Occupational Therapist

Douglas-A-Thom Clinic • West Newbury, MA

25d • Remote

About The Position

Thom Child & Family Services in West Newbury, MA is seeking a licensed Occupational Therapist/OT to join their team. As an Early Intervention Occupational Therapist/Clinician, you will provide home and community-based early intervention services to infants and toddlers (birth to 3 years) with or at risk for developmental delays, and their families. You will collaborate with parents/caregivers to ensure individualized, meaningful, and evidence-based service delivery, prioritizing families' priorities, needs, culture, and values.

Requirements

• Current licensure as an Occupational Therapist by the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Allied Health Professions
• Knowledge of family systems and early childhood development.
• Ability to engage in meaningful, therapeutic relationships with children, parents/caregivers, and community partners.
• Commitment to delivering individualized and culturally humble services.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and organizational skills.
• Abide by all confidentiality and professional boundaries standards.
• Good computer skills as well as strong documentation skills.
• Current driver’s license and reliable transportation.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with infants, toddlers and families is preferred
• Bilingual/Bicultural a plus.

Responsibilities

• Participate in multidisciplinary team assessments of the client’s developmental status.
• Assess family and child strengths/resources, concerns, and progress.
• Provide child and family centered services and activities developmentally appropriate for children birth to three and their families using parent coaching model.
• Provide service coordination by scheduling, developing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating the intervention plan for each family, ensuring that appropriate procedures and timelines are followed.
• Partner with families in the development of Individual Family Service Plans (IFSPs) to identify goals, objectives, and strategies related to the child’s development.
• Facilitate parent-child interactions to encourage child's development; assist families to act as advocates for their child.
• Complete progress notes, reports, assessments, and correspondence as appropriate using the Thom electronic documentation system.
• Provide individual and group intervention for infants and toddlers from birth to three years old who have developmental delays or who are at risk for delays in the areas of cognition, adaptive behavior, social-emotional development, self-care, fine motor, gross motor, and communication.

Benefits

• Salary range: $67,000–$72,000
• Productivity bonus opportunities
• Mileage reimbursement
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer match
• Flexible FT, PT, Per Diem, and flexible hours
• Monday–Friday schedule, generally between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
• Generous vacation time
• 96 hours of sick time annually
• 12 paid holidays
• Up to 24 hours of professional development/conference time annually
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Fitness benefits and wellness incentive program
• Employer-sponsored Health Reimbursement Account
• Section 125 flexible benefits plan for medical and dependent care expenses
• Employer-paid long-term disability insurance
• Employer-paid life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Optional Short-term disability insurance
• Optional Accident insurance
• Optional Cancer insurance
• Paid professional license renewal fees
• Clinical supervision and structured orientation
• Ongoing mentoring and team support
• Scholarship opportunities through the Fazzio Scholarship and Thom Academy
• Employer-issued laptop
• Employer-issued cell phone

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level