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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”

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

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

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