Licensed Occupational Therapist Assistant

Prava-Therapy; Aliso Viejo (CA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 44,000; Part time

Job summary

Prava-Therapy in Aliso Viejo is seeking a Part-Time Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant to join our team in a gated senior living community serving Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Memory Care residents. You’ll practice OT where life happens, not in a therapy room.

We value evenings-focused ADLs, real-life routines, and collaboration with caregivers to support independence. Join us to practice OT in meaningful, everyday moments and foster dignity in residents’ lives.

Qualifications

• COTA with passion for evening ADL intervention.
• Experience delivering occupation-based care across IL/AL/Memory Care.
• Ability to adapt environments and routines to support independence.
• Comfort collaborating with caregivers and interdisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide ADL and IADL intervention within the plan of care
• Incorporate therapy into real resident routines
• Focus on meaningful evening ADLs and routines
• Address functional cognition, safety, environmental demands, and participation
• Support independence and dignity
• Collaborate with caregivers and community teams
• Build relationships with residents and understand what matters to them
• Help carry therapeutic strategies into everyday life

Skills

Loves older adults

Occupation-first

Real-world ADL training

Environment as solution

Cross-IL/AL/Memory Care

Relationship building

Creative/clinical practice

Non-traditional therapy settings

Job description

Part-Time COTA | Come Practice OT Where Life Happens
Aliso Viejo, California | Independent Living + Assisted Living + Memory Care | Part-Time
The best OT session might not look like a therapy session.

It might look like getting dressed for dinner.
Brushing your teeth.
Managing a nighttime routine.
Navigating a familiar environment.
Making a meal.
Finding a way to keep doing something you've done for 70 years.
That's where OT belongs.
At Prava, we're looking for a Part-Time Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant to join our team in a gated senior living community in Aliso Viejo serving Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Memory Care residents.
And we're looking for someone who wants to practice OT where life actually happens.
We don't just work bankers' hours.
Because residents don't live bankers' hours.
For this position, we're particularly interested in a COTA who sees the value of evening ADL intervention.
Why?
Because that's when real life happens.
Getting ready for dinner.
Dressing.
Grooming.
Toileting.
Positioning.
Transitioning into the evening.
Preparing for bed.
Managing the environment.
These aren't just tasks.
They're occupations.
And they can be incredibly meaningful therapy opportunities.
We want you to look beyond the impairment.
Don't just ask:
“What can we strengthen?”
Ask:
“What does this person need to be able to do?”
Don't just ask:
“What is the diagnosis?”
Ask:
“What is getting in the way of the life they want to live?”
And don't automatically blame the resident.
Look at the environment.
Can we adapt it?
Can we change the routine?
Can we teach a strategy?
Can we help the resident succeed in the moment that matters?
That's Prava OT.

Your role

You’ll work alongside our OT team to provide meaningful, occupation-based care across IL, AL, and Memory Care.
You'll have opportunities to:

• Provide ADL and IADL intervention within the plan of care

• Incorporate therapy into real resident routines

• Focus on meaningful evening ADLs and routines

• Address functional cognition, safety, environmental demands, and participation

• Support independence and dignity

• Collaborate with caregivers and community teams

• Build relationships with residents and understand what matters to them

• Help carry therapeutic strategies into everyday life

We're looking for a COTA who:

• Loves working with older adults

• Thinks occupation-first

• Gets excited about real-world ADL training

• Believes the environment can be part of the solution

• Is comfortable working across IL, AL, and Memory Care

• Builds relationships naturally

• Wants to practice creatively and clinically

• Doesn't believe every therapy session needs to happen in a therapy room

If you've ever thought, “This is what OT is supposed to be,” you'll probably like Prava.
Because we don't just want to treat residents.
We want to help them live.
And sometimes the most important therapy of the day happens after 5 p.m.
Come practice OT where life happens.
Come practice Prava.