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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
• Rehabilitation Engineer
• Job Trainer
• Industrial Therapist
• Independent Living Specialist

Tasks for “Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist”

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

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

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