Occupational Therapist - Early Intervention

About the role

Join our Early Childhood Services in Cambridge /Somerville as an Occupational Therapist in our Early Intervention program. Our interdisciplinary team supports families with children (0-3 years) who have or are at risk for developmental delays or disorders with a dyadic relationship-based approach.

Responsibilities

• Support families with children (0-3 years) who have or are at risk for developmental delays or disorders with a dyadic relationship-based approach.
• Develop relationships with families, and grow in our understanding of their values, beliefs, priorities, routines, sources of stress, goals and intervention needs.
• Strengthen the mutual enjoyment of daily activities and interactions between children and their caregivers, while attending to specific delays and challenges.
• Focus on motor, feeding, and sensory integration aspects of the child’s treatment plan.
• Participate in weekly team meetings and monthly discipline specific meetings and staff meetings.
• Attend weekly reflective supervision.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Occupational Therapy or an OTD.
• Independent Licensure preferred.
• Experience in early intervention, special needs populations and early childhood preferred.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Good computer skills.
• Valid driver's license and reliable transportation.

Skills

• Cultural humility.
• Interdisciplinary teamwork.
• Parent support, coaching, and education.
• Direct work with children.
• Motor, feeding, and sensory integration focus.
• Reflective supervision.

Benefits

• Comprehensive, high-quality health, dental, and vision insurance options.
• Flexible Spending Accounts – both medical and dependent care.
• Eleven paid holidays.
• Separate accruals for vacation (increases with tenure), personal, and sick time.
• Tax-deferred 403(b) retirement savings plan with employer match.
• Employee Assistance Plan / Travel Assistance Plan.
• Employee bonus for referrals resulting in hiring.
• Discounts to movie theaters, sporting, and entertainment events.
• Employee YMCA discount: 10% off a YMCA monthly membership and 50% off the joiner’s fee.

Pay

$64,613.12/salaried to $78,611.73/salaried depending on years of experience.

Schedule

Full Time, 40 hours.