Occupational Therapist
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Position: Occupational Therapist
Location:Nashoba Regional School District
Pay: In accordance with CBA Unit A scale
The Nashoba Regional School District inspires and challenges all learners to realize their unique potential and become active contributors to their community.
Nashobas core values remain constant provide the foundation for our work and influence how we conduct ourselves and engage with others. Our core values are academic achievement and personal growth; voice choice and agency; lifelong learning; a safe caring and inclusive community; collaborative partnerships; innovation; and a sense of belonging.
The Occupational Therapist is employed without regard to age physical mental or psychiatric disabilitygenetics race religion sex sexual orientation gender identity marital status national origin or military welcomes and encourages candidates with diverse racial cultural religious class and/or gender backgrounds and experiences to apply.
NRSD welcomes employees with diverse racial cultural religious class and/or gender background and experiences.
Organizational Scope:
This position reports directly to the Director of Student Services with indirect report to the Superintendent as the appointing authority. The work of the Occupational Therapist is influenced by NRSDs core values of academic achievement and personal growth; voice choice and agency; lifelong learning; a safe caring and inclusive community; collaborative partnerships; innovation; and a sense of belonging for all.
Position Responsibilities:
- Supports instructional programming by providing occupational therapy to students as required.
- Assessment and writing of reports to include recommendations for initial and three year re-evaluations.
- Will explain demonstrate and monitor the recommendations suggested in the assessment reports to teachers and instructional assistants.
- Will suggest and order necessary adaptive equipment for student needs in activities.
- Will collaborate with the Physical Therapist and Speech and Language Pathologist and at times may engage in a co-treatment model.
- Consults with school based staff about student during structured meeting times such as student support teams.
- Implements targeted evidence-based therapeutic intervention plans and monitors and reassess the effects of the intervention through data collection.
- Adheres to federal and state legislation regulation and policies that affect occupational therapy practices.
- Teaches monitors and collaborates with educational personnel community agencies parents and students to increase understanding of students occupational practice and provide learning to the all stakeholders with supporting accommodations and modifications.
- Supports the MTSS model to provide screening and consult as needed.
- Working with Occupational therapy collogues to support a robust OT system of criteria and support.
- Schedules students into appropriate instructional groups.
- Assists with mobility transitioning and personal care as needed.
- Other duties as assigned.
Job Qualifications & Physical Demands:
Must be licensed as Occupational Therapist.
Must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and possess a high level of capability with technology.
Have the ability to handle a multitude of varying and complex issues. Classroom
experience and college degree required.
Must be able to assist in the protection of students and school property assist
the principal in fire and other emergency drills as required by law and School Committee policy.
Employment Type
Full-Time
