psychology, a lively private practice in Newcastle, NSW and 20 years of experience helping people to live values-centred lives. She regularly consults with private practices of professional caregivers and regularly collaborates with Occupational Therapy Australia. Toni believes that professional caregiving is of utmost importance to our community and our nation. She feels that it is therefore imperative that we value the health and wellbeing of the people that perform this vital work.