Lead Occupational Therapist
Family of Kidz is hiring and has immediate openings! If you enjoy working with children in an engaging and high-energy environment, apply now!
Details about this opportunity:
- Lead Occupational Therapist for Kidz Educational
- School Based
- Compensation: $66,000-$69,000
- Full Time, Monday-Friday
What we have to offer YOU:
Family of Kidz Full Time offerings include:
- Generous Paid Time Off(20-35 days of PTO within first year of service based on position)
- 13 Paid holidays (including the week of 12/25 through 1/1)
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- 401(k) -fully vested after 5 years, and discretionary EOY contribution
- Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Referral Program
- Professional Development Assistance
- Legal and Pet Insurance
- Long-Term and Short-Term Disability Insurance
- Team Building Events
Responsibilities:
- Design and implement creative individual and/or group therapeutic interventions for all children on your caseload.
- Administer and write up occupational therapy evaluations.
- Develop appropriate functional goals for the IEP.
- Ongoing communication with lead supervisors & coordinators, specifically related to case management.
- Maintain professionalism with families, school teams, and other professionals.
- Maintain accurate and timely attendance and billing logs.
- Maintain all children/students’ confidentiality.
- Create and maintain schedule with assigned individual families/school personnel.
- Collects data on each IEP goal and reports on progress quarterly
- Administer and write-up Annual Review reports for all school age children.
- Coordinate with other disciplines to ensure consistency and maximize gains for the children on your caseload.
- Provide input and attend/teleconference initial CSE meetings and/or annual reviews.
- Assist staff therapists with documentation by reviewing and providing feedback for reports, as well as with learning best methods for presenting evaluation and annual review reports
- Provide ongoing support for a team of therapists as an assigned mentor
- Supervise graduate clinical students as needed
- Assist in managing the schedule of designated team members
- Up to two administrative hours per week
About You:
If you have these attributes:
- Sterling values and integrity
- Strong leadership skills
- Be goal-orientated and maintain professionalism in all aspects of your work
- Maintain confidentiality of information regarding children and families in accordance with State and Federal regulations
- Understand and demonstrate the company core values
- Conduct self in accordance with all company policies and procedures
- Must be a motivated professional and innovative thinker
- Must be a team player who can work with other professionals outside of their expertise
- Must exercise patience and professionalism
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Excellent and positive communication skills, both oral and written
- Ability to prioritize work for self
- Flexible and open to chance
- Be friendly and approachable (service oriented)
And this background:
- Current New York State Occupational Therapy License
- Graduate from an accredited university with a degree in Occupational Therapy
- Minimum 2 years’ experience working with children with special needs, ages 5-21 years
- Proficient computer skills: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, EMR
Then we are looking forward to receiving your resume!
Why Join our Family?
Since 1998, Family of Kidz has brought together highly qualified teams of professionals who work diligently to help children with special needs, from birth to adulthood. Our focus is on establishing a strong understanding of each child’s needs and teaching them skills that lead to greater independence and an enhanced quality of life.
Family of Kidz provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
