COTA- Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant

Assessment Intervention Management; San Antonio (TX); Presencial; USD 48.000 - 72.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health benefits

Competitive regional salary

Descripción de la vacante

AIM, Assessment Intervention Management is seeking an Occupational Therapy Assistant to support the occupational therapist in delivering therapy to students, implementing treatment plans, recording progress, and gathering related educational records.

The role focuses on helping students improve mobility, daily living skills, and independence within the school setting, while maintaining strong organizational and communication skills and collaborating with families and school staff.

Formación

• Ability to work with students and manage student behavior.
• Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.

Responsabilidades

• Monitoring a student’s progress to make sure that they’re successfully meeting goals in their educational plan.
• Encouraging the student during their educational experience.
• Helping students to improve their ability to learn and access the general education curriculum.
• Helping student improve their motor skills.
• Teaching students with disabilities to become more independent.
• Updating student's records for the Occupational Therapist.
• Keeping the office, treatment room, and equipment in good order.
• Teaching students, family members, or other Caregivers skills and techniques to help with the student education program.

Conocimientos

Student interaction

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Educación

Licensed COTA in Texas

Associate or Bachelor’s in Occupational Therapy Assistant

Descripción del empleo

JOB TITLE: Occupational Therapist Assistant

AIM, Assessment Intervention Management

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Associate or Bachelor’s in Occupational Therapy Assistant
• License as a COTA in Texas

JOB DESCRIPTION:

AIM has an opening for an Occupational Therapy Assistant, or Occupational Therapist Assistant, to support the Occupational Therapist in conducting therapy treatments to improve students’ mobility and physical health. Their main duties include helping students perform exercises or educational treatment plans, recording a students’ progress, and collecting students’ medical other information related to their educational plan.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• Ability to work with students and manage student behavior
• Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Monitoring a student’s progress to make sure that they’re successfully meeting goals in their educational plan
• Encouraging the student during their educational experience
• Helping students to improve their ability to learn and access the general education curriculum
• Helping student improve their motor skills
• Teaching students with disabilities to become more independent
• Updating student's records for the Occupational Therapist
• Keeping the office, treatment room, and equipment in good order
• Teaching students, family members, or other Caregivers skills and techniques to help with the student education program.

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Maintain emotional control under stress.
• Daily attendance and punctuality at work are essential functions of the job.
• Regular District-wide travel to multiple work locations as assigned; frequent standing, stooping, bending, reaching, pulling, pushing, heavy lifting, and moderate carrying.
• May be required to lift and transfer students to and from wheelchairs or assist with positioning students with physical disabilities.

• Ability to adjust and adapt to a multitude of situations in the school environment
• Strong family engagement and communication

COMPENSATION

• Competitive regional market salary for COTAs
• Health benefits package available

EOE/D/V (Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans)

The deadline for accepting is June 30th, 2022