CHANDLER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

CHANDLER, AZ 85224

JOB DESCRIPTION

Classification:              Health and Safety

Title:                           Occupational Therapist

Job Purpose:

To provide our students with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to become life-long learners and responsible citizens by:

Developing, planning and implementing appropriate therapeutic programs for the students of the district

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Contributes toward a positive, professional working and learning environment by:
• Responding to all internal and external customers, as it relates to job, in a prompt, efficient, friendly, and patient manner
• Being responsible, reliable and punctual
• Maintaining courteous relationship with students, staff, parents, and treating others with respect
• Directing constructive criticism toward improving the district
• Exercising positive problem solving behavior and conflict resolution skills
• Adhering to the dress code appropriate for the site and job
• Sharing sensitive student and staff information on a need to know basis only
• Participating in student’s daily school experience in a constructive manner
• Contributes toward productive, efficient operation by:
• Conducting evaluations, developing and implementing appropriate therapeutic programs for students
• Reassessing and revising programs as necessary as student’s status changes
• Participating in the Child Study Team process, consulting with staff and parents
• Gathering therapeutic equipment and designs specialized equipment as needed
• Planning and conducting in-service activities in the area of occupational therapy
• Directing activities of any classified staff as appropriate
• Performing other related duties as may be assigned by the supervising administrator
• Meeting with school staff as necessary concerning students
• Performing all duties in a safe and prudent manner as directed
• Contributes to maintaining a safe, risk-free working and learning environment by:
• Making the well being of students the fundamental value in all decision making
• Establishing and maintaining cooperative working relationships
• Accepting responsibility for students well being and safety while they are in employee’s care
• Being alert to and reporting the possibility of any substance use, child abuse, or dangerous situation based upon daily observation
• Assisting in the maintenance of a quiet and orderly classroom environment
• Operating and caring for school district’s equipment properly
• Following district policies as outlined
• Performing all duties in a safe and prudent manner as directed by supervisors
• Continues job performance enhancement by:
• Participating in and/or leading in-service programs

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Occupational Therapy required
• Completion of six to nine months of supervised clinical affiliations
• Current certification with American Occupational Therapy Association required
• Knowledge of and adheres to all policies, regulations and rules
• Ability to change and adapt to variable schedules and work with multiple teams
• Ability to operate standard office equipment including computer and related software
• Satisfactory criminal background check
• The physical demands described 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
• Ability to exert 10-30 lbs of force, to lift, push, pull or otherwise move objects
• Manual dexterity to operate business related equipment
• Vision and hearing adequate to exercise job responsibilities in a safe manner