Occupational Therapist (Summer School)

Center for Disability Services

Schenectady, NY

Full-time•

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Join us in our mission to make a difference and shape a more inclusive future.

The Center for Disability Services offers hope, innovation and achievement to the people we support. For 80 years, we have been one of upstate New York’s largest providers of programs and services for individuals who have disabilities. Many of the innovative programs and vital services that we offer are not available elsewhere.

The Center for Disability Services is looking for an Occupational Therapist to join our Summer School Program in Schenectady, NY!

Program Dates

Summer Program: July 8th – August 21st
Orientation Dates: July 7th & 8th

This position works collaboratively with interdisciplinary team members including teachers, teacher assistants, school districts, and families to ensure quality, state-of-the-art, cost effective services to all students.

Responsibilities

Provides quality occupational therapy services
Assesses current level of function
Develops and implements an appropriate treatment plan
Maintains complete and accurate clinical documentation
Evaluates treatment outcomes and modifies treatment plans as needed
Completes student evaluation as assigned, which include initial evaluations, reevaluations, and wheelchair evaluations
Completes report cards and annual student reviews
Supervises assigned Occupational Therapy Assistants or student interns as needed
Reviews and cosigns documentation completed by Occupational Therapy Assistants and students as assigned
Communicates with interdisciplinary team members, caregivers, vendors, school districts and county service providers
Maintains clinical and professional knowledge base
Complies with Federal, State and local legal and professional requirements

Requirements

Masters degree in field of Occupational Therapy
Specialized training, license, certification, skills: Current NYS Licensure as an Occupational Therapist
Must be at least 18 years old to apply for this position
Must be able to lift a minimum of 50 pounds

At the Center for Disability Services, we don’t just accept difference – we celebrate it, support it, and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees and the people we support. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any protected class of job applicant or employee in our employment practices

Compensation Range

$72,255.87 - $78,937.68

About the company

Center for Disability Services

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The Center for Disability Services offers hope, innovation and achievement to the people we support.

For over 80 years, we have been one of upstate New York’s largest providers of programs and services for individuals who have disabilities. Many of the innovative programs and vital services that we offer are not available elsewhere.

The Center for Disability Services provides comprehensive Health Care, residential services, education, adult programming, service coordination and skilled nursing care to individuals with disabilities. In addition, we have a commercial printing, inserting, and mailing operation that is supported by a workforce of over 200 individuals with disabilities.

Our annual budget is approximately $129 million dollars and we employ over 2,700 workers in over 80 locations. The Center also has a Foundation that supports many of the necessary services that are not funded by other sources.