Early Intervention Occupational Therapist

Occupational Therapist

Find your passion! This position is part of ACP Early Intervention, a division of Autism Care Partners. ACP Early Intervention is looking for friendly faces, positive attitudes, and playful personalities to bring our services to life. We offer opportunities for individuals at all stages of their careers the opportunity to join a team of like-minded individuals who are passionate about changing the lives of the children and families we serve. Come grow with us!

What you'll be doing at Autism Care Partners:

The Occupational Therapist is responsible for addressing the functional needs of the children we serve related to adaptive development, adaptive behavior, play and sensory, motor, and postural development. The overall goal for the Occupational Therapist is to improve the child's functional ability to perform tasks in home, school, and community settings.

• Evaluate child to establish a plan of care
• Conduct annual reevaluations.
• Develop long term goals and objectives as part of the plan of care for all children, and update at the end of each authorization period.
• Administer evidence-based therapy approaches.
• Implement child-centered treatment sessions that promote child's ability to perform basic functions necessary for an everyday routine.
• Complete daily progress notes after child's sessions which describe treatment given, progress observed, and patient response to treatment.
• Submits a discharge summary from therapy, as needed.
• Attend interdisciplinary team meetings.
• Maintains communication with therapy team (Teachers, Board Certified Behavioral Analysts, Speech Language Pathologists, and Direct-Care Staff), parents/guardians, and billing department, as needed.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Experience working with special needs, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) etc.
• Understanding of and ability to practice in accordance with agency policies and procedures.
• Flexibility and adaptability in providing services and scheduling.
• Ability to work independently and be an effective multi-disciplinary team member.
• Ability to physically adapt in response to the child's movements and play.
• Ability to lift children 20-50 pounds when necessary.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Graduate from an accredited program in Occupational Therapy.
• Master's Degree in Occupational Therapy.
• Licensed and currently registered to practice Occupational Therapy in the State of NY.
• Experience working with children.

Our Mission:

Empowering families to reach their potential through early diagnosis and exceptional, innovative, interdisciplinary care.

Our Vision:

Transforming lives as a leader in innovative, integrated, and person-centered care.

Our Values:

Clinical excellence: Our services are evidence based, outcome driven, effective, and high quality.

Collaborative: Our interdisciplinary teams work together to provide the best care. We create a relationship-driven, inclusive community where everyone's ideas are welcome.

Optimism and hope: We maintain a positive attitude and bring our clients hope.

Inclusive: We value diversity and seek equity. We serve all communities, including many that are often underserved and under resourced.

Ethical: We act with integrity and transparency.

It is the policy of Autism Care Partners to provide equal employment opportunities to all individuals. It is our policy to make all personnel decisions without discriminating based on race, color, creed, religion, sex, physical disability, mental disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, national or ethnic origin, and any other protected status.

Autism Care Partners values all employees' talents and supports an environment that is inclusive and respectful. All recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, and other employment- related programs are provided fairly to all persons on an equal opportunity basis.

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work necessary to adequately execute the job responsibilities. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

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