Occupational Therapist

About This Role

Provide home and community-based early intervention services to infants and toddlers (birth to 3 years) with developmental delays. Partner with families to deliver individualized, evidence-based care and promote child development.

Responsibilities

• Participate in multidisciplinary team assessments of client’s developmental status
• Provide direct services and activities appropriate for children 0-3 and their families
• Participate in the development of Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) with responsibility for identifying goals, objectives, and strategies
• Complete progress notes, reports, assessments, and correspondence
• Provide individual and group intervention for infants and toddlers with or at risk for delays in various developmental areas
• Assess family and child strengths/resources, concerns, and progress
• Act as service coordinator for the family by scheduling, developing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating the intervention plan
• Provide supportive professional assistance to families
• Facilitate parent-child interactions to encourage child's development
• Assist families to act as advocates for their child

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
• Strong documentation skills
• Current driver’s license and reliable transportation

Nice to Have

• Experience with infants, toddlers and families
• Bilingual/Bicultural (Spanish and or Portuguese)

Benefits