Early Intervention Occupational Therapist - Early Intervention
Bay Cove Human Services, Inc.

Bay Cove Human Services' mission is to partner with people to overcome challenges and realize personal potential. Bay Cove pursues this mission by providing individualized and compassionate services to people facing the challenges associated with developmental disabilities, mental illness, substance use disorders, and homelessness at more than 175 program sites throughout Greater Boston and Southeastern Massachusetts.

Bay Cove Human Services is committed to ensuring the representation and participation of candidates from diverse backgrounds and experiences. We encourage all qualified individuals, particularly those from historically marginalized groups, to apply.

Job Summary:

Utilizing your expertise as an OT, you provide evidence-based services to children and their families through home visiting, evaluation, and/or groups in keeping with our mission.

Essential Functions of Position:

Provides occupational therapy services with children and their caregivers as needed on assigned cases.

• Provides service coordination of assigned cases, including home visits, crisis management collateral contacts, and transition planning.
• Facilitates developmental assessments on all assigned cases and participates in assessments of children assigned to other team members, including doing the written reports of such assessments.
• Provides group leadership as assigned (parent and /or child groups), including planning, setup, cleanup and playroom maintenance with co-leaders.
• Maintains written case records in accordance with QA requirements.
• Attends all necessary meetings (such as IEP planning meetings) prior to child's transition out of the program.
• Has knowledge of and adheres to DPH service and billing guidelines.
• Provides direct service units sufficient to meet 100% of productivity requirements.
• Attends supervision, management and staff meetings regularly.
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Requirements for the position:

Professional Characteristics:

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively and collaboratively with a culturally diverse population of clients, other care providers, family, community members and state agency representatives.
• Ability to work collaboratively as a member of multidisciplinary and cross-functional teams.
• Has demonstrated professional documentation and communication skills, as well as demonstrated organizational skills.
• Ability to negotiate and resolve differences.
• Ability to function under pressure in a fast-paced human service environment.
• Ability to be flexible, open and responsive to ongoing industry changes.
• Ability to articulate and communicate Bay Cove's mission and strategic direction in a consistent and enthusiastic manner to departmental staff.
• Ability to identify opportunities and obstacles and develop effective, creative solutions to pursue opportunities.

Job Requirement:

• An acceptable CORI, SORI and Background records check (for involvement with DCF).
• Master's degree in Occupational Therapy plus a MA license as an Occupational therapist

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