The Role of a Professional Organiser

Professional Organisers work with clients to bring more order and efficiency to their lives and homes. The aim of a Professional Organiser is to assist people to make changes, or manage life transitions, to ultimately improve their quality of life and emotional wellbeing in respect to the relationship they have with their space, time and belongings.

The Services provided by a Professional Organiser

The Institute of Professional Organisers (IOPO) defines a Professional Organiser as a person who provides services for fees within the following areas, either as a business owner or employee:

• Hands-on Organising

• Organising advice/consulting

• Paper management and document flow

• Hands-on decluttering

• Digital filing and records management

• Decluttering advice/consulting

• Photographic organisation

• Relocation services

• Digital organising/decluttering

• Estate Clearances

• Concierge/personal assistant services

• Speaking and training on topics within our Scope of Practice

• Productivity coaching/training

• Downsizing services

• Efficiency and effectiveness consulting

• Mentoring services within the topics of the Scope of Practice

• Senior relocation management

Services not within our Scope of Practice

Anything not listed above, but for the purposes of clarity, several have been identified as specifically outside the Scope of Practice.

For the following listed services, they are excluded from the Scope of Practice when provided by a business or individual identifying primarily as providing these roles:

• Counselling

• Psychological services

• Event planning

• Cleaning

• Financial planning/advice