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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
• Independent Living Specialist

Tasks for “Rehabilitation Supervisor”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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