Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant COTA
Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant COTA
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Aspire is offering a $6000 hiring bonus for all new Certified Occupational Therapist assistants. This position will be serving school sites across in Sacramento and Stockton.
- Assist Occupational Therapist in identifying and assessing students skills and abilities in fine motor function gross motor function oral motor sensory registration and processing visual processing motor planning activities of daily living and postural stability.
- Assist with the development of the occupational therapy intervention plan as part of the IEP process including treatment goals; assists with data collection and assessments with established service competency documented
- Provides scheduled direct individual or group occupational therapy services to students
- Participates in consultations with parents and staff on occupational therapy interventions for students on site and through home and community programs. to maintain and enhance the performance of students in their natural environments.
- Provides training direction and supervision for ancillary staff as assigned.
- Document therapy services and records progress; maintains a variety of service related logs; prepares reports in collaboration with the supervising OTR/L; organizes materials needed for therapy interventions.
- Ensures the documentation of services is professional efficient and accountable and in conformance with the policies of state and other agencies
- Maintains regular contact with supervising OTR/L to review caseloads and services to students
- Maintain a safe and orderly treatment area
- Attends Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) meetings as directed to report findings and recommendations
- Identify evaluate and design adaptive equipment to assist students in selfcare and academic activities.
- Assists in developing transition plans for students moving to other environments.
- Participates in professional growth activities in special education and in pediatric occupational therapy.
- Operate a variety of classroom and office equipment including a computer and assigned software; operate copier paper cutter laminator and other office equipment as assigned.
- Performs other duties as assigned that support the overall objective of the position
- Support the mission vision and core values of Aspire Public Schools.
- Perform other related duties as required and assigned.
- Demonstrate knowledge of and support the Aspire Public Schools mission vision value statements including antiracism policies and procedures operating instructions confidentiality standards and the code of ethical behavior.
- Comfortable with utilization of technology.
- Perform other related duties as required and assigned.
- Child growth and development;
- Practice of occupational therapy as applied to children and youth;
- Strategies and methodologies used in educational settings;
- Special education law relative to occupational therapy services;
- Current theories and best practices in the application of occupational therapy techniques;
- Functioning of adaptive equipment assistive technology and special equipment as it applies to occupational therapy services.
- Work independently with appropriate supervision;
- Perform task analysis of underlying treatment components to address IEP goals and implement appropriate intervention strategies;
- Communicate clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing;
- Work effectively with parents community and education colleagues;
- Function as a positive contributing member of an educational team in a professional manner;
- Optimize a work schedule that involves multiple locations and organize and prioritize responsibilities
- Graduation from accredited Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant program
- 2 years experience working with children with disabilities ages 4 to 18 in an occupational therapy or educational setting is preferred.
Compensation:
Aspire Public Schools is dedicated to our teammates wellbeing! In addition to a competitive base salary that is benchmarked against local districts and charter schools we offer employees exceptional benefits including paid time off 100 core health benefits coverage on select plans life insurance/longterm disability participation in a CA state retirement plan tuition reimbursement plan and adoption assistance program. Our salary schedule based on years of experience for this position type is reflected here:
Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant Salary Schedule
Aspire Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race color gender religion age sexual orientation national or ethnic origin disability marital status veteran status or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria. Aspire promotes affirmative action for minorities women disabled persons and veterans.
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Employment Type
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