Occupational Therapist

Job Title: Occupational Therapist

Contract Length: 205-day contract

FLSA Status: Exempt

Job Summary

Position is responsible for providing occupational therapy treatment to special needs students enrolled in educational programs; providing individual treatment to correct specific areas of sensory-motor integrative dysfunction; administering pediatric occupational therapy assessments to determine a sstudent'slevel of function relative to the student's age and educational placement in such areas as fine/gross motor skill development, sensory motor integration, self-care, and activities of daily living.

Essential Duties

• Provides occupational therapy services to special needs students
• Administers pediatric occupational therapy assessments to determine a student's level of function relative to the student's age and educational placement in such areas as fine/gross motor skill development, sensory-motor integration, self-care, and activities of daily living.
• Develops occupational treatment plans and goals for rehabilitative care to improve students' functional abilities and enhance their learning.
• Provides written assessment reports identifying the student's needs and proposed treatment strategies, individual student goals and objectives as part of the IEP plan, maintains progress records, and participates in the IEP meeting.
• Provides students with individual treatment and group therapy sessions to address specific areas of sensory-motor integrative dysfunction.
• Monitors therapy and educational staff trained to incorporate appropriate occupational therapy treatment strategies into instruction; evaluates the effectiveness of the established program and makes modifications within the framework of the IEP process as necessary.
• Collaborates and coordinates occupational therapy goals with instruction; communicates regularly with parents or guardians through conferences and other means to discuss student progress.
• Models nondiscriminatory practices in all activities.
• Maintains professional competence by attending staff development programs, curriculum development meetings, and other professional activities.
• Performs any other related duties as assigned by the Principal or other appropriate administrator.

Job Specifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must satisfactorily perform each essential duty. The requirements listed below represent the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, who are otherwise qualified, to perform the essential functions.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities Required)

• Must possess a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Occupational Therapy.
• Must possess or be eligible for a Virginia Collegiate Professional License or Postgraduate Professional License with appropriate endorsement to teach in the assigned area.
• Must possess the ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Must possess the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff, parents, and the public.

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

Must have the ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time; exhibit manual dexterity to dial a telephone, to enter data into a computer; to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids; hear and understand speech at normal classroom levels, outdoors and on the telephone; speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in regular classrooms, outdoors, and on thephonee; physical agility to lift to 25 pounds; and to bend, stoop, sit on the floor, climb stairs, walk and reach overhead.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Duties are usually performed in a school/classroom environment. Duties may be occasionally performed on field trips away from school. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Clearance

Criminal Justice Background check, Fingerprinting, TB Assessment

Supervision Exercised: Dependent on grade level and subject; may include instructional assistants, volunteers, and tutors.

Supervision Received: Special Education Director

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The applicant will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other related duties as assigned by the Principal or appropriate administrator. Accomack County Public Schools reserves the right to update, revise, or change this job description and related duties at any time.

The Accomack County School System does not discriminate based on age, sex, handicap, race, religion, color, or national origin in its employment practices.

We are an equal opportunity employer."