Occupational Therapist Assistant

Job Description

Job Description

“Helping students reach new heights.”BHCOE-accredited School-Based Behavior Consultation focuses on skill development & challenging behavior reduction for student success! SBBC provides ABA therapy & behavior support interventions in center, school, community, & home to improve social skills, academics, vocational skills, functional skills, & communication. This is accomplished through the use of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) & in collaboration with other specialists, school staff, the students we serve, & caregivers.

SBBC is student-oriented. Through the use of behavior-analytic methods, we place highest priority on equipping & empowering students to reach new heights in each setting they encounter!

At SBBC, we believe every person deserves to be understood, supported, and valued. We partner closely with individuals with autism, their families, schools, and communities to build meaningful skills, encourage independence, and support each person in living a life filled with confidence, connection, and possibility.

We dream of a community where individuals with autism are welcomed, included, and empowered — where they feel a true sense of belonging and have the support they need to grow, thrive, and live purposeful, independent lives.

SUMMARY: The assistant occupational therapist is accountable and responsible for the provision of occupational therapy services to pediatric clients, infants through young adults, at School-Based Behavior Consultation. The pediatric assistant occupational therapist assists the OTR in assessing and treating a wide variety of pediatric diagnoses including developmental delay, sensory processing disorder, upper extremity impairments, autism, and attention deficit disorder. The certified occupational therapy assistant will regularly collaborate with other professionals working with and on behalf of the client.

COMPENSATION:

• $25-$33/hr commensurate with experience.
• Includes the following benefits:
  • Major medical, vision, and dental, supplemental insurance (including accident protection and short term disability), unemployment insurance, workman’s compensation, and social security and medicare taxes
  • PTO - 5hrs accrued for every 150hrs worked
  • 6 Paid Holidays
  • Life Insurance
  • Retirement - 100% match on the first 3% of compensation
  • Mileage reimbursement
  • $350 per year CEU budget
  • Reimbursement for credentialing fees

HOURS : Monday through Friday, from approximately 8:00 - 5:00, full-time hours, averaging 40+ hours per week.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Facilitates development and rehabilitation of clients with mental, emotional, and physical disabilities by planning and administering medically prescribed occupational therapy.
• Meets the client’s goals and needs and provides quality care by assisting the occupational therapist in completion of assessments, reporting findings and offering recommendations for goals, post identification of competency.
• Helps clients develop or regain physical or mental functioning or adjust to disabilities.
• Implements programs involving manual arts and crafts, practice in functional, pre-vocational, vocational and homemaking skills and fosters activities of daily living.
• Promotes maximum independence by selecting and constructing therapies according to an individual's physical capacity, intelligence level, and interest.
• Prepares clients for return to employment by consulting with employers; determining potential employee difficulties; retraining employees; and helping employers understand necessary physical and job accommodations.
• Evaluates results of occupational therapy by observing, noting, and evaluating client’s progress and recommending and implementing adjustments and modifications.
• Completes discharge planning by consulting with physicians, nurses, social workers, and other health care workers.
• Assures continuation of therapeutic plan following discharge by designing and instructing clients, families, and caregivers in home exercise programs; recommending and/or providing assistive equipment and recommending outpatient or home health follow-up programs.
• Documents client care services by charting in client and department records.
• Maintains client confidence and protects company operations by keeping information confidential.
• Maintains a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Protects clients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
• Develops occupational therapy staff by providing information and developing and conducting in-service training programs.
• Complies with federal, state, and local legal and certification requirements by studying existing and new legislation, anticipating future legislation, enforcing adherence to requirements, and advising management on needed actions.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

SUPERVISOR: Reports directly to the clinical director

ASSISTANT OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS:

• Health promotion and maintenance
• Creating a safe, effective environment
• Motivating others
• Legal compliance
• Bedside manner
• Medical teamwork
• Promoting mental health
• Pain management
• Listening, analyzing information, and focusing on quality

ASSISTANT OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, AND LICENSING REQUIREMENTS:

• Current state assistant occupational therapist license
• Minimum of one year of recent work experience as an occupational therapist
• Graduation from an occupational therapy program accredited jointly by the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation of the AMA and the AOTA
• Current BLS for Healthcare Provider CPR or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification
• Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) by the National Board Certified Occupational Therapy (NBCOT) or Occupational Therapist Registered (OTR) by the National Board in Certified Occupational Therapy (NBCOT)
• National Provider Identifier (NPI) and Taxonomy code required at time of hire
• Experience working with a variety of age groups from birth-adulthood
• Experience working collaboratively with related professionals and providers
• Demonstrates excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, parents, community members, and staff members
• Demonstrates excellent time-management skills
• Demonstrates excellent rapport with children
• Valid CPR certification
• Valid Indiana driver’s license

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS & WORKING CONDITIONS:

The physical demands, work environment factors, and mental functions described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:

• Wall, Sit, Use hands to finger, handle or feel, Reach with hands and arms, Climb or balance, Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, Talk, Hear
• Lift Up to 25 pounds
• Compare, Analyze, Communicate, Copy, Coordinate, Instruct, Compute, Synthesize, Evaluate, Interpersonal Skills, Compile, and Negotiate
• Close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less), Distance vision (clear vision at 20 feet or more), and Ability to adjust focus
• Tolerate noise level moderate to loud

Benefits: SBBC Employees working full time hours are eligible for benefits after 90 days.

Medical and Supplemental Insurance : Employees working 30 hours or more per week for 90 days are eligible for health insurance including major medical, dental, and vision. SBBC will pay 50% of staff’s monthly premium who meet that criteria. Additionally, staff will be eligible for supplemental insurance including Short-Term Disability and Accident Advantage through Aflac at a 50% reduction in monthly premium. (Additional family members will not receive a 50% discounted rate for health or supplemental insurance.) Staff may decline this benefit.

SS, Workman’s Comp, and Others : SBBC employees automatically receive employer social security and medicare payments. SBBC employees receive unemployment insurance and workman’s compensation insurance.

Holiday Closures : SBBC closes for the following holidays each year: New Year's Eve, New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr, Washington's Birthday, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day and the following Friday, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

Additional Time Off : 5hrs accrued for every 150hrs worked

Mileage: Fuel between the first location of the day and the remaining locations will be reimbursed based on the current federal mileage rate. Miles need to be documented and submitted no later than a week before pay day.

Retirement : SBBC will match 100% of employee contributions on the first 3% deferred, then 50% of contributions from 3% to 5%.

School-Based Behavior Consultation LLC possesses general liability insurance that covers all behavior support providers who are providing services for the company.

E-VERIFY

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

EEO

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.