Position:Occupational Therapist
Location: Los Angeles – CWC Silver Lake
Work Class: Certificated
Capacity:Full-Time
Salary Range: $75,000-$90,000
The mission of Citizens of the World Los Angeles (CWC LA) is to provide a socio-economically, culturally, and racially diverse community of students in Los Angeles with an intellectually challenging, experiential learning environment that develops each student's confidence, potential, and individual responsibility as citizens of the world. CWC LA schools develop students’ social and emotional skills to prepare them to become citizens of the world, and we promote academic rigor through a constructivist, project-based learning approach, to support and develop children’s natural intellectual curiosity. CWC LA enrolls a diverse student body that reflects the abundant diversity of the communities served by our schools.
On a grown path to serving more than 5,000 students in the coming years, CWC LA operates five charters:
o CWC Hollywood (TK-5th) operating since 2010.
o CWC Silver Lake (TK-8th) operating since 2012.
o CWC Mar Vista (TK-8th) operating since 2013.
o CWC West Valley (TK-4th) operating since 2020.
o CWC East Valley (TK-3rd) operating since 2021.
CWC LA has a Regional Support Office (RSO) that supports all CWC LA schools. We work with our network partners at Citizens of the World Charter Schools (CWCS), linking the schools in Los Angeles to CWC schools in other parts of the country.
Our core values are embraced by the entire community:
o Excellence: We demand lasting quality.
o Diversity: We are better and stronger because of our differences.
o Authenticity: We are our true selves in this work, and we are candid.
o Community: We care deeply about people. We share and build partnerships. We celebrate, laugh, and seek joy, even in the tough times.
o Change: We welcome the unknown, embracing the unexpected and new. We adapt to meet the ever-changing times. We find new ways.
Job Overview and Summary
The Occupational Therapist (OT) will assess and provide occupational therapy for students in grades TK-8. They will focus on developing students' skills in this area to support their ability to access their educational program.
Key Responsibilities
The Occupational Therapist’s job responsibilities include:
● Appraise the occupational therapy needs of students to design and implement appropriate remediation, instructional plans and strategies;
● Assist teams in the development of IEPs that address physical and functional needs of students;
● Develop a variety of evidence-based instructional activities to meet the student’s individual occupational therapy goals/objectives;
● Conduct occupational therapy screenings;
● Follow and implement treatment plans;
● Track service delivery in Welligent weekly;
● Document student progress towards meeting established goals and objectives;
● Conduct formal assessments;
● Participate in IEP meetings of students on assigned caseload;
● Collaborate with teachers to ensure that students meet the goals outlined in their IEPs;
● Develop and implement training opportunities for classroom staff and parents on the role of occupational therapy, normal sensory motor development, and other topics as required;
● Monitor and evaluate equipment and assistive technology needs for students;
● Communicate with families of students on assigned caseload regarding progress toward IEP goals;
● As aligned to our educational model, helping to collect, manage and analyze academic data to track school performance and student achievement;
● Ability to manage the ambiguity and multiple priorities inherent in an entrepreneurial environment;
● Ability to communicate and interact effectively with multiple constituents
Requirements and Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have:
- Experience providing occupational therapy services to children in school settings;
- Certification through the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT) and a current license to practice Occupational Therapy through the California Board of Occupational Therapy (CBOT);
- Minimum of one (1) year of experience working with students in a school setting;
- Demonstrated results working with students;
- Knowledge of IEP present levels and goal-writing;
- Knowledge of formal assessments;
- Knowledge of LAUSD procedures preferred;
- Ability to work independently with minimal oversight;
- Flexible and able to adapt to different school settings, procedures, and staffs;
- Excellent organizational and communication skills;
- Experience working with diverse populations, including English learners, special education and accelerated students;
- Experience with a positive discipline approach;
- Initiative, tenacity, flexibility, humility, strong work ethic, professional demeanor, sense of humor, and a can-do attitude
Compensation and Benefits
- Salary Range: $75,000-$90,000
- Generous time off
- 403b retirement plan and CalSTRS for CalSTRS-eligible positions
- Generous employer contributions toward healthcare premiums for employees and dependents
- A variety of medical HMO and PPO plan options (Anthem, HealthNet, Kaiser, United Healthcare)
- $50,000 employer-paid life insurance policy
- Voluntary life, accident, and critical illness insurances
- Voluntary health and dependent care flex spending accounts (FSA)
Physical Requirements
● Must be able to communicate verbally and in writing effectively
● Approximately 50% of time is spent sitting, while frequently required to walk, stand and bend
● Occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
● Employees will be required to lift and/or move unassisted up to 25 pounds
● Sitting or standing for extended periods and manual dexterity to operate a computer and other various office equipment as needed
Equal Opportunity Employer
Citizens of the World Charter Schools (CWC) prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying in educational programs, activities, or employment based on 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, military status, immigration status or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. CWC 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 of alleged discrimination, harassment, intimidation and bullying, equity or Title IX equity and compliance concerns should be directed to: CWC Talent and Human Resources Department at talent-hr@cwclosangeles.org