Meet Our Team
Meet the people behind Phoenix Project Allied Health. Select a profile to learn more about each team member’s experience, approach, and interests.
Justin Ingram
Operations Lead | Co-Founder
Operations, service development, mental health, and community connection.
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Justin Ingram is a Co-Founder and Operations Lead of Phoenix Project Allied Health. With a background in psychology, youth work, mental health, and community support, Justin is passionate about creating allied health services that are compassionate, accessible, and genuinely centred around the needs of children, families, and individuals.
Justin has spent years working alongside vulnerable young people and families across a range of settings, developing a strong understanding of the challenges many individuals face when trying to access meaningful support. His experience across mental health, homelessness services, youth work, and community care helped shape the vision behind Phoenix Project Allied Health.
Currently undertaking further studies in clinical psychology, Justin has a strong interest in emotional wellbeing, social connection, neuroaffirming support, and building practical services that help individuals thrive within their everyday environments. He is particularly passionate about creating safe and engaging spaces where children and young people feel understood, supported, and empowered.
Justin oversees the day to day operations of Phoenix Project Allied Health, including service development, client experience, community engagement, and organisational growth. He works closely with the clinical team to ensure families receive high quality, practical, and person centred support from their very first interaction with the service.
Outside of work, Justin has a strong passion for history, gaming, psychology, sport, and community connection. He believes meaningful relationships, authenticity, and compassion are at the centre of effective support and positive outcomes.
Phoenix Project Allied Health was founded from a shared vision to create a service that feels different. A service that prioritises genuine care, strong relationships, practical outcomes, and helping people build confidence, independence, and connection within their communities.
Moses Jokwiro
Occupational Therapist | Co-Founder
Supporting children, young people, and families through practical, person-centred Occupational Therapy.
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Moses Jokwiro is an Occupational Therapist and a Co-Founder of Phoenix Project Allied Health with more than 9 years of experience working across neurological rehabilitation, occupational rehabilitation, clinical practice, and paediatric occupational therapy. Throughout his career, Moses has worked with individuals and families across a wide range of settings, developing a strong passion for helping children build confidence, independence, and meaningful participation in everyday life.
Moses has a particular interest in supporting children experiencing developmental, sensory, emotional, behavioural, and functional challenges. His clinical focus includes emotional regulation, sensory processing, executive functioning, social participation, play based therapy, and helping children develop practical life skills across home, school, and community environments.
Known for his calm and approachable nature, Moses believes therapy should be engaging, strengths based, family centred, and tailored to each child’s individual goals and abilities. He values building genuine connections with children and families and creating supportive environments where children feel safe, capable, and empowered to grow.
Outside of occupational therapy, Moses has a strong passion for sport and enjoys cricket, soccer, and rugby. His love for teamwork, resilience, discipline, and connection continues to shape both his personal life and professional approach.
Phoenix Project was established from a shared vision to create compassionate, practical, and accessible allied health support that genuinely makes a difference in the lives of children, families, and individuals within the community.
Amos Zavare
Occupational Therapist | Co-Founder
Supporting children, young people, and families through practical, person-centred Occupational Therapy.
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Amos Zavare is a paediatric Occupational Therapist and Co-Founder of Phoenix Project Allied Health with a strong passion for helping children and families create meaningful and lasting change in their everyday lives. He brings a warm, practical, and relationship focused approach to therapy, supporting children to build confidence, emotional regulation, independence, and participation across home, school, and community environments.
Amos has experience supporting children with a range of developmental and functional needs, including autism, ADHD, emotional regulation challenges, sensory processing differences, motor skill development, and daily living skills. He believes every child has unique strengths and abilities, and values creating therapy supports that are individualised, engaging, and meaningful to each child and family.
His approach focuses on building genuine connections with children while working closely alongside families, educators, and support networks to create consistency and positive outcomes across environments. Amos believes therapy works best when it feels practical, collaborative, and naturally integrated into everyday life.
Known for his calm and approachable nature, Amos creates sessions that balance structure, creativity, and flexibility, giving children the confidence and support they need to explore, learn, and succeed.
At the centre of Amos’ work is a simple belief that every child deserves the opportunity to reach their full potential with the right support around them.
Together with his co founders, he helped establish Phoenix Project from a shared vision to create compassionate, accessible, and high quality allied health services that genuinely make a difference for children, families, and the wider community.
Previledge Makaza
Occupational Therapist
Supporting children, young people, and families through practical, person-centred Occupational Therapy.
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Previledge Makaza is an Occupational Therapist with experience across paediatric occupational therapy, rehabilitation, functional capacity assessment, community practice, and family-centred care. He is passionate about supporting children and families to build confidence, independence, emotional regulation, and meaningful participation in everyday life.
Previledge has a particular interest in working with children experiencing developmental, sensory, emotional, behavioural, and functional challenges. His areas of clinical focus include autism, ADHD, sensory processing differences, emotional regulation, motor skill development, play skills, school readiness, and daily living skills. He enjoys helping children develop practical skills that support participation across home, school, and community environments while recognising and building upon each child’s individual strengths.
Known for his calm, thoughtful, and approachable nature, Previledge believes therapy is most effective when it is collaborative, engaging, and centred around what matters most to the child and their family. He values developing genuine relationships with children and works closely alongside parents, caregivers, educators, and other professionals to create meaningful goals and consistent support across environments.
At the heart of Previledge’s approach is the belief that every child has unique strengths, abilities, and potential. By building on these strengths and working collaboratively with families, he aims to help children develop the confidence, skills, and independence needed to participate more fully in the activities and relationships that are important to them.
Outside of occupational therapy, Previledge enjoys spending time with family and friends, exploring new experiences, and continuing to develop his knowledge and skills as a clinician. He is passionate about making a positive difference in the lives of children and families and helping them achieve meaningful and lasting outcomes.
Brilliant Smoke
Occupational Therapist
Supporting children, young people, and families through practical, person-centred Occupational Therapy.
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Brilliant has experience across NDIS practice and international occupational therapy, with a broad perspective on how people develop skills, adapt and participate in everyday life. Over the course of his clinical work, he has supported children with presentations including autism, ADHD, developmental delays, sensory processing differences, emotional regulation difficulties and motor development challenges, as well as working across functional independence, daily living skills, play and participation.
Brilliant brings a practical, thoughtful and down-to-earth approach to his work. He enjoys understanding what makes each family and person unique, finding their strengths and turning therapy into something that feels relevant to their everyday life rather than simply another task to complete.
He believes some of the best moments in therapy happen when a child is having fun, feeling understood and discovering something they didn’t know they could do. His approach is curious and creative, and he enjoys finding what makes each child tick and using that as a starting point for connection and growth.
Outside of work, Brilliant is usually doing something active or creative, running, playing soccer or working on videography projects. He loves movement, storytelling and being around people, and brings that same energy and curiosity into his work with children and families.
For Brilliant, being an OT is not just about helping children develop skills. It is about being someone they enjoy seeing, someone they can trust, and someone who believes in them.
Weiqing Qiao (Wei)
Speech Pathologist
AAC, speech sounds, language, feeding, and multilingual communication.
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Wei is a Speech Pathologist who holds a Master of Speech Pathology from the University of Canberra. She is passionate about helping children achieve their communication goals in ways that are functional in their everyday lives.
Her clinical interests include Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), speech sound disorders, receptive and expressive language development, feeding difficulties, and multilingual language development. Wei is bilingual in English and Mandarin, which enables her to support individuals and families from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds.
Outside of work, Wei enjoys exploring Canberra on two wheels, often spending weekends cycling around the city’s beautiful lakes and rolling hills. She also has a strong interest in linguistics and enjoys studying language in her spare time. Passionate about innovation, Wei enjoys exploring how technology is transforming the way people communicate, connect, and interact with one another.
Who we are
At Phoenix Project Allied Health, our vision is simple yet powerful:
Empowering Young People Through Evidence-Based Therapy
To transform therapy into experiences that people want to engage in — where growth, connection, and capability flourish together.
We imagine a future where therapy is:
- purposeful and evidence-based,
- deeply meaningful to participants,
- creatively delivered through activities that inspire,
- adaptable to individual goals and contexts.
We aim to be a provider that:
✔ listens and learns from what actually works,
✔ evolves with emerging ideas and evidence,
✔ invites innovation alongside strong clinical foundations,
✔ and champions participation, enjoyment, and achievement first.
From school and home visits today to inclusive therapeutic group experiences tomorrow (including role-playing games, strategy games, group skill building and more), our vision is about possibility, fun, and real-world growth — one goal, connection, and success at a time.
We are committed to capacity building, ethical practice, and supporting families and coordinators to achieve meaningful outcomes through the NDIS.
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