OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST, REGISTERED

Orange County Public Schools • Orlando, FL

5h

About The Position

To enhance the learning potential for disabled students and facilitate the student’s adaptation to the educational environment and to ensure that recommendations, interventions, and communication embody the principle that all students can succeed and learn using their knowledge of sensory and perceptual development in the continuum of learning.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from an accredited institution
• Certification in occupational therapy
• Licensed in the state of Florida
• Knowledge of occupational therapy theory and practices.
• Awareness of teaching and learning processes.
• Knowledge of support services delivery systems and exceptional education services and current diagnostic procedures in occupational therapy.
• Knowledge of organization and management theory and practice.
• Knowledge and commitment to decentralized decision making and accountability for results that facilitate creative processes toward achievement of district goals.
• Knowledge and understanding of the distinction between line and staff positions and functions within an organization.
• Ability to work and communicate effectively with people to focus resources (both human and financial) toward the achievement of district goals.
• Ability to facilitate group processes in consensus building, conflict resolution, planning and decision making.
• Understands that quality teaching and learning are the essential processes and product of public schools and has the ability to focus human and financial resources toward this end.

Nice To Haves

• One (1) year experience in the pediatric setting preferred

Responsibilities

• Manifests a professional code of ethics and values.
• Responds to internal and external customers in a timely, accurate, courteous and empathetic manner representing OCPS in a positive light.
• Models the routine, intentional and effective use of technology in daily work, including communications, organization and management tasks.
• Provide occupational therapy assessment or evaluations of exceptional education students.
• Develop individual goals and objectives for students, based upon results of an occupational therapy evaluation.
• Develop a student’s occupational therapy goals and objectives to be incorporated into the student’s Individual Education Plan (IEP).
• Implement appropriate occupational therapy services as identified through evaluations and defined by the goals and objectives of a student’s IEP.
• Identify the disparity between what is (current condition) and what ought to be (desired condition) regarding the priorities in his/her assigned programs.
• Working with and through people to develop plans and accountability systems to eradicate disparity between what is and what ought to be in terms of district goals.
• Provide reevaluations of students at intervals determined to be educationally and medically appropriate.
• Effectively communicate results evaluations and reports of therapy services to the educational staff, parents, and students and, when appropriate and approved, to other professionals and agencies concerned with the student.
• Keep the school principal and program specialist informed of current critical issues and incidents about which they should be aware.
• Participate in staff development activities for personnel.
• Attend staffing and other school meetings when necessary and feasible.
• Maintain supplies, equipment and therapy areas.
• Maintain departmental statistics and required documentation of treatment
• Supervise COTA, as appropriate, for carrying out duties within the department.
• Participate in department meetings, contribute suggestions, enter discussions assist in the decision-making process, and share professional information with colleagues.
• Follow the district’s policies and procedures as related to all HRMD guidelines, executive limitations, the district’s initiatives, and the school district’s charter guidelines.
• Follow the district’s policies and procedures as related to fixed assets.
• Develop leadership in subordinates.
• Responsible for keeping up to date on current technology being used by OCPS.
• With the support of the district, attends training to ensure skill level in various technologies is at the level required to perform in current position.
• Responsible for maintaining timely and accurate information and accountable for the quality of information maintained by those they supervise.
• Responsible for self-development and keeping up to date on current research, trends and best practices relevant to the area of responsibility.
• Essential Performance ResponsibilitiesPerform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the supervisor.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time