Occupational Therapist - Education Services

YAI - Seeing beyond disability; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

YAI - Seeing beyond disability is seeking an Occupational Therapist to deliver school-based OT services for students with complex needs. You will plan and implement interventions, monitor progress, and document outcomes within IEP frameworks.

Collaboration with parents, teachers, and medical professionals is essential, as you adapt equipment and AT/DME needs while maintaining organized records and a professional, compassionate approach.

Qualifications

• Valid license and current registration as an Occupational Therapist issued by the NYSED.
• Well organized with superior attention to detail; able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Programs, specifically Word and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Provides occupational therapy-based services to assigned caseload aligned with IEP goals.
• Develops and implements safe and appropriate therapeutic interventions.
• Assesses, documents, and updates annual therapy goals for students as needed.
• Communicates with parents, school staff across disciplines, and medical professionals.
• Fabricates and trains staff on adaptive equipment and AT/DME needs.
• Attends supervision and department meetings; maintains therapy space and records.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Microsoft Office

Education

Licensed Occupational Therapist (NYSED)

Tools

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Job description

iHOPE Mission Statement: The iHOPE school community strives to provide comprehensive services for our students, who present with a variety of diagnoses including Traumatic Brain Injury, Acquired Brain Injury, and other brain-based disorders. Our students participate in academic instruction with appropriate modification and adaptation, as well as therapeutic services, based upon a collaborative, researched-based model that integrates current technology. iHOPE is committed to learners with complex needs and to their social, emotional, adaptive and educational advancement. Accessibility and integration into the larger community are at the core of our belief system.

Key/Essential Functions & Responsibilities Provides occupational therapy-based services to assigned caseload consistent with students’ documented therapy goals, including those defined in areas of instructional and therapeutic focus and/or Individualized Education Program (IEP). Develops and implements safe and appropriate therapeutic interventions. Provides assessment, mandate recommendations, and intervention in related school-based areas of occupation (participation in academics, play/leisure, vocational, and self-care skills) and appropriately documents or updates annual therapy goals for students, as needed. Evaluates, documents and monitors provision of service and student progress in a timely manner in line with policies of organization, governing bodies and in language comprehensible to caregivers. Regularly communicates and collaborates with parents, school staff across all disciplines and medical professionals regarding health, equipment use, participation in activities, positioning, feeding and other relevant factors, as needed. Fabricates, maintains, modifies and monitors use of adaptive equipment and orthotics and trains school staff regarding interventions involving AT or other equipment. Assists with assessments related to assistive technology (AT) and/or durable medical equipment (DME) needs, including participation in clinics, documenting medical necessity, obtaining measurements, working with providers, facilitating orders, coordinating with vendors for delivery, fittings, etc. as needed. Attends and participates in scheduled supervision, department meetings and activities. Responsible for maintaining office and therapy room organization. Performs all other duties, as assigned.

Minimum Qualification Requirements including education, experience, licensure/certification, etc. and essential physical capabilities (e.g. lifting, assisting lifting, standing, etc.) Valid license and current registration as an Occupational Therapist issued by the NYS Department of Education (NYSED); and Must be well organized with superior attention to detail and able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines. Work with a great degree of self-direction and focus. Proficient in Microsoft Office Programs, specifically Word and PowerPoint.

Preferred Qualification Requirements (desired requirements beyond MQRs above) Two (2) years of relevant experience in occupational therapy working with school-aged children with significant disabilities.

Compensation: $75,000-$82,000 Annually

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam or disabled veteran. YAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. To ensure fairness, safeguard transparency, and promote an equitable workforce environment, YAI Network prohibits the practice of nepotism in the workforce and hiring process.

Our Roots YAI was launched in February of 1957 out of a small school in Brooklyn, New York. Initially staffed by Co-Founders Bert MacLeech and Pearl Maze MacLeech alone, their pilot program served just seven people. According to Bert, from its very beginning YAI has been dedicated to providing innovative services for the I/DD (intellectual and/or developmental disabilities) community. MacLeech envisioned a, “total life adjustment approach, emphasizing personal growth, social responsibility, employment goals, and the development of independence for the individual.” At a time when institutional living was the norm for people with I/DD, this vision was nothing short of revolutionary.

YAI Today YAI has a team of over 4,000 employees and supports over 20,000 people in the I/DD community. This extraordinary growth shows the ongoing need for these important services, and YAI’s success in offering them. YAI supports people with autism, Down syndrome, and Cerebral Palsy, among others. Operating throughout Downstate New York and Northern New Jersey, YAI now offers more than 300 programs for people of all ages.

Better Together At YAI, we are driven by our mission of living, loving, working, and learning. This applies not only to the people we support, but to our staff as well. Commitment and passion for the work continue to unite employees and drive the organization forward. Empowering the people we support to reach their goals remains at the heart of our organization.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam or disabled veteran. YAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. To ensure fairness, safeguard transparency, and promote an equitable workforce environment, YAI Network prohibits the practice of nepotism in the workforce and hiring process.

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