Occupational Therapist - (5 day school)

Creative Speech Solutions; Summit (NJ); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Creative Speech Solutions, LLC, a pediatric therapy center in Summit, NJ, is hiring full-time Occupational Therapists to join our growing team. You will provide evaluations and direct therapy for children in a school-based setting, with one-on-one and group sessions.

Duties include writing notes, evaluations, IEP collaboration, home program development, and coordination with school staff. Requires OT Master’s, NJ license, and NBCOT certification, with school endorsement a plus.

Qualifications

• Must hold a Master’s degree from an accredited Occupational Therapy program.
• Successful completion of NBCOT Certification and NJ state license with BOE school certificate.
• Minimum of two years of pediatric private practice and/or school setting experience preferred.
• Experience treating sensory processing disorders and motor planning challenges.
• Certification or CE in Listening Program, Handwriting Without Tears, Visual Processing, or splints is a plus.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills with children with developmental disabilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide evaluations and direct therapy for pediatric clients in a school-based setting.
• Deliver one-on-one and small group therapy sessions.
• Write daily and progress notes, evaluations, and reports; participate in IEP development.
• Collaborate with speech therapists, school staff, and teachers; manage case coordination.
• Develop home exercise programs and counsel caretakers.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Education

Master's degree in Occupational Therapy

Job description

Occupational Therapist

Creative Speech Solutions, LLC (a pediatric therapy center located in Summit, NJ) is hiring full-time Occupational Therapists to join our growing team.

Occupational therapists at Creative Speech Solutions (CSS) specialize in treating children with a wide variety of diagnoses and level of functioning. The duties of this position include providing evaluations and direct therapy for the pediatric population in a school-based setting. Treatment involves one-on-one/group sessions with children. The most common diagnoses treated are Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, Apraxia, cerebral palsy, Global Developmental Delay, and Sensory Processing Disorder.

In addition to direct treatment, responsibilities could also include writing daily notes, progress notes, evaluations, report writing, treatment collaboration, case management, IEP development and adherence to all NJ state special education laws. Additional job description includes creating home exercise programs, counseling caretakers, and collaborating with speech therapists, school therapists, and teachers.

Candidates interested in this OT role at CSS are required to have the following:

• Master's degree from an accredited Occupational Therapy program
• Satisfactory completion of Certification Examination of National Board for Certification of Occupational Therapists (Maintenance of registration required)
• NJ State License and NJ BOE School Certificate
• Minimum of two years of work experience in pediatric private practice and/or school setting preferred but not required.
• Candidates should be experienced in treating sensory processing disorders, motor planning difficulties, decreased strength, and gross motor skills, as well as visual motor and fine motor skills.
• Certification or continuing education in The Listening Program, Handwriting Without Tears, Visual Processing disorders, splints.
• Effective communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills and a strong desire to work with children with developmental disabilities
• Patience, persistence and ability to work independently and as an integral part of a team