Occupational Therapist

Kids Unlimited Learning Academy; Searcy (AR); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Kids Unlimited Learning Academy in Searcy, Arkansas, is looking for a passionate Occupational Therapist to join a team committed to delivering high-quality care to children with special needs. This role is suitable for both experienced and newly qualified therapists, focusing on providing essential therapeutic services and support.

Successful candidates will work with children from birth to kindergarten, ensuring their developmental needs are met through tailored therapy sessions. The Academy emphasizes a compassionate and excellence-driven approach in serving children and their families.

Qualifications

• Must have a current Arkansas license as an Occupational Therapist.
• One year of successful experience in a similar position or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with various individuals.

Responsibilities

• Provide therapy services to children with developmental disabilities.
• Conduct evaluations and collaborate with the treatment team for child care.
• Document therapy progress and ensure compliance with regulations.

Skills

Effective communication

Working with children (birth to 6)

Organizational skills

Basic computer skills

Handling multiple tasks

Reading and interpreting documents

Applying common sense understanding

Problem-solving

Education

Current Arkansas license as an Occupational Therapist

Job description

We are seeking a passionate Occupational Therapist to join our growing team of clinicians! We believe our kiddos and their families deserve the highest quality of care delivered with compassion, excellence, and reliability. This position is open to both experienced occupational therapists and newly minted therapists; a successful mix of talent and motivation is the most important factor in finding the appropriate candidate for this opportunity.

Miracle Kids Success Academy (MKSA) & Kids Unlimited Learning Academy (KULA) is an early intervention day treatment clinic for children with special needs. Once children are referred to MKSA/KULA by their primary care physicians, they must receive a developmental screening. Then, they may be scheduled for therapy evaluations at MKSA/KULA or bring recent therapy evaluation reports done elsewhere. To receive Early Intervention Day Treatment habilitation services, a child must have a documented developmental disability or delay, as shown on the results of an annual comprehensive developmental evaluation and qualify for at least one therapy service. Those services include (but are not limited to) fine motor delays, sensory disorders, gross motor delays, speech-language delays, hearing disorders, feeding disorders, developmental delays, cognitive delays and medical needs.

Children are placed in treatment rooms based on their developmental needs and ages. Our treatment rooms are adequately staffed with teachers and teachers' assistants and are designed to celebrate the cultural differences of the children and families we serve. MKSA/KULA has many licensed occupational therapists, physical therapists, and speech-language pathologists on staff to provide needed care to the children who qualify for therapy services. And, MKSA/KULA has nurses on staff to serve children with medical needs.

MKSA/KULA's services also include developmental/psychological testing by a licensed psychologist, nutritional evaluations and consultations, and audiological evaluations. Our whole treatment team works together and with our patients' families to make sure each child's needs are met.

MKSA/KULA typically treats children from birth to Kindergarten. However, we try to expand our services during the summer months to include elementary school-aged children with special needs.

Qualifications

Education / Certification

• Current Arkansas license as an Occupational Therapist

Experience / Knowledge Required

• One year of successful experience in a similar position or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Skills / Abilities

• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with a wide variety of people.
• Ability to work with children between the ages of birth to 6 who are at risk.
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Basic computer skills which includes a working knowledge of database, word processing, spreadsheet, and Internet software.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks in a very busy environment.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, policies, and other company documents. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standard situations.

Miracle Kids Success Academy/Kids Unlimited Learning Academy provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.