Occupational Therapy Assistant

Responsibilities

• Applies knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the client served from 18 months - 6 years.
• Demonstrates competence, awareness, and sensitivity of the physical, emotional and socio-psychological needs of pediatric clients.
• Affords assistance to the Occupational Therapist in conducting screenings and evaluations.
• Implements habilitation programs to help develop clients’ gross motor, fine motor, and sensory processing skills.
• Implements treatment plan according to a valid prescription and in accordance with Verbal Beginnings’ policies and procedures.
• Treats clients with therapeutic and self-care activities.
• Monitors clients’ progress to make sure that they’re successfully completing treatment.
• Helps clients to improve their fine and gross motor skills.
• Prepares and maintains accurate client care records according to departmental protocols and demonstrates basic competency for completing accurate billing and electronic documentation submission.
• Maintains certification and licensure.
• Promotes and participates in interdisciplinary training(s).
• Promotes, develops, and participates in training activities at the local, state, national, and international levels, including the development and dissemination of curricula, workshops, poster and paper presentations, scholarly publications, book chapters, monographs, and textbooks.
• Promotes and participates in both discipline and interdisciplinary research.

Qualifications

• Current license as Occupational Therapy Assistant in state of practice.
• Strong communication, organization, and collaboration skills.
• Passion for working with young children in a play-based, therapeutic setting.
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team environment.