The Northern Suburban Special Education District (NSSED) is a special education cooperative located about 30 miles north of Chicago, servicing more than 18 school districts across the North Shore. NSSED is hiring for both immediate and future (2018-2019 school year) Occupational Therapist positions. NSSED offers highly competative salary, benefits, and a 10 month work schedule. 

Additional information along with access to apply can be found at www.nssed.org. If you have any questions, please contact Alyssa Hughes, Employment Coordinator, at [email protected] or 847-831-5100 ext. 2288.

Title or Position:        Occupational Therapist

Job Description:

NSSED Occupational Therapists supports the NSSED student outcomes vision and helps students become successful, happy adults in home, school, work, and community by providing programs and services that ensure students:

 a) acquire/use knowledge and skills, b) interact well with others and have friends, c) take appropriate action to meet their needs, d) care about and contribute to society, and e) take actions to maintain health and wellness. 

The occupational therapist facilitates fine motor development and sensorimotor performance, promote independence in daily living skills, and increase functional skills through the use of adaptations. 

Core Competencies:

  • Proficient Communication skills
  • Effective Collaborative Problem-solving ability
  • Engages in Continuous Professional Improvement
  • Possesses Job Specific Skills required to meet essential job function 

Essential Job Functions:

  • Provide comprehensive motor and functional evaluations, re-evaluations and assessments.
  • Formulate goals and objectives based on students’ needs as determined by educational team.
  • Provide intervention in the educational environment.
  • Collaborate with educational team on strategies and techniques to support students’ educational program (home program, positioning, materials, adaptations).
  • Facilitate inclusion of students by modifying the educational environment (classrooms, electives, vocational sites).
  • Collaborate with educational team to assess and suggest appropriate assistive technologies (switches, alternative writing methods, computer access).
  • Offer inservice opportunities to local schools and districts on subjects related to functional motor performance (activities of daily living, hand development, sensorimotor activities).
  • Supervise certified occupational therapy assistants and clinical affiliates.
  • Collaborate with colleagues and parents in order to share information and expertise to plan and implement effective student programs. 

Position Reports to:

Physical/Occupational Therapy Program Coordinator