COTA- Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant

JOB TITLE: Occupational Therapist Assistant

Location: Austin

AIM, Assessment Intervention Management

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Associate or Bachelor’s in Occupational Therapy Assistant
• License as a COTA in Texas

JOB DESCRIPTION:

AIM is an award-winning company that has won Best Place to Work, Top Workplaces, Best Workplaces in Texas, Top Company Cultures, and is a certified Great Place to Work!

Please visit our website at aimeducate.com to learn more about what we do, read testimonials from clients and other AIMers, as well as view a video we did with the TEA.

AIM has an opening for an Occupational Therapy Assistant, or Occupational Therapist Assistant, to support the Occupational Therapist in conducting therapy treatments to improve students’ mobility and physical health. Their main duties include helping students perform exercises or educational treatment plans, recording a students’ progress, and collecting students’ medical other information related to their educational plan.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• Ability to work with students and manage student behavior
• Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Monitoring a student’s progress to make sure that they’re successfully meeting goals in their educational plan
• Encouraging the student during their educational experience
• Helping students to improve their ability to learn and access the general education curriculum
• Helping student improve their motor skills
• Teaching students with disabilities to become more independent
• Updating student's records for the Occupational Therapist
• Keeping the office, treatment room, and equipment in good order
• Teaching students, family members, or other Caregivers skills and techniques to help with the student education program.

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Maintain emotional control under stress.
• Daily attendance and punctuality at work are essential functions of the job.
• Regular District-wide travel to multiple work locations as assigned; frequent standing, stooping, bending, reaching, pulling, pushing, heavy lifting, and moderate carrying.
• May be required to lift and transfer students to and from wheelchairs or assist with positioning students with physical disabilities.
• Ability to adjust and adapt to a multitude of situations in the school environment
• Strong family engagement and communication

COMPENSATION

• Competitive regional market salary for COTAs
• Health benefits package available

APPLICATION PROCESS

• Apply online EOE/D/V (Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans)
• Submit application and resume at aimeducate.com