Occupational Therapist - Early Years Project - Part Time

About the role

The Occupational Therapist will work within Riverside Early Childhood Services for Cambridge and Somerville, which includes two programs: Early Intervention and the Early Years Project. Riverside Early Childhood Services promotes positive development through co-created relationships, experiences, and environments, focusing on clinical excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultations in licensed center-based and family childcare settings for individual children from infancy through preschool.
• Offer classroom consultations, director and family support, and create resource materials such as handouts and workshops.
• Use a neuro-relational, brain-body approach to decrease stress, increase regulation, and enhance social emotional learning.
• Engage in a collaborative process of change with caregivers through generative questions, reflective practice, modeling, and coaching.
• Maintain an individual caseload and lead or support group activities.
• Ensure the delivery of high quality, developmentally sound, and progressive services.

Requirements

• Demonstrated knowledge of child development principles and familiarity with various concepts, practices, and procedures in the field.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to establish a rapport and work collaboratively with a diverse group of co-workers, handle multiple tasks, be flexible, and work independently.
• Fluency with computers for completing required documentation (Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Shared Calendars).
• Valid driver's license and access to a vehicle for local travel.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited recognized educational institution.
• Five years' experience working with children six and under, and their caregivers.
• Experience working with children with specific sensory needs, dysregulation, and behavioral challenges, including safety concerns and harm to self and/or others.
• Previous experience in coaching childcare staff and providing training to parents and staff.

Skills

• Fluency in Spanish preferred.
• Ability to establish rapport and work collaboratively with a diverse group of co-workers.
• Flexibility and ability to work independently.
• Fluency with computers for completing required documentation.

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

$36.58/hour to $39.34/hour depending on years of experience.

Schedule

Part Time 20 hours per week.