Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) - 7.5 hrs - 180 days at Yuba City Unified School District
About the Employer
Join the YCUSD Team! Yuba City Unified School District is located in beautiful Northern California. Sutter County is a culturally diverse and agriculturally rich region of California ideally located near universities, urban areas, entertainment, and outdoor recreation. YCUSD serves roughly 12,000 students (Preschool -12th Grade) and prides itself on providing students a comprehensive educational program that includes academics, arts, athletics, college and career pathways, an Early College Program, Advanced Placement course offerings, a vast student support network, student leadership, and community service. YCUSD staff are dedicated and hardworking professionals focused on student support and student learning. YCUSD is seeking highly qualified staff to help us realize our mission of Preparing the Foundation For Each Student to Build Tomorrow's World! Visit us Online at: https://www.ycusd.org/ Or contact our Human Resources Department @ (530) 822-7631
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Yuba City Unified School District
CERTIFIED OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANT
DESCRIPTION OF BASIC FUNCTION AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA), under the supervision of a Registered Occupational Therapist (OTR), will serve Sutter County and district students by providing occupational therapy and sensory motor integration therapy to IEP goals and objectives.
IMPORTANT AND ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
1. Responds to request for services in accordance with policies and procedures.
2. Assists OTR with data collection and assessments.
3. Assists OTR with development of treatment goals.
4. Implements intervention under supervision of OTR.
5. Can adapt intervention environment, tools and materials under supervision of OTR.
6. Is part of a collaborative IEP team.
7. Maintains treatment area, equipment, and supply inventory as needed.
8. Maintains records and documentation required by work setting and under the supervision of the OTR.
9. Travel to various school sites in Sutter County for the provision of therapy services as designated by the supervising occupational therapist.
EMPLOYMENT STANTDARDS:
Knowledge of/Ability to:
Have a functional knowledge of up-to-date therapy methodologies.
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:
1. Certification by the American Occupational Therapy Certification Board as a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA).
2. Prefer experience in providing sensory integration therapy.
3. Prefer experience in a school setting.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, listen, hear, and talk. The employee occasionally is required to reach with hands and arms, and use hands to manipulate or feel objects, tools, or controls, to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, climb or balance, lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. The employee is regularly required to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, and ability to focus.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
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Requirements / Qualifications
COTA Certification (see job description for more information) Applications will be accepted online only at www.Edjoin.org. Completed application must include a resume and two letters of recommendation. Do not mail, e-mail or fax your support documents. You must attach these documents to your online application prior to submission. After the closing date, administration will review applications and contact selected applicants for interviews.
The District reserves the right to waive requirements and qualifications. Non-Discrimination Statement Yuba City Unified School District prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation and bullying in educational programs, activities, or employment on the basis of actual or perceived ancestry, age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, parental, pregnancy, family or marital status, or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. Yuba City Unified School District requires that school personnel take immediate steps to intervene when safe to do so when he or she witnesses an act of discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying. Questions or complaints, related to YCUSD employees, of alleged discrimination, harassment, intimidation and bullying or title IX equity and compliance concerns may be directed to Michael Reed, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources at (530) 822-7630 or mreed@ycusd.org.
Requirements / Qualifications
COTA Certification (see job description for more information) Applications will be accepted online only at www.Edjoin.org. Completed application must include a resume and two letters of recommendation. Do not mail, e-mail or fax your support documents. You must attach these documents to your online application prior to submission. After the closing date, administration will review applications and contact selected applicants for interviews.
The District reserves the right to waive requirements and qualifications. Non-Discrimination Statement Yuba City Unified School District prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation and bullying in educational programs, activities, or employment on the basis of actual or perceived ancestry, age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, parental, pregnancy, family or marital status, or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. Yuba City Unified School District requires that school personnel take immediate steps to intervene when safe to do so when he or she witnesses an act of discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying. Questions or complaints, related to YCUSD employees, of alleged discrimination, harassment, intimidation and bullying or title IX equity and compliance concerns may be directed to Michael Reed, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources at (530) 822-7630 or mreed@ycusd.org.
Application Deadline
Until Filled
Date Posted
7/8/2021
Number of Openings
1
Salary
Add'l Salary Info
$27.20 - $40.81 per hour (10 step increments) / Includes District Benefit Package
Length of Work Year
7.5 hrs per day / 180 days per year - Student Attendance Days / Starts August 12, 2021
Employment Type
Full Time
Sites:
District/County Sites (PC 805)