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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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