2026-2027 Network Occupational Therapist

Crescent City Schools; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k match

Mental health services

Generous leave

Job summary

Crescent City Schools is seeking a full-time, school-based occupational therapist for an 11-month assignment. You will provide comprehensive OT services including evaluation, intervention planning, IEP coordination, and discharge planning.

You will supervise assistants and report to the Director of Special Education across multiple school sites. This in-person role emphasizes collaboration with teachers, families, and related services to support student learning and functional goals.

Responsibilities

• Apply occupational therapy theories, models of practice, and evidence-based methods.
• Demonstrate knowledge of Sensory Integration theory and practices.
• Explain OT role in evaluation, planning, and intervention.
• Track and support families in obtaining/maintaining medical orders.
• Analyze tasks related to occupation, performance skills, and contexts to implement plans.
• Identify deficits in personal care, play, and communication.
• Gather screening/evaluation data, histories, and interviews.
• Select/adapt activities aligned with goals.
• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Maintain safe environments, equipment and materials.
• Prepare and maintain accurate records and progress notes.
• Show initiative and collaborate with the team.
• Educate parents on therapy techniques for home use.
• Collaborating with team to develop and implement IEP OT goals and objectives.
• Attend staff meetings and trainings.
• Assess and recommend adaptive equipment with written justification.
• Provide timely documentation of evaluation results and progress notes.
• Perform additional duties as needed.

Skills

Sensory Integration theory

IEP collaboration

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Effective communication

Documentation and reporting

Job description

Crescent City Schools is seeking a full-time, well-qualified occupational therapist. This position provides quality school-based occupational therapy services, which include but are not limited to assessment/evaluation, intervention/treatment, IEP planning and implementation, discharge planning, related documentation, and communication between teachers, paraprofessionals, related services providers, administration, and families. This full-time position (11 months) includes direct services with scholars, and coordinating/supervising Occupational Therapist Assistants at each school site. The network occupational therapist will report to the Director of Special Education.

The Network Occupational Therapist impacts students’ lives by:

• Using their knowledge of occupational therapy theories, models of practice, principles, and evidence-based practice
• Demonstrating knowledge in Sensory Integration theory and practices
• Communicating the role of occupational therapy in the evaluation, intervention planning, and intervention process
• Tracking and supporting families with attaining and maintaining medical orders
• Analyzing tasks relative to areas of occupation, performance skills, activity demands, contexts, and student factors to implement the intervention plan
• Recognizing occupational performance deficits in the areas of personal care, student role/interactive skills, processing skills, play, community integration, and written communication
• Gathering screening and evaluation data, completing checklists, histories, and interviews
• Selecting, adapting, and sequencing relevant occupations and purposeful activities that support intervention goals
• Demonstrating effective oral and written communication
• Maintaining safe environments, equipment, and materials
• Preparing and maintaining accurate records and progress notes
• Demonstrating initiative, strong work ethic, and the ability to positively interact and collaborate in a team environment
• Educating and demonstrating (verbally or written) therapy techniques to parents that can be incorporated into the home
• Collarborating with team members to develop and implement IEP OT goals and objectives to meet the individual needs of the child.
• Attending staff meetings, in-service training, and continuing education courses as appropriate or required.
• Assessing and making recommendations regarding the use of adaptive equipment as needed and providing written justification.
• Providing timely documentation of evaluation results, progress reports, discharge reports, daily notes, and service tracker notes.
• Taking on other tasksas needed

What We Offer:

• Click here for more information about our innovative compensation system Specialized Scale and may include bumps for taking on leadership responsibilities, summer work, doing work outside your regular duties, or longevity with CCS.
• Click here for more information about our award-winning benefits package, which includes fully paid health insurance, immediate 4% 401k match, employer-paid mental health services, and generous leave policies.

Physical Requirements

• Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, talk, hear, kneel, crouch, bend, operate a computer and other office equipment, reach with hands and arms, and must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• This is an in-person role

About Crescent City Schools

Crescent City Schools is a nonprofit Charter Management Organization whose mission is to support and develop open-enrollment charter schools that raise student achievement and prepare students for college. Crescent City Schools currently operates three PreK-8th grade open-enrollment charter schools: Harriet Tubman and Dorothy Height Charter Schools on the West Bank and Mildred Osborne Charter School in the Kenilworth neighborhood. Our organization creates life-changing educational experiences for students and, through this work, transforms a city.

At Crescent City Schools, we believe in inspiring people. And we firmly believe our success is driven by dedicated and talented employees. Crescent City Schools is committed to attracting and retaining the best professionals in education with an array of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.