Career development doesn’t always require changing jobs or titles. A career in place focuses on growth within your current role or organisation. Here, progress is about evolving how you approach your work - expanding responsibilities, enhancing skills, and continuously improving within your existing job. Success is measured by personal growth and how you can innovate and contribute meaningfully in your current role. This model often overlaps with traditional careers, particularly for those who seek to become specialists or leaders without necessarily seeking promotion or new titles.

We explore this model though interviews with:

• Amber Paske, Senior Occupational Therapist - Mersey Community Hospital
• Indigo Bates, Senior Occupational Therapist - Launceston General Hospital

Find more information about all of the career models we discuss in this series by visiting the Allied Health Workforce Development Framework SharePoint. There you’ll find practical advice for each model, as well as a quiz that can help you match your own career with one of the five models.