Occupational Therapist

Job description

Description Job Purpose: To conduct assessments of tasks that are necessary for healthy, meaningful, day to day living of individuals with severe mental illness and/or intellectual/developmental disabilities. Identifies the impact of an individual’s cognitive, emotional and/or physical disability on that individual’s ability to perform occupations, including basic self-care activities, instrumental activities of daily living, education, work, and social participation. Collaborates in the development of strategies for remediation of obstacles of occupational performance and enhancement of strengths and interests to optimize functioning. Job Duties and Responsibilities: - A review of this description has excluded the marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by the supervisor. Essential Duties: - Interviews individuals to obtain information concerning clinical history...