Occupational Therapist

The Wolf School, an innovative independent lower and middle school for children with multiple learning challenges, is currently recruiting a full time Occupational Therapist.The Wolf School inspires Complex Learners to discover confidence, compassion, and a love of learning to reach their full potential. The Wolf School, a small independent day school in East Providence, Rhode Island, was founded in 1999 to provide a unique educational environment for children with multiple learning differences. The goal was to create a school that would provide children with the opportunity to reach their full academic and social potential. The founding members of the Board, including educators, clinical specialists and a family, created a model that emphasizes the development of core grade level skills taught through a therapeutically guided curriculum.

As a result, our students make significant gains academically and socially. Today, the Wolf School educates up to 75 students in grades K-8 from Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Position Overview: The role of Occupational Therapist is to facilitate the design and implementation of clinical interventions and strategies to optimize students regulation and readiness. The Occupational therapist works to improve a childs performance of the tasks and activities they are expected to, need to do or want to do in order to fulfill their role as a student.

They educate faculty/staff to ensure an understanding of and match between the childs abilities and the expectations placed on them within the school setting. The Occupational Therapist performs task analysis, modifies and adapts tasks, materials, and environments in order to facilitate access to activities and promote independence. Additionally, in conjunction with the Speech and Language Pathologist, they plan and deliver the social emotional curriculum which fosters the development of self-awareness, self-control, and interpersonal skills in order to establish a foundation for academic and life success.Duties and Responsibilities: -Lead the process of development, implementation and coordination of occupational therapy goals within the curriculum -Screen, assess/evaluate and provide therapeutic intervention -Participate in joint planning to ensure occupational therapy goals are embedded in the curriculum -Work in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team -Attend weekly team planning meetings -Review student progress and outcomes and modify intervention programs -Communicate with families on a regular basis to update on goals, progress, and strategies to reinforce at home -Provide continual parent and staff education -Develop IEPs and Learning Plans, and document progress throughout the year -Document social emotional curriculum throughout the year-Attend parent teacher conferences three times a year -Engage in ongoing professional development to stay current in the occupational therapy field-Oversee student assistive technology skills and needs -Support fieldwork OT & COTA students (levels 1 & 2)-Contribute to the Wolf School parent blog at a minimum of once per school year-Take part in delivering continuing education to the greater community-Maintain confidentiality as per mandated data privacy laws-Attend weekly staff meetings and school wide events-Other duties as assignedAdditional Skills/Abilities: -Professional judgment and clinical knowledge to develop individualized and classroom programming based on occupational performance deficits in the areas of sensory processing skills, play and leisure skills, fine and gross motor skills, organizational skills and social thinking skills as well as community and work skills. -Strong clinical reasoning and professional judgment skills to ensure the safety and progress of the students.

• Experience delivering sensory integrative therapy in a pediatric setting. -Direct supervision may be exercised over support personnel, such as Occupational therapy assistants, fieldwork students and volunteers. -Knowledge of self regulation and executive functioning skills training is highly preferred. -Strong oral, verbal and written communication skills-Ability to establish rapport with students with complex learning profiles-Ability to work on a interdisciplinary team, open to giving and receiving feedback-Strong time management skills and ability to manage multiple priorities-Ability to be flexible and take initiative-Be able to work with multiple distractions and changing priorities-Take initiative and provide consistent high-quality work with minimal supervision-Find creative and effective ways to solve problems, able to be flexible, open to new ideas-Creative thinker and planner-Have strong interpersonal skills that support and engender trust-Have a strong sense of self and a good sense of humor-Possess a deep sense of community-Understand and support multicultural education-Maintain an attitude that encourages teamwork and personal responsibility