What are the responsibilities and job description for the Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA) position at Yuba City Unified School District?
Yuba City Unified School District
CERTIFIED OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANT DESCRIPTION OF BASIC FUNCTION AND RESPONSIBILITIES The Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA), under the supervision of a Registered Occupational Therapist (OTR), will serve Sutter County and district students by providing occupational therapy and sensory motor integration therapy to IEP goals and objectives.
IMPORTANT AND ESSENTIAL DUTIES: 1. Responds to request for services in accordance with policies and procedures.
2. Assists OTR with data collection and assessments.
3. Assists OTR with development of treatment goals.
4. Implements intervention under supervision of OTR.
5. Can adapt intervention environment, tools and materials under supervision of OTR.
6. Is part of a collaborative IEP team.
7. Maintains treatment area, equipment, and supply inventory as needed.
8. Maintains records and documentation required by work setting and under the supervision of the OTR.
9. Travel to various school sites in Sutter County for the provision of therapy services as designated by the supervising occupational therapist. EMPLOYMENT STANTDARDS: Knowledge of/Ability to: Have a functional knowledge of up-to-date therapy methodologies. TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE: 1. Certification by the American Occupational Therapy Certification Board as a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA).
2. Prefer experience in providing sensory integration therapy.
3. Prefer experience in a school setting. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, listen, hear, and talk. The employee occasionally is required to reach with hands and arms, and use hands to manipulate or feel objects, tools, or controls, to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, climb or balance, lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. The employee is regularly required to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, and ability to focus.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
07/01/11