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Hope Services · 3 months ago

Occupational Therapist - Part-time

San Mateo County, CA

Part-time

Onsite

Entry Level

$58.35/hr - $58.35/hr

1+ years exp

Hope Services is Silicon Valley’s leading provider of services to people with developmental disabilities and mental health needs. They are seeking an Occupational Therapist to provide in-home developmental assessments and activities, parent education, and promote progress for infants and families. The role requires functioning independently to deliver early intervention services while collaborating with various professionals and agencies.

Health CareMental HealthNon Profit

Responsibilities

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

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

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

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

Provide updated, developmental information at scheduled IEP’s and IFSP’s and establish appropriate goals and objectives

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

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

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

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

May perform other duties as assigned to assure efficiency of program

Qualification

Occupational TherapyInfant assessmentDevelopmental activitiesDisabilitiesCritical thinkingBasic computer skillsTeam collaborationCommunication skillsOrganizational skillsFlexibility

Required

Bachelors degree in Occupational Therapy plus registration as an OTR

One year of related experience working with people with disabilities in a rehabilitation environment

Basic computer skills in work processing and spreadsheet application

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

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

Knowledge of disabilities and syndromes

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

Knowledge of infant assessment and developmental activities

Knowledge and understanding of team and family dynamics

Ability to be flexible with scheduling and prioritization of tasks