Occupational Therapy Aide
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Job Location:
Quincy, WA - USA
Yearly Salary:
USD 50000 - 55000
Posted on:
19 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
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The OT Aide position will work directly under an OTR/L who will complete all the OT evaluations and develop OT goals for referred clients from the IHBTC and Sails residential placement. OT goals will be included in the clients Treatment Plan/IAP. The OT Aide will provide individual and group therapeutic activities as prescribed by the OTR/L reporting back all progress towards goals to the OTR on a regular basis.
Treatment: Provides therapeutic activities as prescribed by the OTR to all referred clients by conducting individual and group OT programing.
1. Follows OTRs recommendations for using appropriate activities/methods/modalities to implement OT goals on treatment plans. Approve schedule through OTR prior to implementation.
2. Maintains a minimum of 50% direct service contact in client programming on a monthly basis per BSCS policy.
3. Reports orally to OTR any relevant observations and information on clients behavior in tx sessions during weekly supervision or if safety issues are present /or a concern immediately following the tx session.
4. Notifies OTR of all schedule changes.
5. Interacts with all clients in a supportive therapeutic and respectful manner as specified in Code of Conduct.
6. Interacts with all staff in a professional and courteous manner as specified in Code of Conduct.
7. Maintains OT program areas in residential settings to ensure that they are clean safe and secure. Notifies supervisor/area coordinator of all service needs.
8. Completes preparation and set up of materials to conduct therapeutic activities as recommended by OTR following BSCS policies including submitting of stock/service/travel and/or purchase requisition forms as necessary for planned group and individual tx OT session activities.
Documentation: Documentation is completed in an accurate and timely manner.
1. Treatment notes include relevant accurate observations and clinical information about the clients functional presentation in the activity addresses the clients OT goals progress towards OT goals and is completed and submitted to the electronic medical record and reviewed in supervision with the OTR on a weekly basis.
2. Maintains database of all OT referred cases and status of current OT tx including assessments recommended and completed current OT tx goals and progress towards goal. Reviews content of database with OTR in weekly supervision.
Professional Development/Assigned Meetings: Attends supervision departmental meetings and continuing educational opportunities.
1. Attends OTR supervision a minimum of 1 time per week as scheduled and as needed; engages actively in process and incorporates feedback from supervision in future performance.
2. Attends Group Supervision Meetings and Residential Home Staff meetings as scheduled notifying supervisor of any excused leaves.
3. Attends three (3) trainings and educational programs as offered by BSCS.
4. Provided OT topic in-services to Residential and IHBTC staff 4 times a year.
Staff Development: Completes all assigned mandatory staff development classes
Schedule: 20 hours per week in the Intensive HomebasedTherapeutic Care program (homebased program) and 20 hours per week in SE SAILS (adolescent group home in Quincy MA); This is a full time work opportunity.
Exceptional Benefits
BEGINS ON YOUR FIRST DAY OF WORK
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield Health and Dental Insurance
- Eye-Med Vision Benefits
- Employer Paid Life and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Tax Deferred Retirement Plan 403(b) (employer match after the first year of employment)
- Medical Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Care Account
- Employee Assistance Program
- Paid Benefits First year: 35 Days Paid Time Off -Increased vacation with tenure
- Pet Insurance
- Employee discounts
- Mileage Reimbursement
- Stipends for on-call
- Qualified employer for student loan forgiveness
- Tuition Assistance
- Extensive Training Programs including Certification(s) in Evidence Based Practices
- Supervision for licensure requirements
Qualifications
Bachelors Degree preferred
Experience working with youth and families
Experience working with educational systems preferred
Additional spoken and written languages such as Spanish Portuguese and Mandrin/Cantonese are desirable
Must possess a valid MA drivers license
Bay State Community Services is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing an environment free from bias discrimination or harassment of any kind and mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all qualified applicants and teammates without regard to race ethnicity religion sex pregnancy national origin age physical and mental disability marital status sexual orientation gender identity gender expression genetic information military and veteran status and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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Key Skills
- Patient Care
- Anatomy Knowledge
- Physiology Knowledge
- Medical office experience
- Office Experience
- Patient Assessment
- Pediatrics Experience
- Home Care
- Front Desk
- Teaching
- Heavy Lifting
- Patient Service Experience
About Company
We support individuals, families, and the community with our continuum of care with integrated, culturally competent behavioral health, substance use recovery, and rehabilitative justice services.
