Occupational Therapist

Rainbows United, Inc.•Wichita, KS

9h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Occupational Therapist serves on a transdisciplinary team for families enrolled in the Infant Toddler Program. They provide comprehensive and integrated support, as is outlined in the Part C Program Manual for Infants and Toddlers in Kansas.

Requirements

Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy.
Current Kansas License in Occupational Therapy required.
Maintain current licensure.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience working with children with special needs preferred.

Responsibilities

Work as a transdisciplinary team member to collaboratively serve eligible infants and toddlers.
Participate in team evaluations to determine the eligibility of referred children, as well as participate in team assessment to determine the functional developmental strengths/challenges of eligible children.
Work together with families and other team members to develop appropriate Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSPs) based upon family-identified priorities.
Provide Family Service coordination including identifying, mobilizing, and coordinating community resources and services to enable the family to receive the maximum benefits from early intervention services.
Collaborate with other community resources for assigned families.
Complete appropriate documentation for accountability, compliance, billing, data entry and communication with other providers according to state, federal, and logical guidelines.
Deliver ongoing home and community-based intervention utilizing a coaching model of caregiver support to integrate developmental activities into the child’s daily routines.
Participate in teaming process.
Monitor parent-child progress in terms of goals met.
Support Rainbows mission, goals, and Part C Employee expectations.
Perform other duties as assigned by the Program Coordinator or designee.
Ability to hear, understand, and distinguish speech and/or other sounds in person.
Ability to determine and identify items and children in the periphery, near, and far visual fields.