What are the responsibilities and job description for the Occupational Therapist position at Cherokee County School District - GA?
Job Description Code: 2H.012
Division/Department: Academics and Accountability
Pay Grade: OT/PT Salary Schedule
Pay Type: Salaried; Exempt
Retirement: TRS
Contract Work Year: 188 Days
Reports To: Executive Director, Special Education Instructional Services
Evaluation Instrument: PEI
Minimum Qualifications
Licensure: Current license in Occupational Therapy issued by the State of Georgia.
GOAL
Work with school system personnel and community to develop and provide an appropriate special education program to eligible exceptional children.
Representative Duties & Responsibilities
Essential Duties
Job descriptions are designed and intended only to summarize the essential duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and requirements for the purpose of clarifying the general nature and scope of a position’s role as part of the overall organization. Job descriptions do not list all tasks an employee might be expected to perform, and they do not limit the right of the employer/supervisor to assign additional tasks or otherwise to modify duties to be performed – even if seemingly unrelated to the basic job. Every employee has a duty to perform all assigned tasks. (An employee who is assigned a duty or task believed to be unlawful should report the assignment to the Chief Human Resources Officer.) It should also be noted the order of duties/ responsibilities as listed in the job description is not designed or intended to rank the duties in any order of importance relative to each other.
Minimum Requirements
In filling a vacant position, preferred or required credentials regarding education, training, experience, and other bona fide occupational qualifications may be established. The credentials shown in this job description may be interpreted only as the minimum criteria existing at the time the description was developed. Other bona fide occupational qualifications and criteria may be utilized as needed in the selection process.
Fringe Benefits
FICA is paid by the employee and matched by the School District. Temporary workers do not qualify for employee benefits.
Adopted: May 2010
Revised: February 2017, July 2022, July 2024, July 2025
Division/Department: Academics and Accountability
Pay Grade: OT/PT Salary Schedule
Pay Type: Salaried; Exempt
Retirement: TRS
Contract Work Year: 188 Days
Reports To: Executive Director, Special Education Instructional Services
Evaluation Instrument: PEI
Minimum Qualifications
Licensure: Current license in Occupational Therapy issued by the State of Georgia.
GOAL
Work with school system personnel and community to develop and provide an appropriate special education program to eligible exceptional children.
Representative Duties & Responsibilities
- Complete designated follow-up procedures for students referred for interventions and special services.
- Develop, implement, monitor and review goals and services needed to support the Individual Education Program (IEP) or 504 Plan of each student on the caseload, at least annually.
- Work with parents in all aspects of their child’s educational program and facilitate improved academic and functional skills.
- Collect and maintain accurate and descriptive records on all students on caseload.
- Provide appropriate screening and diagnostic service, and report written results in a professional manner.
- Collaborate with regular education and/or special education educators on an ongoing basis.
- Refer students to other specialists as needed.
- Assure all due process procedural safeguards are afforded students and their parents.
- Provide effective therapeutic services according to established program guidelines and through appropriate service delivery models.
- Use special methodology for instruction, according to the population needs.
- Stay informed on new techniques and methods.
- Use carefully designed behavior management strategies, as indicated.
- Administer, on an on-going basis, evaluations of student progress towards mastery of established goals and objectives specified by system’s recommended program report guidelines.
- Serve as a resource to the regular education teachers and administrators regarding the needs of all children with special needs.
- Perform special duties required for meeting the unique needs of specific populations, i.e., lifting physically challenged children, and recommending adaptive equipment.
- Possess and maintain valid and appropriate license, certificate and/or credential as may be required for this position.
- Follow work scheduling and attendance requirements in a regular, predictable and punctual manner.
- Participate in training programs to increase skills and proficiency related to the assignment.
- Review current developments, literature and technical source information related to job responsibilities.
- Ensure adherence to good safety procedures.
- Follow federal and state laws, as well as Board policies.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Essential Duties
Job descriptions are designed and intended only to summarize the essential duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and requirements for the purpose of clarifying the general nature and scope of a position’s role as part of the overall organization. Job descriptions do not list all tasks an employee might be expected to perform, and they do not limit the right of the employer/supervisor to assign additional tasks or otherwise to modify duties to be performed – even if seemingly unrelated to the basic job. Every employee has a duty to perform all assigned tasks. (An employee who is assigned a duty or task believed to be unlawful should report the assignment to the Chief Human Resources Officer.) It should also be noted the order of duties/ responsibilities as listed in the job description is not designed or intended to rank the duties in any order of importance relative to each other.
Minimum Requirements
In filling a vacant position, preferred or required credentials regarding education, training, experience, and other bona fide occupational qualifications may be established. The credentials shown in this job description may be interpreted only as the minimum criteria existing at the time the description was developed. Other bona fide occupational qualifications and criteria may be utilized as needed in the selection process.
Fringe Benefits
FICA is paid by the employee and matched by the School District. Temporary workers do not qualify for employee benefits.
Adopted: May 2010
Revised: February 2017, July 2022, July 2024, July 2025