Occupational Therapist - Part-time

Occupational Therapist - Part-time

Are you a person who enjoys helping others? Are you currently seeking fulfillment in your professional life?

Hope Services is Silicon Valleys leading provider of services to people with developmental disabilities and mental health needs. We seek candidates who share our inspirations & aspirations. Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging at all levels..

Hope Services has been awarded 2022 Top Workplaces by San Francisco Chronicle, 2022 Top-rated Nonprofit by Great Nonprofits, and Received a Gold Seal of Transparency from Guidestar and a perfect 100 / 100 rating in three different categories : financial health, leadership and adaptability, and culture and community from Charity Navigator

Pay Rate : $58.35 per hour

Part-time or Contract

Summary

Provides in home infant developmental assessment and developmental activities. Provides parent education and training relative to developmental disabilities. Promotes and documents progress.

Essential Functions

The following responsibilities represent the essential functions of the position. An employee in this classification is responsible for carrying out the following functions :

1. Function independently and autonomously in providing home based early intervention services to infants and families, and maintain assigned caseload.

2. Provide evaluation and treatment addressing six major developmental domains including : cognitive, language, social, gross and fine motor and self-help skills.

3. Perform comprehensive neurological and physical assessment of infants including muscle tone, range of motion, reflex development and movement patters. Identify neurological sequelae and develop and implement treatment plan based on assessment findings.

4. Perform oral-motor feeding assessment and identify oral motor pathology and sensory based feeding disorders, provide feeding therapy and or oral-motor treatment as indicated.

5. Provide updated, developmental information at scheduled IEPs and IFSPs and establish appropriate goals and objectives.

6. Independently recognize those families in crisis and provide appropriate consultation and referral regarding issues related to child abuse, domestic violence, parental stress / conflicts and substance abuse.

7. Presents in-service trainings to HOPE staff and provide trainings to outside agencies.

8. Collaborate with physicians and outside agencies regarding developmental and other health related issues.

9. Act as consultant to other agency professional including, physical therapists, speech pathologists and infant educators. Help supervise and train occupational therapy and early intervention students.

10. May perform other duties as assigned to assure efficiency of program.

Qualifications Required

Bachelors degree in Occupational Therapy plus registration as an OTR. plus one year of related experience working with people with disabilities in a rehabilitation environment.

Required Knowledge and Skills

1. Basic computer skills in work processing and spreadsheet application.

2. Ability to observe, evaluate, document and communicate verbally and in writing.

3. Ability to accept supervision and work cooperatively as a team member with coworkers as well as with the client and families.

4. Knowledge of disabilities and syndromes.

5. Ability to utilize critical thinking skills in decision making situations, good organizational and record keeping skills, and good independent judgment.

6. Knowledge of infant assessment and developmental activities.

7. Knowledge and understanding of team and family dynamics.

8. Ability to be flexible with scheduling and prioritization of tasks.

Environmental Conditions

Considerable travel in the community, primarily performs work in the client home. Lifting, moving stretching, walking and crawling during training activities with the child and family. Exposure to outdoor conditions, dust and pollens. Some computer work and periods of intense concentration.

Do you have what it takes to make a difference? Inspire and be inspired! Hope Services takes immense pride in maximizing our employee engagement. Will you join us??

Visit www.hopeservices.org to find out more about us and the people we serve.

Hope Services is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees not regardless of, but with consideration and appreciation for race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and / or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family or parental status, or any other status.

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