• Help clients with rehabilitative activities and exercises outlined in a treatment plan developed in collaboration with an occupational therapist.
• Monitor an individual's activities to make sure that they are performed correctly and to provide encouragement.
• Record their client's progress for the occupational therapist.
• Document the billing of the client's health insurance provider.
• Prepare materials and assemble equipment used during treatment.
• Schedule appointments, answer the telephone.
• Restock or order depleted supplies, and fill out insurance forms or other paperwork.
• Alter treatment programs to obtain better results if treatment is not having the intended effect.
• Assemble, clean, and maintain equipment and materials for patient use.
• Design, fabricate, and repair assistive devices and make adaptive changes to equipment and environments.
• Demonstrate therapy techniques, such as manual and creative arts, and games.
• Evaluate the daily living skills and capacities of physically, developmentally or emotionally disabled clients.
• Implement, or assist occupational therapists with implementing, treatment plans designed to help clients function independently.
• Instruct, or assist in instructing, patients and families in home programs, basic living skills, and the care and use of adaptive equipment.
• Monitor patients' performance in therapy activities, providing encouragement.
• Observe and record patients' progress, attitudes, and behavior, and maintain this information in client records.
• Order any needed educational or treatment supplies.
• Report to supervisors, verbally or in writing, on patients' progress, attitudes and behavior.
• Select therapy activities to fit patients' needs and capabilities.
• Work under the direction of occupational therapists to plan, implement and administer educational, vocational, and recreational programs that restore and enhance performance in individuals with functional impairments.
• Assist educational specialists or clinical psychologists in administering situational or diagnostic tests to measure client's abilities or progress.
• Aid patients in dressing and grooming themselves.
• Maintain and promote a positive attitude toward clients and their treatment programs.
• Perform clerical duties such as scheduling appointments, collecting data, and documenting health insurance billings.
• Teach patients how to deal constructively with their emotions.
• Transport patients to and from the occupational therapy work area.

Education

Required:

Associates

Licenses & Certifications

Required:

L-Occ Therapy Asst

C-Cert Occ Therapy Asst

Preferred:

C-CPI

C-BLS