Occupational Therapist 1 (PCN 064806)

State of Alaska • Anchorage, AK

13d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is open to Alaska Residents only. The Division of Juvenile Justice Director’s Office is recruiting for an Occupational Therapist 1 located in Anchorage. Through Restorative Justice, we hold juvenile offenders accountable for their behavior; promote the safety and restoration of victims and communities; and assist offenders and their families in developing the skills to prevent crime. Our core values include: Prioritizing Safety – of our youth, staff, families, and communities; Responsiveness – providing timely response to youth, families, victims, staff, and justice partners; Professional Relationships – recognizing that successful treatment services provided to our clients, coworkers, victims, and others rely on positive, respectful, and collaborative relationships and a spirit of inclusiveness; Dedication – doing the right things for the right reasons and modeling relentless integrity and leadership; Respect – for the inherent value of each person's unique strengths and individual differences.

Requirements

• Licensure by the State of Alaska to practice as an Occupational Therapist is required per AS 08.84.090.
• Incumbents work with physically and/or mentally impaired or debilitated individuals.
• Most positions require the physical ability to assist the clients with gross motor skill and fine motor skill activities.
• A background investigation including fingerprinting is required for some positions in this job class.
• State of Alaska professional license to practice as an Occupational Therapist
• Three (3) names & phone numbers of professional references
• Criminal background check and fingerprinting are required for all candidates who are offered employment.
• Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials being used to meet the minimum qualifications for a position and are required with each application.
• Work experience needed to meet the minimum qualifications must be documented in the application.

Nice To Haves

• Integrity/Honesty: Contributes to maintaining the integrity of the organization; displays high standards of ethical conduct and understands the impact of violating these standards on an organization, self, and others; is trustworthy.
• Interpersonal Skills: Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.
• Creativity and Innovation: Develops new insights into situations; questions conventional approaches; encourages new ideas and innovations; designs and implements new or cutting-edge programs/processes.
• Planning and Evaluating: Organizes work, sets priorities, and determines resource requirements; determines short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinates with other organizations or parts of the organization to accomplish goals; monitors progress and evaluates outcomes.
• Evidence-Based Practice: Integrates best research practices with clinical and/or subject matter expertise and patient values for optimum care and participates in learning and research activities to the extent feasible.

Responsibilities

• Provides individual and group occupational rehabilitative therapy programs through directed activities to residents experiencing physical or mental disabilities or disorders.
• Plans, organizes, supervises, directs, and administers occupational programs and rehabilitation treatments in an effort to promote, maintain, or restore physical and mental health and the functional independence of residents to prepare them for community re-integration.

Benefits

• Opportunity to make a meaningful change in the lives of children.
• Dedicated to doing our best work, despite adversity and setbacks.
• Enhancing strengths in our staff by promoting training and professional development.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed