Job Summary:

Develops and implements a program for facilitation, restoration and/or maintenance of optimum independence in students with disabilities whose adaptive skills and/or effective functioning in the environment have been impaired.

Essential Job Functions:

• Performs functions in the following areas: general development, self-help or self-care, needs for individual and environmental adaptations, functional mobility, motor skills, and musculoskeletal system, sensory motor integrative skills, pre-vocational and vocational skills.
• Serves as a member of an interdisciplinary team whose purpose is to provide an appropriate educational program for the student with disabilities.
• Maintains essential records necessary to the efficient operation of the program including student data.
• Keeps abreast of recent developments in occupational therapy and shows evidence of continuing professional growth.
• Maintains a close liaison with teachers, parents, other therapists, and medical doctors, as appropriate.
• Adheres to the American Occupational Therapy Association Code of Ethics.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the director of special services or designee.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of medical aspects of the special needs student and their implications for instruction.

• Knowledge of resources and techniques needed to integrate the special needs student into the least restrictive environment.

• Thorough knowledge of subject(s) taught.

• Thorough knowledge of elementary, secondary or special education principles, practices and procedures.

• Thorough knowledge of the principles and methodology of effective teaching.

• Thorough knowledge of school division rules, regulations and procedures.

• Ability to establish and maintain standards of behavior.

• Ability to deliver articulate oral presentations and written reports.

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, students, administration, and parents.

Education and Experience Required:

• Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited college or university. Higher degree preferred.
• Licensure to practice occupational therapy in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
• Current Virginia motor vehicle operator’s license.
• Graduate level training in neuro-developmental techniques.
• Annual registration with the American Occupational Therapy Association is recommended.

Salary: This is a 10-month position. Please see starting salary below. Additional compensation awarded for credits earned toward advanced degrees. New employees to Spotsylvania County will be compensated for up to 20 years of experience.