• Job Description

  Req#: 1117
  Position Type:
  Student Support Services/ Occupational Therapist
  
  
  Date Posted:
  2/10/2025
  
  
  Location:
  iLearn Schools
  
  
  Date Available:
  08/11/2025
  
  
  
  Establishes and maintains a referral process
  
  Identify, screen, evaluate and reevaluate referred and placed students through the use of selected standardized and non-standardized tools that assist in identifying a student's current functional performance
  
  Documents and interprets screening and/or evaluation results
  
  Develop and implement Individual Education Plans for students designed to improve, restore and maintain the student's functional ability to perform tasks in the education setting through purposeful activities
  
  Adaptation of environments; both human and physical
  
  Instruct student, family and educational personnel in safe use and care of adaptive equipment and devices
  
  Instruct parents, teachers and other school personnel in areas relating to the student's therapeutic program
  
  Selection design, purchase and/or fabrication of assistive or orthotic devices and other assistive technology to facilitate development and promote the acquisition of functional skills so that the child can perform tasks in the least restrictive environment
  
  Discontinues intervention programs when appropriate and in accordance with state guidelines
  
  Manage intervention programs developed by the occupational therapist -carried out by teachers, parents and other school personnel
  
  Provide and interpret medical information relating to a student's special needs to school personnel
  
  Provide families/educational personnel with information about the roles and function of occupational therapy programs in educational settings
  
  Provide formal and informal in-service programs and/or resource materials for teachers, parents and appropriate school personnel, community and state agencies to assist with problem solving, program planning and priority setting for children with special needs
  
  Suggest modifications and procedures to ensure elimination of architectural barriers, provision of classroom modifications and safe transportation for handicapped students 6. Coordinate planning with other agencies or individuals involved with a student's initial entry into a public school program or reentry following an extended absence (i.e. hospitalization)
  
  Consult with physicians concerning student's medical needs
  
  Coordinate occupational therapy services with school personnel and other community agencies
  
  Establish and maintain an appropriate, confidential system of documentation for student referrals, record keeping, evaluation/reevaluation results, treatment progress and recommendations
  
  Attend and participate in appropriate meetings related to evaluation, placement and programming for students
  
  Evaluate the effectiveness of the occupational therapy program and revise as needed 4. Coordinate with teachers and other professional staff for students to receive occupational therapy services and provide with schedule
  
  Determine treatment priorities, appropriate caseload, schedules and procedures for providing occupational therapy services
  
  Assist in purchasing and maintaining special equipment and supplies for occupational therapy programs
  
  Participate in Assistive Technology evaluations and make recommendations
  
  School Occupational Therapist
  
  Position: Occupational Therapist licensed by the State Occupational Therapy Advisory Council and must hold a NJ School Occupational Therapist standard certificate
  Term of Employment: 10 months PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES: ASSESSMENT:
  1. 
     Establishes and maintains a referral process
  2. 
     Identify, screen, evaluate and reevaluate referred and placed students through the use of selected standardized and non-standardized tools that assist in identifying a student's current functional performance
  3. 
     Documents and interprets screening and/or evaluation results
  INTERVENTION:
  1. 
     Develop and implement Individual Education Plans for students designed to improve, restore and maintain the student's functional ability to perform tasks in the education setting through purposeful activities
  2. 
     Adaptation of environments; both human and physical
  3. 
     Instruct student, family and educational personnel in safe use and care of adaptive equipment and devices
  4. 
     Instruct parents, teachers and other school personnel in areas relating to the student's therapeutic program
  5. 
     Selection design, purchase and/or fabrication of assistive or orthotic devices and other assistive technology to facilitate development and promote the acquisition of functional skills so that the child can perform tasks in the least restrictive environment
  6. 
     Discontinues intervention programs when appropriate and in accordance with state guidelines
  CONSULTATION:
  1. 
     Manage intervention programs developed by the occupational therapist -carried out by teachers, parents and other school personnel
  2. 
     Provide and interpret medical information relating to a student's special needs to school personnel
  3. 
     Provide families/educational personnel with information about the roles and function of occupational therapy programs in educational settings
  4. 
     Provide formal and informal in-service programs and/or resource materials for teachers, parents and appropriate school personnel, community and state agencies to assist with problem solving, program planning and priority setting for children with special needs
  5. 
     Suggest modifications and procedures to ensure elimination of architectural barriers, provision of classroom modifications and safe transportation for handicapped students 6. Coordinate planning with other agencies or individuals involved with a student's initial entry into a public school program or reentry following an extended absence (i.e. hospitalization)
  6. 
     Consult with physicians concerning student's medical needs
  7. 
     Coordinate occupational therapy services with school personnel and other community agencies
  ADMINISTRATION/SUPERVISION:
  1. 
     Establish and maintain an appropriate, confidential system of documentation for student referrals, record keeping, evaluation/reevaluation results, treatment progress and recommendations
  2. 
     Attend and participate in appropriate meetings related to evaluation, placement and programming for students
  3. 
     Evaluate the effectiveness of the occupational therapy program and revise as needed 4. Coordinate with teachers and other professional staff for students to receive occupational therapy services and provide with schedule
  4. 
     Determine treatment priorities, appropriate caseload, schedules and procedures for providing occupational therapy services
  5. 
     Assist in purchasing and maintaining special equipment and supplies for occupational therapy programs
  6. 
     Participate in Assistive Technology evaluations and make recommendations
  
  
  

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