Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant
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Exceptional Children
Caldwell County Schools
Lenoir, North Carolina
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Job Description
Summary
School COT-A administers treatment programs under the guidance of an Occupational Therapist
Required education, training, and experience
- Graduation from an accredited program of OTCB
- Current certification as an occupational therapy assistant by the OTCB
Essential duties and responsibilities
- Participates in evaluation and assessment using standardized measures, formal and informal tests, and checklists, as appropriate
- Implements therapeutic procedures for which qualified, as designated by the supervising occupational therapist
- Contributes to progress reports and helps collect data for IE P's
- Maintains current records in accordance with school, state, and federal policy
- Assists with keeping accurate records of therapy equipment and inventory
- Assists with establishing goals for students and developing individual and group
therapy activities - Consults with the supervising therapist concerning implementation and status of
therapy goals - Helps develop an awareness of individual student needs and assists the occupational therapist in monitoring those needs
- Assures that proper positioning and handling techniques are carried out correctly across all environments
- Other assigned duties
Physical environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by
an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the
essential functions.
- Must be physically able to operate a variety of equipment including computers, copiers,etc.
- Must be able to exert up to 25 pounds of force occasionally; and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an
employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the
essential functions.
- Must be adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with emergency situations. There may be changing priorities and interruptions during the workday.
- Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural, or composite characteristics of people or things.
- Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes giving instructions, assignments, or directions to students.
- Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, reports, forms, evaluations, policies, etc. using prescribed formats.
- Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form.
- Requires the ability to record and deliver information, explain procedures, to follow oral and written instructions.
- Job Categories : Special Education > OT Assistant
Student Services > OT Assistant
Job Requirements
- No experience required
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