Licensed Occupational Therapist Assistant

Prava-Therapy; Wood Dale (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The Radcliff in Wood Dale, IL, is seeking a full-time Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) to join Prava’s team. You will work with residents across Independent Living, Assisted Living and Memory Care to help them engage in meaningful activities and maintain independence.

As part of a collaborative, resident-centered approach, you’ll deliver OT under supervision, educate caregivers, and document with Prava’s AI-enabled tools to support ongoing clinical growth.

Qualifications

• Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant licensed in Illinois.
• Experience or interest in senior living settings is preferred.
• Able to collaborate with an interdisciplinary team and communicate effectively with residents and families.

Responsibilities

• Provide skilled occupational therapy interventions under the supervision of a licensed OT.
• Work with residents across Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Memory Care.
• Help residents participate in meaningful daily activities.
• Address functional performance related to ADLs, IADLs, cognition, safety, coordination, strength, endurance, and mobility.
• Adapt tasks and environments to support successful participation.
• Provide caregiver and resident education.
• Document efficiently using Prava's technology platform and AI-enabled tools.

Skills

Illinois Licensed COTA

Older adults care

Creative & adaptable

Strong communicator

Relationship building

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Person-centered approach

Dignity autonomy

Lifelong learning

Job description

Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA)

Full-Time | The Radcliff | Wood Dale, Illinois

What if occupational therapy in senior living was about helping people keep living—not just helping them get better?

At Prava, we believe it should be.

We’re looking for a full-time Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) to join our team at The Radcliff in Wood Dale, Illinois.

The Radcliff is a family-owned senior living community offering Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Memory Care. Their philosophy centers on personalized care, independence, dignity, connection, and helping residents continue to live with purpose as their needs change.

That makes it an ideal environment for an occupational therapy professional who understands that occupation is the point of the therapy.

Your role

As a Prava COTA, you'll work alongside the Occupational Therapist to help residents participate in the activities that make their lives meaningful.

You'll:

• Provide skilled occupational therapy interventions under the direction and supervision of a licensed Occupational Therapist

• Work with residents across Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Memory Care

• Help residents improve their ability to participate in meaningful daily activities

• Address functional performance related to ADLs, IADLs, cognition, safety, coordination, strength, endurance, and mobility

• Help residents develop strategies to remain as independent as possible

• Adapt tasks and environments to support successful participation

• Provide caregiver and resident education

• Reinforce individualized treatment plans and home programs

• Observe and communicate changes in resident function and clinical status

• Collaborate with nursing, caregivers, families, activities, and other members of the interdisciplinary team

• Support fall prevention, safety, and functional wellness initiatives

• Document efficiently using Prava's technology platform and AI-enabled tools

• Help create a therapy experience that feels connected to the resident's actual life

Think beyond the diagnosis.

At Prava, we don't want occupational therapy to become a collection of exercises disconnected from the resident's life.

We want to know:

What does this person want to do?

Go to the dining room independently?

Get dressed without assistance?

Make a cup of coffee?

Participate in art class?

Garden in the greenhouse?

Navigate the community safely?

Spend time with friends?

Return to an activity they stopped doing?

Those aren't just activities.

They're occupations.

And they're often the reason therapy matters.

The Radcliff places a strong emphasis on purposeful engagement, with creative programs, gardening, fitness, social activities, entertainment, and opportunities for residents to remain connected to their community.

We want the COTA who sees those opportunities and thinks:

“How can I help this resident participate?”

The COTA we're looking for

You are:

• A Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant licensed in Illinois

• Passionate about working with older adults

• Creative and adaptable

• Comfortable working with varying cognitive and physical abilities

• A strong communicator

• A natural relationship builder

• Comfortable collaborating across disciplines

• Someone who sees the whole person—not simply the diagnosis

• Someone who understands the importance of dignity, autonomy, and choice

• Someone who believes the environment can often be part of the intervention

• Someone who wants to keep learning and growing clinically

Senior living experience is preferred, but not required.

Why Prava?

Prava is building a different model for therapy in senior living.

Modern technology
A therapy platform designed around the clinician.

AI-enabled documentation
Less time spent documenting. More time spent doing meaningful clinical work.

Clinical support
Standards, resources, mentorship, and a team that has your back.

Embedded practice
You become part of the community instead of functioning as an outside vendor.

Room to grow
Opportunities to grow clinically, mentor others, and develop into leadership as Prava expands.

You won't be asked to treat a diagnosis.

You'll be asked to help a person do something that matters to them.

That's occupational therapy.

That's senior living.

And that's Prava.

Position

Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA)
Full-Time
The Radcliff – Wood Dale, IL
Senior Living | Independent Living, Assisted Living & Memory Care