Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA)
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Application Deadline: September 30, 2024
Work Months: 10
Hours: 8 hours per day 5 days a week
Salary: $36.06 to $43.80
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Job Announcement Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant Job Description is pending Board approval.
The Occupational Therapy Assistant is a health care paraprofessional requiring certification by the California Board of Occupational Therapy. The Occupational Therapy Assistant works under the direction and protocols given by an Occupational Therapist and implements physical and psychosocial treatments with disabled students and family members.
Under general guidance of an Occupational Therapist, provides educationally related occupational therapy services to students with a variety of cognitive, emotional, and/or physical disabilities according to the student’s Individualized Education Plan (IEP).
Providing skilled occupational therapy services based on identified students’ level of functioning relative to their age and educational placement in such areas as postural control, fine motor skill development, visual perception, visual motor integration, graphomotor, and sensory motor integration in the school setting.
Qualifications:
Any combination of education and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential function of the position. Additional experience, as outlined below, may be substituted for required education on a year-for-year basis. A typical combination includes:
Experience:
Two (2) years of COTA experience is preferred.
Pediatric and school-based experience preferred.
Education:
High School diploma or equivalent Associate of Science degree or higher from an accredited college or university with an educational program approved by CBOT and accredited by the American Occupational Therapy Association’s Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE).
Licenses or Certifications:
Valid license as a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant issued by the California Board of Occupational Therapy.
Valid certification issued by the National Board for Certification of Occupational Therapy (NBCOT).
Valid California Class C driver’s license issued by the California Department of Motor Vehicles within 30 days of hire or before driving any vehicle requiring this license.
Valid First Aid, AED, and CPR certificates issued by an authorized agency.
Physical Abilities:
Requires the ability to function effectively in classroom and office environments, engaged in work of a moderately active nature.
Requires ambulatory ability to move to various class and meeting room settings, to stoop, bend and kneel, and to reach.
Requires visual ability to recognize words, numbers, and non-verbal actions of people.
Requires auditory ability to project voice and carry-out conversations with individuals and small groups in person and over the phone.
Significant physical abilities:
Obtain the strength and dexterity necessary for physically supporting children and young adults; lift and move up to fifty (50) pounds.
Upon Conditional Offer of Employment:
- DOJ and FBI Criminal Background Check
- TB Test within the last 60 days (Education Code 49406, Assembly Bill 1667)
- Complete district Mandated Reporter training, Sexual Harassment, etc.
- Pre-Employment Physical including a 50 Lbs. Lift Test
Comments and Other Information:
The Folsom Cordova Unified School District is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination, intimidation, harassment (including sexual harassment) or bullying based on a person’s actual or perceived ancestry, color, disability, race or ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or gender expression, immigration status, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. For concerns/questions or complaints, contact the Title IX Coordinator(s), Equity Compliance Officer(s), and Section 504 Coordinator(s):
Shannon Diaz, Director of Compliance, Title IX Coordinator and Equity Compliance Officer
sdiaz@fcusd.org
916-294-9000, ext. 104620
1965 Birkmont Drive
Rancho Cordova, CA 95742
For questions regarding this position please call or email:
Human Resources Department
jobs@fcusd.org
916-294-9002
- Department
- Special Education
- Hourly salary
- $36.06 - $43.8
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Hours
- 8
- Months
- 10
- Application Deadline Date
- 30 September, 2024
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The District’s boundaries include the cities of Folsom and Rancho Cordova, both of which adjoin Highway 50, northeast of downtown Sacramento.
Folsom’s population of approximately 75,000, similar to Rancho Cordova’s population of approximately 72,000. Both communities share characteristics of small towns with active parent groups, service organizations, and city councils. Business partnerships include national corporations and retailers such as Intel, GenCorp/Aerojet, Kaiser Permanente, Costco, and Sam’s Club, as well as numerous local and regional businesses.
Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA)
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