TITLE:                        Occupational Therapist

 

QUALIFICATIONS:      1.  Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited school                                                              2.   Licensed by the Commonwealth of Virginia Board of Medicine and Certified by the National                                                   Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.

 

REPORTS TO:            Director of Special Education/Principal

 

SUPERVISES:             N/A

 

JOB GOAL:                To evaluate and provide purposeful, goal directed, developmentally sequenced activities for the correction of perceptual, sensory, psycho-social, motor or self-care deficits that interfere with the individual student’s ability to derive full benefit from    

 

PERFORMANCE

RESPONSIBILITIES:   1.  Serve as a resource to school staff members in the development of a balanced program for handicapped students whose adaptive skills and/or effective functioning in the environment has been impaired

8. Assist and guide teachers in observing, describing, and referring students with suspected and identified gross and fine motor impairments
9. Provide a thorough assessment and written documentation of testing of significant developmental delays, gross and fine motor functions, sensory motor and perceptual motor difficulties, social emotional adjustments and self-help skills
10. Develop and implement an Individualized Education Plan for each student, tailored to their unique educational needs
11. Provide appropriate individualized programs of therapy to meet individual student’s needs and correct existing sensory, perceptual and/or motor handicaps
12. Collaborate with classroom teachers and other school staff members to implement therapy by suggestions for the student’s daily activities
13. Provide information and support to parents and families when appropriate
14. Provide inservice education and serve as a consultant to teachers and school staff members on topics concurring occupational therapy
15. Keep thorough ongoing records for the individual student receiving therapy or other school-provided services
16. Maintain list of referred, screened, and eligible students, as well as a directory of outside agencies, consultants, specialists, and related services
17. Assist in proper referrals of individuals to agencies and specialists in the community as appropriate
18. Assume primary responsibility for requisitioning and maintaining needed equipment and supplies
19. Attend staff meetings, school Child Study Committee meetings, and Eligibility meeting on students that have been evaluated by Occupational Therapist
20. Perform other duties as assigned

 

 

PHYSICAL

REQUIREMENTS:      Involves frequent traveling to and from schools, transporting equipment, lifting and attaching equipment by climbing on chairs, and the lifting and positioning of students

 

TERMS OF

EMPLOYMENT:         10 month contract; Salary based upon teacher’s scale

 

EVALUATION:           Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board’s policy on Evaluation of Personnel.