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Wayfinder Family Services · 3 months ago

Early Intervention Occupational Therapist, Child Development Services

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$93K/yr - $95K/yr

1+ years exp

Wayfinder Family Services is dedicated to supporting vulnerable children, youth, and adults with disabilities and other challenges. The Early Intervention Occupational Therapist will provide occupational therapy services to children from birth to three years of age, focusing on promoting skills for daily living and participation in their environment. This role involves direct intervention in various settings, case management, and collaboration with families and educational teams.

Facilities Support ServicesNon ProfitRehabilitationSocial ImpactUnderserved Children

Responsibilities

Provide direct intervention in the child's natural environment; home, center-based site, school, or hospital. Coordinate scheduling to meet the needs of the family, ensuring weekly visits are met as authorized by the Regional Center or school district

Provide appropriate intervention to children birth through three years of age that exhibit developmental delays. These may include motor delays with atypical or scattered skills or atypical tone, global delays, severe sensory challenges and/or vision loss

Provide comprehensive case management services to assist children with delays or disabilities and their families in gaining access to needed medical, social, educational, developmental, and other appropriate services at the frequency determined by program expectations

Participates in the development and implementation of each child’s Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) in collaboration with the family and education team, providing progress reports as required by each Regional Center or Local Education Agency

Provides families with information regarding early development, and/or visual diagnosis, and effects of vision loss on early childhood development

Promotes function, learning, and development across all domains, with an emphasis on adaptive behavior, self-help skills, fine and gross motor development, postural development, mobility, sensory development, behavior, play and oral motor functioning, as related to the Individualized Family Services Plan (IFSP)

Frequent driving is required throughout the County

Other duties as outlined in the position description

Qualification

Occupational therapyCalifornia occupational therapy licenseInfants/childrenIndividualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)Family services

Required

Master's degree in occupational therapy from an accredited occupational therapy program. The program should be accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE)

California occupational therapy state licensure is required

Minimum one year of experience as an occupational therapist, working with infants/children preferred

Valid CA Driver License with a minimum of three (3) years good driving history and must be approved by the agency's insurance carrier to drive agency vehicles