Occupational Therapist - Choa Chu Kang

Job Purpose:

You shall be responsible for assessing and identifying individual needs of students &/or trainees with occupational therapy issues and concerns. You will also formulate, develop and customise appropriate occupational therapy programs for the students &/or trainees.

Key Responsibilities:

Evaluation & Assessment

• Assess the underlying skills and issues related to hand function, oral motor function, visual motor and perceptual skills, sensory awareness/processing, self-care and pre-vocational tasks in the educational setting.
• Review suitability of referrals for occupational therapy intervention.
• Gather informative data through formal and informal assessment. These would include parents/guardian, teacher’s interview; classroom observation and review of student’s personal file etc.
• Provide re-assessment, review of goals and progress regularly (every semester).
• Recommend appropriate adaptive equipment and assistive devices as required by the students &/or trainees to improve function.
• Monitor and evaluate students’/trainees’ functional abilities and make recommendations to support students’/trainees’ suitability for open employment.

Program Planning / Intervention

• Provide individual and/or group occupational therapy session that will improve students’/ trainees’ functional performance and skills.
• Select and prepare functional activities that can be easily modified to match students’/ trainnes’ skill and interest thus ensure success.
• Recommend classroom and work site modifications.
• Conduct home visit as and when necessary.
• Provide parent /caregiver support such as home program to ensure and encourage continuity of the occupational therapy intervention at home.
• Assist on various aspects of training for students/trainees on job-trial and work preparation program

Administration

• Keep proper inventory of all equipment and fixtures with regular updating.
• Propose and justify budget for the appropriate OT program
• Participate actively in continuing education program within the organization, NCSS and other professional bodies.
• Conduct in-house training programs for relevant staff / parents / caregivers / volunteers in the organization.
• Submit monthly report and other related written reports to school principal/ centre director.

Professional Consultation

• Liaise with various professional disciplines in the rehabilitative treatment process.
• Liaise with various discipline involved in the rehabilitative treatment process. (e.g teachers, parents, principal/ centre director, school administrator and professional staff)

Job Requirements:

• Recognized diploma/degree in Occupational Therapy with 3 to 5 years clinical experience
• Good team player with strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Relevant work experience with children and young adults with intellectual disability would be an advantage
• Ability to work with minimum supervision
• Valid practising certificate with Allied Health Professional Council (AHPC)