PHYSICAL THERAPIST - PHYSICAL THERAPY (FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME)

Job Description Physical Therapist

Infant Development Program is a full-scope Early Intervention Program providing child development and therapy services to infants and toddlers ages 0-3 years and their families in their homes. We provide competitive salaries, flexible schedule, comprehensive benefits package for full-time and partial benefits for part-time employees. We are a professional family providing support, training, guidance, assistance, and team spirit.

Job Description - PT We are looking for a committed, family-focused, child-centered Physical Therapist (PT) to conduct assessments and treatments in the field of Early Intervention. You will offer effective, child-centered, and family-focuses services that will facilitate child's developmental growth and empower families. We currently provide both, in-home and virtual services, however, the absolute majority of our referrals (at least 85%) are for in-home services. Experience working with neurologically and orthopedically involved infants and children is a big plus, and Spanish speaking candidates get priority hiring, as we are in desperate need of Spanish speaking therapists. We provide ongoing mentorship and support, not just from the supervising PT, but the entire team is there to support each other in this very multi-disciplinary setting.

Effectively address child’s motor aspects of performance to support active engagement in purposeful play

Select and adapt the appropriate per case physical therapy treatment model, method and approach to direct the process of interventions

Apply interventions to maximize safety and performance in motor, balance, stability, coordinator activities of daily living (play, functional use of the lower body, sensory-motor activities, transitional movements, etc.)

Teach children, parents, and caregivers adaptive and purposeful ways of approaching motor tasks and educate them on how to break down activities into achievable components

Recommend adaptive equipment and train in its use

Observe, note, and report on progress of long and short term treatment goals

Collect data and document progress

Be playful, engaging, motivating, and encouraging for the child and supportive, non-judgemental, culturally-sensitive for the family

We welcome new grads with open arms, as we have complete confidence in our mentorship program, but we do require that candidates have some prior experience working with very young children in any capacity

Excellent knowledge of principles and practices of physical therapy

Valid license to practice physical therapy

We require that all candidates are willing to travel to the Santa Clarita area at least for part of their work hours

We are primarily interested in hiring full-time specialists, but our part-time minimum weekly requirement is 15 hours scheduled hours per week (this does not include travel time); our minimum full-time requirement is 33+ scheduled hours per week (again, this does not include travel time)

Fluency in Spanish language is a huge plus, but not a requirement

Full-time, Part-time

Base Rate $55.00 - $67.00 per hour for PT

In addition to the base rate, we pay for driving time at minimum wage and reimburse for mileage at the federal suggested rate and provide partial reimbursement for cell phone use. Benefits for Full-Time Employees