Occupational Therapist

Tides Family Services is a nonprofit organization that is committed to providing comprehensive support and resources to children, adolescents, and families facing various challenges. The overall mission of Tides is to provide services and supports that allow youth to live in a community-based setting. An "Agency Without Walls" our services are delivered in homes, communities, schools...wherever our youth are.

Position Summary: To develop, implement, and monitor programs that provide occupational and self-help assessments. Occupational therapy includes improving, developing, and restoring functioning that has become impaired and preventing further impairment or loss of functioning. 

Essential Functions:

• When requested by the team, provide appropriate assessments, including self-help skills and feeding evaluations.
• Provides reassessments of students focusing on areas of need at intervals determined to be educationally relevant following Common Core guidelines.
• Attends IEP meetings and participates in six-month reviews.
• Evaluates students for necessary adaptive equipment, interventions, and/or other appropriate activities of daily living services.
• Responsible for determining equipment needs and assisting in the acquisition of such.
• Splints/Orthotics/Supports - evaluates and identifies the need for such and provides recommendations.
•  For new students, fabricate, order, or arrange for procurement of identified equipment.
• Works as a team member with Physical Therapist, Speech Pathologist, Nutritionist,
• Nursing, Classroom Teacher, and other appropriate resources regarding all appropriate areas including feeding issues. Facilitates in-service education and reports of occupational therapy services to the educational staff, parents, and other professionals concerned with the student.
• Conducts home visits and provides family instruction for home carryover, when recommended by the team.
• Provides ongoing classroom consultation to provide suggestions for incorporating therapeutic activities as part of daily classroom program.
• Provides direct occupational therapy as specified in IEPs.
• Professionally supervises and monitors the job performance of the Occupational Therapist Assistant.
• Responsible for keeping accurate records of the therapy supplies, inventory, and equipment.
• Constructs, modifies, purchases, and maintains adaptive equipment for positioning, ADL, and classroom/vocational use.
• Maintains inventory of equipment and supplies.
• Maintains orderliness, cleanliness, and repair of equipment and supplies in OT area.
• Establishes a system of documentation that is professional, efficient, and accountable that conforms to state and agency policy.
• Assists in the transfer and personal care of students, if needed.
• Be actively involved in related professional training.

• Must have completed an Occupational Therapist program approved by the American Occupational Therapy Association and all fieldwork requirements
• Must have a certified license from the Occupational Therapy Certification Board (OTCB) and maintain certification requirements of the state department of education, if any

Experience:

• Minimum of one to two years’ experience preferred, or preferred successful completion of pediatric affiliation
• Substitution: An equivalent combination of education and experience

The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required to satisfactorily perform essential duties. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Tides Family Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values our diverse workforce and encourages all mission driven candidates to apply. We are a PBN Best Place to Work recipient, a Safe Zone Certified Employer, and a Veteran Friendly Employer. Join our team!