P/T OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST

Job Description

Do you want to make a difference in people's lives every single day? Do you want to work where you are valued and feel like you make an impact? Do you enjoy working as part of a team? If so, then please consider becoming part of the Central Plains Center family. We offer:

Flexible work hours

Supportive work environment

Central Plains Center Our mission is to improve the quality of life for persons with mental illness, Intellectual Disabilities and chemical dependency, and their families, by providing accessible services and resources which support individual choices and promotes lives of dignity and independence."

Education and Experience:

Bachelor's degree or post graduate degree in Occupational Therapy

Must have current Texas Licensure in Occupational Therapy

Must have a desire to work within a team serving children.. birth to age 3 in Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) program

Must have valid TX driver's license and be insurable

Job Purpose:

To provide comprehensive direct occupational therapy, consultative services and service coordiantion for the eligible children of the Early Childhood Intervention program

Coaching and supporting families is an integral part of the ECI program

Job Function:

Provide assessments/evaluations for children referred for services due to delayed and/or atypical motor responses/behaviors which impact feeding, fine motor and physical development

Will participate in the Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) meeting for eligible children for the purpose of sharing assessment/evaluation and addisiting with the development of IFSP

Coordinates services for children and their families

Travel in catchment area to deliver services

Follows infection policy and universal precautions at all times with child and family

Central Plains Center is an EEO employer - M/F/Vets/Disabled