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Job Description

Assess, plan, organize, and participate in rehabilitative programs that help build or restore vocational, homemaking, and daily living skills, as well as general independence, to persons with disabilities or developmental delays.

Job Details

• The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-1122.00
• The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 83,730.00
• The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 40.00
• Currently, there are 118,070 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Occupational Therapists”.

Also Known As…

• Occupational Therapists
• Staff Therapist
• Staff Occupational Therapist
• Rehabilitation Supervisor
• Registered Occupational Therapist
• Pediatric Occupational Therapist
• Occupational Therapy Co-Director
• Occupational Therapist (OT)
• Industrial Rehabilitation Consultant
• Early Intervention Occupational Therapist
• Assistive Technology Trainer
• Vocational Trainer
• Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist
• Rehabilitation Engineer
• Job Trainer
• Industrial Therapist

Tasks for “Independent Living Specialist”

• Test and evaluate patients' physical and mental abilities and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients.
• Design and create, or requisition, special supplies and equipment, such as splints, braces, and computer-aided adaptive equipment.
• Lay out materials such as puzzles, scissors and eating utensils for use in therapy, and clean and repair these tools after therapy sessions.
• Complete and maintain necessary records.
• Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities.
• Advise on health risks in the workplace or on health-related transition to retirement.
• Plan and implement programs and social activities to help patients learn work or school skills and adjust to handicaps.
• Consult with rehabilitation team to select activity programs or coordinate occupational therapy with other therapeutic activities.
• Select activities that will help individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental or physical capabilities.
• Evaluate patients' progress and prepare reports that detail progress.
• Help clients improve decision making, abstract reasoning, memory, sequencing, coordination, and perceptual skills, using computer programs.
• Provide training and supervision in therapy techniques and objectives for students or nurses and other medical staff.
• Develop and participate in health promotion programs, group activities, or discussions to promote client health, facilitate social adjustment, alleviate stress, and prevent physical or mental disability.
• Conduct research in occupational therapy.
• Provide patients with assistance in locating or holding jobs.
• Train caregivers how to provide for the needs of a patient during and after therapy.
• Plan, organize, and conduct occupational therapy programs in hospital, institutional, or community settings to help rehabilitate those impaired because of illness, injury or psychological or developmental problems.

Related Technology & Tools

• Alternative computer keyboards
• Lathes
• Electric wheelchairs
• Joy sticks
• Mechanical stethoscopes
• Weights
• Portable scanning pens
• Pressure care garments
• Video magnifiers
• Braille printers
• Voice output communication aids
• Hoists
• Wobble switches
• Adjustable beds
• Power drills
• Single-cut mill saw files
• Power sanders
• Goniometers
• Adaptive cutlery
• Electric knives
• Wheeled walkers
• Saws
• Gait and transfer belts
• Exercise balls
• Splints
• Looms
• Computer switch interfaces
• Personal computers
• Manual blood pressure cuffs
• Scooters
• Soldering irons
• Orthotics
• Laptop computers
• Switch use tools
• Tongue switches
• Personal digital assistants PDA
• Electronic blood pressure units
• Resistive exercise bands
• Trackballs
• Wheelchairs
• Sewing machines
• Lift chairs
• Drill presses
• Pulleys
• Trackpads
• Video cameras

• Music software
• Microsoft Excel
• HMS
• Language arts educational software
• Tactile graphic production kits software
• Math educational software
• Microsoft Word
• Internet browser software
• BillingTracker
• OpenOffice WRITER
• Word processing software
• Duxbury Braille Translator
• Email software
• Science educational software
• Casamba Smart
• Text to speech software
• Screen reader software
• Lexrotech LxPediatric
• Social studies educational software
• Screen magnification software
• Special education educational software
• Mayer-Johnson Boardmaker
• Microsoft Office
• Physical education educational software
• Crick Software Clicker 4
• Rehab Documentation Company ReDoc Suite
• FileMaker Pro
• Synapse Adaptive Connect Outloud
• Text scanning software
• Computer drawing software
• Speech recognition software
• Spreadsheet software
• Text reader software