Occupational Therapist

The Home for Little Wanderers' Walpole-based program is seeking a Part-time Occupational Therapist to provide evaluation, treatment, teaching, and consultation to youth on the campus of The Home in Walpole.

• Administer tests and apply evaluation techniques to determine functional status and identify therapy needs.
• Analyze evaluation results and design a therapy program to meet the needs of youth, incorporating factors of child's developmental and medical history, social environment, and educational placement.
• Develop individual treatment plans, adapting and adjusting goals and objectives appropriately.
• Provide individual and small group treatment both within and outside the residential and educational settings of The Home in Walpole.
• Provide on-going consultation to group home clients and Clifford Academy students, families, and program staff/teachers as needed.
• Demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills necessary for team meetings, treatment conferences, educational meetings, and family meetings as indicated.
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team; participating in meetings and conferences.
• Interface with parents, guardians, collateral agencies, community providers, and schools to coordinate youth treatment needs.
• Provide clinical supervision to Occupational Therapy students in internship placements within HLW as requested.
• Use time effectively, maintain treatment notes, and complete all documentation in a timely manner.
• Alter schedule as needed to meet the residential/educational needs of the campus.
• Function independently within the scope of these duties consulting with the supervisor and campus leadership for administrative issues/departmental operations.
• Serve on agency-wide, educational, and/or program committees as appropriate.
• Provide in-service training regarding strategies to facilitate carry over of skills learned in occupational therapy.

Requires a Master's degree from an accredited program in Occupational Therapy with a current NBCOT registration and licensure as an Occupational Therapist granted by the State of Massachusetts.

Computer literate including Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer with the ability to learn new software applications.

The Home for Little Wanderers is committed to excellence in diversity, equity, and inclusion, while simultaneously creating a culture that supports those values.

We believe the differences we bring enhance our ability to provide exceptional service and care to diverse children, families, and communities.

Moreover, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging align with our values and our mission to help vulnerable children and their families build permanent, positive change.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.