School Based Occupational Therapist – Westchester

School Based Occupational Therapist - Immediate Start!

Westchester County, New York

Horizon Healthcare Staffing is searching for an Occupational Therapist with pediatric experience for a public middle school located in Westchester County, NY.

• Job Type: Full Time and Part Time
• Setting: Public Middle School
• Immediate Start
• $94-$108 per hour (W-2)

– New grads encouraged to apply –

Occupational therapists may provide services in several educationally relevant areas in which they can help promote student success, including, but not limited to:

• Classroom responsibilities – activities necessary for participation in various classroom activities, including adapting to routines, organizing materials, hand skills necessary for manipulating classroom tools and producing written work
• Functional sensorimotor skills/environmental interactions – such as staying on task while filtering distractions, interacting cooperatively and appropriately with peers and adults, following directions, observing personal space and utilizing various school equipment safely
• Activities of daily living – as it relates to self‐care activities such as hygiene, toileting, feeding, managing personal materials and devices
• Transitioning from school to post‐school activities

• Good organizational skills
• Good written skills
• Valid New York State OT license
• Previous pediatric experience is a plus
• New grads encouraged to apply