Meet the team

About OccAssess

Occupational therapy assessments and intervention leaders

Our Team

Stephanie Johnson and Sue Lightbody, collaborated to form OccAssess in July 2021. Although this business has new roots, it has been formed by joining together two well established occupational therapy private practices. Both Stephanie and Sue have extensive experience in the provision of services for people with brain injuries and spinal cord injuries. They have also provided independent objective medico-legal assessments for more than 10 years.

Since commencement, OccAssess has been rapidly growing with new members joining our team. We are also able to service our clients throughout QLD.

Meet The Team

Stephanie

Stephanie has been an occupational therapist for 30 years and providing medico-legal assessments for more than 20 years. As an occupational therapist with a background in neuro-rehabilitation and return to work, Stephanie provides specialised assessments and reports for complex conditions.

Sue

As an occupational therapist with vast experience of more than 30 years in neurorehabilitation, Sue remains passionate about working with people who have spinal cord injuries. The provision of medico-legal assessment reports has also been a key interest over the past 20 years.

Carmen

Carmen has over 30 years of experience providing occupational therapy services to individuals and corporate clients in the public and private sector. Her experience encompasses occupational rehabilitation and return to work services, human factors, and case management of clients with complex needs.

Helen

Helen trained as an Occupational Therapist at LaTrobe University in Melbourne. She has over 17 years experience in a wide range of OT practice areas including hospital, rehabilitation, community and remote area work. Helen is passionate about holistic and person-centred approaches to supporting people to achieve their full potential and to improve their quality of life.

Kylie

Kylie has years of experience as a hospital-based Registered Nurse, and in administrative roles within the health field. Having completed a Graduate Certificate in Case Management from Griffith University, Kylie provides OccAssess clients with specialist case management, using her extensive clinical experiences in supporting clients to live their best life.

Jane

Jane is an experienced Occupational Therapist with a speciality in hand therapy and upper limb rehabilitation. She enjoys working with people and providing objective, accurate assessments and advice.

Anjanette

Anjanette is the Business Services Manager with significant experience in Operations and Human Resources across a wide range of industries including finance, resources, and aged care.

Sarah

Sarah is our occupational therapy assistant and provides assistance to our team with resource development and research support.

Nicole

Nicole graduated occupational therapy with first-class honours in 2023. She has a background in biomedical science and an interest in neurorehabilitation. Nicole believes that understanding a person’s story is key to finding the appropriate support they need to live a meaningful life.

Our Services

Occupational Therapy Medico-Legal Assessments

OccAssess provide expert occupational therapy medico-legal assessments in our offices in Milton, and in the client’s home. This service is offered throughout Queensland. Our team consists of highly experienced occupational therapists, with each therapist possessing more than 25 years of clinical experience. We pride ourselves on providing high quality, objective, independent assessments and reports.

Assessment of Function and Care Needs

Our team of highly experienced clinicians are trained and qualified to undertake formal assessment of function and care needs. We all maintain FIM and WeeFIM accreditation, and provide these assessments throughout Queensland.

Occupational Therapy Treatment and Intervention Programs

Our clinical expertise within our team focuses on the provisions of occupational therapy intervention for clients who have sustained brain and/or spinal cord injury. We offer short term, goal oriented, intervention program to optimise function.

Assessment of Rehabilitation Needs

OccAssess Occupational therapists possess expertise in the assessment of a variety of conditions and in the identification of an injured person’s rehabilitation requirements. This includes physical, cognitive, emotional, environmental and equipment needs.

Join Our Team

We’re always on the lookout for passionate and experienced occupational therapists to join our ever-growing team. If you are excited by a workplace that offers the opportunity to work with a variety of complex cases, and supports continual learning, please contact us for more information.