What are the responsibilities and job description for the Occupational Therapist position at MHMR of Tarrant County?
Occupational Therapist
As an Occupational Therapist for Early Childhood Intervention, you will support families with infants and toddlers birth up to three years old with developmental delays and disabilities, specializing in fine and gross motor, adaptive, sensory, vision, feeding and cognitive delays. You will provide direct services in the natural learning environment (home or childcare settings) that include Occupational Therapy and service coordination/case management. Child & Family Services believes that parenting is a very important role and that every parent/caregiver can be successful. As an Occupational Therapist for ECI, you will coach parents to learn new skills and techniques to help their children succeed. You will impact children, families, and the community by supporting the parent-child relationship so that positive outcomes occur and children increase their functional independence.
Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree
Defined Education:
Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Therapy AND current Texas licensure in Occupational Therapy. Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy is preferred but not required.
Experience in pediatrics; experience, training, or certification in breast feeding/lactation, NDT, infant massage, or sensory integration preferred. Spanish-speaking a plus.
Carry and lifting requirements 15-25 pounds.
Why join us: MHMR has proudly served Tarrant and adjacent county residents for over 50 years. As the second largest mental health community center in Texas, we are dedicated to serving adults and children living with mental illness, substance use disorder and intellectual and developmental disabilities and delays and empowering them to improve their lives through an accessible, integrated, comprehensive person-centered system of care. MHMR is a mission-driven organization that fosters a culture of caring for employees and the people we serve. Our mission statement is We Change Lives.
We CARE:
- We Connect People in Our Community
- We Provide Access to Services
- We Link People to Resources
- We Empower People
Our values are based on the following beliefs:
- Respect for people who are active in planning their services
- Recovery is a life-long process of better health
- Success as positive outcomes for each person
- Participation of people and their families in the process
- Inclusion in the community through services that promote growth and independence
- Safe, ethical, and cost-effective services
- Best practices in current research in medical, psychosocial and organizational fields
- Collaboration with other organizations for better services
Benefits: MHMR offers an excellent benefits package that includes retirement plans with company matching, generous PTO accrual, ten paid holidays, employee assistance programs, wellness programs, and more. MHMR is a participant in the Student Loan Forgiveness Program. We work diligently to provide excellent benefits to employees and their eligible dependents.
For a complete Job Description, detailed qualifications and to apply please reach out to recruiting@mhmrtc.org
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: From $34.60 per hour
Work Location: In person
Benefits:
Health Insurance, Vacation & Paid Time Off, 401K PlanSalary : $35