Licensed Occupational Therapist Assistant

Prava Therapy; Chula Vista (CA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

Prava Therapy is seeking a Part-Time Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) to join our embedded therapy team at ActivCare Mission Bay in Mission Bay, California.

In this role, you will provide skilled OT interventions under the supervision of an OT, help residents improve independence in daily activities, and support meaningful routines in a real-life living environment, including evening ADLs.

Qualifications

• Part-time COTA role requiring current certification as a COTA.
• Experience applying OT interventions in real-life daily activities.
• Ability to work evenings to address evening ADLs.
• Experience with dementia care and aging populations.

Responsibilities

• Provide skilled occupational therapy interventions under supervision of the OT.
• Help residents improve independence in meaningful daily activities.
• Address ADLs and IADLs including dressing, grooming, toileting, transfers and mobility as appropriate.
• Use real-life activities and the resident's environment for therapy.
• Adapt activities to support residents with dementia and other cognitive needs.
• Document progress and communicate with the supervising OT and interdisciplinary team.

Skills

COTA

Education

Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant Certification

Job description

PART-TIME CERTIFIED OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANT

ActivCare Mission Bay | Mission Bay, California

Prava Therapy

What if your therapy session could happen when life actually happens?

Breakfast.

Getting dressed for dinner.

Getting ready for bed.

Moving safely through an evening routine.

Participating in the activities that make someone feel like themselves.

For a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant, those moments are where the work comes to life.

Prava Therapy is looking for a Part-Time Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) to join our embedded therapy team at ActivCare Mission Bay.

This is an opportunity to practice occupational therapy the way it was meant to be practiced: in the context of real life.

THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT ADLs. IT'S ABOUT LIVING.

At Prava, we don't believe therapy should be separated from the life of the resident.

If a resident is working toward greater independence with dressing, grooming, toileting, transfers, or mobility, why shouldn't therapy happen when those things actually occur?

That's why this role offers flexibility to work into the evening hours when clinically appropriate, helping residents work toward their goals during meaningful daily routines—including evening ADLs.

Because sometimes the best therapy session isn't an exercise.

It's getting ready for dinner.

It's safely navigating the bathroom.

It's managing a nighttime routine.

It's practicing the skills needed to participate in life with greater confidence and independence.

YOUR ROLE

• Provide skilled occupational therapy interventions under the direction and supervision of the Occupational Therapist.
• Help residents improve independence and participation in meaningful daily activities.
• Address ADLs and IADLs including dressing, grooming, toileting, bathing, transfers, functional mobility, and other daily routines as appropriate.
• Use real-life activities and the resident's environment as opportunities for therapeutic intervention.
• Have flexibility to work into evening hours when clinically appropriate to address evening ADLs and functional goals.
• Help residents practice skills at the time and in the environment where those skills matter most.
• Support residents with cognitive, physical, and functional needs, including residents living with dementia.
• Adapt activities and environments to help residents succeed.
• Provide caregiver and community staff education to reinforce strategies outside of therapy sessions.
• Communicate observations, progress, and changes in resident status to the supervising OT and interdisciplinary team.
• Build meaningful relationships with residents and families.
• Document efficiently and thoughtfully using Prava's technology and AI-enabled tools.
• Measure progress based on meaningful functional outcomes—not simply minutes.
• Contribute to a therapy culture that is collaborative, clinically curious, and deeply resident-centered.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR A COTA WHO GETS IT.

You know that occupational therapy isn't just about exercises.

It's about occupation.

It's about helping someone do the things they need to do—and the things they want to do.

You look at a difficult ADL and think:

What is getting in the way?

What can we change?

What can we practice?

How can we make this resident more successful in their own environment?

You believe:

Every intervention should have a functional purpose.

The environment can be part of the solution.

Residents should be appropriately challenged—not underestimated.

Caregiver education is part of treatment.

Outcomes matter more than minutes.

Dignity and autonomy are clinical priorities.

And you're willing to meet the resident where meaningful life actually happens—even if that's later in the day.

YOU'LL HAVE A COMMUNITY — NOT JUST A CASELOAD.

At ActivCare Mission Bay, you'll have the opportunity to become part of the community you're serving.

You'll get to know residents beyond their diagnoses.

You'll understand their routines.

You'll recognize when something has changed.

You'll see how they function throughout the day.

And you'll have the opportunity to turn ordinary moments into therapeutic opportunities.

That's embedded therapy.

Not therapy imposed on someone's life.

Therapy integrated into it.

YOUR CLINICAL EXPERTISE + PRAVA'S OPERATING SYSTEM

You bring the clinical expertise.

We bring the infrastructure.

Prava provides the technology, clinical standards, AI-enabled documentation, credentialing, billing and revenue cycle support, and operational systems that allow clinicians to focus on what matters most.

Exceptional resident care.

You'll have the support of a modern therapy organization while remaining connected to the residents and community you serve.

THIS ROLE IS FOR YOU IF...

• You're a COTA who loves the heart of occupational therapy.
• You believe ADLs are more than checkboxes—they're opportunities for independence.
• You enjoy working directly with residents and building genuine relationships.
• You're creative and naturally look for functional solutions.
• You enjoy working with older adults and residents living with dementia.
• You're comfortable collaborating with OTs, PTs, nursing, caregivers, and community leadership.
• You're willing to flex your schedule into the evening when resident goals and clinical needs call for it.
• You want your therapy to happen in the context of real life.
• You want to be part of a team that values clinical judgment, creativity, and resident dignity.

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

A resident who needed help getting dressed is doing more independently.

A caregiver has a strategy that actually works.

A resident feels safer navigating their evening routine.

Someone who had stopped participating is back at dinner with friends.

And your therapy isn't something that happened to the resident.

It helped them do something that mattered to them.

That's the kind of impact we're looking for.

READY TO PRACTICE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY DIFFERENTLY?

If you believe the best therapy happens where life happens—

we think you'll fit right in.

Bring your clinical expertise.

Bring your creativity.

Bring your willingness to think differently.

We'll bring the operating system.

Come help residents keep doing the things that make life theirs.