Riverside Community Care·Somerville, Massachusetts
The Occupational Therapist provides consultations in center-based and family childcare settings to support children from infancy through preschool. They collaborate with EYP consultants to perform assessments, develop support plans, and engage in coaching with caregivers and educators.
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The Occupational Therapist will work within Riverside Early Childhood Services for Cambridge and Somerville, which is home to two programs, Early Intervention, and the Early Years Project.
At Riverside Early Childhood Services, we collaborate with the people we serve and with each other as team members' to create relationships, experiences, and environments which promote positive development, amongst team members and the people we serve. We are committed to clinical excellence, collaboration, and the process of continual learning. We meet all people where they are, recognize and nurture strengths, and attend to challenges. As a staff, we value our differences, flexibility, autonomy, and accountability, and show up for one another with kindness, support and direct communication.
As a member of the Early Years Project Team, the Occupational Therapist provides consultations in licensed center-based and family childcare settings.
Consultations are typically for individual children, from infancy through preschool.
Service frequency depends on the level of need and our overall caseload.
When there are safety concerns, services may be intensive and provided daily.
We also provide classroom consultations, director and family support, and create resource materials, including handouts and workshops.
We understand behavior is communication, and we use a neuro-relational, brain-body approach for educators, guardians, and children, with the goal of decreasing stress, and increasing regulation, and social emotional learning. Our work is grounded in cultural humility as we develop relationships with teachers and families, and grow in our understanding of their priorities, pedagogy, values, beliefs, strengths, sources of stress, and intervention needs. We engage in a collaborative process of change with caregivers through a blend of generative questions, reflective practice, modeling, and coaching, while offering frameworks and specific suggestions as appropriate.
The Occupational Therapist works alongside EYP Consultants in a collaborative service delivery model which includes observation, functional and other assessments as needed, direct service with the child, support plans, teacher and parent meetings. The OT will maintain an individual caseload and may lead or support group activities. The Occupational Therapist ensures the delivery of high quality, developmentally sound, and progressive services.
Please include a cover letter when submitting your resume.
Schedule: Fee For Service Part Time Hours Available
$62.74/hour to $71.56/hour depending on years of experience
Why You'll Love Riverside We make a true difference in people’s lives through rewarding work. Most of our jobs come with great benefits – including healthcare, numerous professional development opportunities, and generous time off - all in a respectful and inclusive environment, perhaps why Riverside was named a Boston Globe Top Workplace and a best-in-state employer by Forbes.
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The role requires an Occupational Therapist to work within an early childhood services framework. Candidates should be prepared to engage in a collaborative, neuro-relational approach to support child development and social-emotional learning.
Market context
In Massachusetts, early childhood occupational therapy roles commonly value developmental expertise, social-emotional support, and collaboration with families and interdisciplinary teams; fee-for-service schedules may also appeal to clinicians seeking flexibility. Candidates can strengthen an application by describing neuro-relational practice and experience supporting young children. The requirements and benefits here are AI-summarized from the original job description, including insurance, paid holidays, and vacation time, saving research time.