Occupational Therapist

Norfolk Public School District • Norfolk, VA

2d

About The Position

Provide consultation across all curriculum areas appropriate to the needs of the student to maximize the amount of time the student participates in academic instruction. Assess and evaluate students, interpret results, and plan for integrated intervention services in collaboration with the IEP team or 504 committee. Develop and implement integrated services based on the goals determined by the IEP team or 504 committee. Provide information and strategies to educational personnel, students, parents/guardians, and community agencies. Participate in the LEA’s comprehensive planning process for the education of students with disabilities. Establish procedures for implementing the therapy program and participate in the administration, management, maintenance, and refinement/enhancement of the therapy. This includes the documentation, recordkeeping, and supervision of therapy assistants. Document services using established procedures required for reimbursement. Adhere to ethical and legal standards of the profession to develop professionally. Adhere to established rules, regulations, and laws and works cooperatively to accomplish the goals of the LEA. Develop and maintain knowledge of and ability to implement current, effective research-based practices, Recommend and facilitate the provision of therapeutic equipment. Provide in-service training to school personnel in the areas of lifting, handling, positioning, dressing, and feeding of students with disabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in occupational therapy and experience as an occupational therapist.
• State license as an occupational therapist.
• Licensure by the Virginia Board of Medicine.
• Tuberculin skin test certifying that the individual is free of contagious tuberculosis.
• In possession of a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation.
• Knowledge of current federal and state regulations and LEA policies and procedures pertaining to IDEA, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Knowledge of educational and medical disabilities of students.
• Ability to select and administer appropriate assessment tools and to interpret and report evaluation results correctly.
• Ability to evaluate the functional performance of students within school and community environments.
• Ability to participate in-group decision making and planning of appropriate intervention strategies.
• Ability to integrate related services to support the student’s educational goals, accommodations and/or modifications.
• Knowledge of major theories, intervention strategies/research, and the ability to relate the knowledge to the educational implications for students.
• Ability to plan, develop, implement, evaluate, and modify activities for student-centered therapeutic intervention within the educational program.
• Ability to document progress and intervention results and relate this information to the student’s educational goals.
• Ability to effectively communicate in verbally and in writing.
• Ability to work in teams with educational personnel, administrators, parents/guardians, students, and community members.
• Ability to interpret the role of therapeutic intervention within the educational program to educational personnel, administrators, parents/guardians, students, and community members.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultation across all curriculum areas appropriate to the needs of the student to maximize the amount of time the student participates in academic instruction.
• Assess and evaluate students, interpret results, and plan for integrated intervention services in collaboration with the IEP team or 504 committee.
• Develop and implement integrated services based on the goals determined by the IEP team or 504 committee.
• Provide information and strategies to educational personnel, students, parents/guardians, and community agencies.
• Participate in the LEA’s comprehensive planning process for the education of students with disabilities.
• Establish procedures for implementing the therapy program and participate in the administration, management, maintenance, and refinement/enhancement of the therapy. This includes the documentation, recordkeeping, and supervision of therapy assistants.
• Document services using established procedures required for reimbursement.
• Adhere to ethical and legal standards of the profession to develop professionally.
• Adhere to established rules, regulations, and laws and works cooperatively to accomplish the goals of the LEA.
• Develop and maintain knowledge of and ability to implement current, effective research-based practices
• Recommend and facilitate the provision of therapeutic equipment.
• Provide in-service training to school personnel in the areas of lifting, handling, positioning, dressing, and feeding of students with disabilities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time