Pediatric Occupational Therapist

Description

Northwest Center Kids is seeking an Occupational Therapist (OT) to join our Early Supports Team.

Are you ready to work with an established community agency that values work / life balance and creates space for innovation? Work within a diverse, supportive team making a difference in the lives of families and their young children at Northwest Center.

Location : Seattle

Schedule : Part-Time 16 - 24 hours per week, Flexible schedule with Wednesdays required

Starting Wage Range : $38.49 - $51.99 Full Wage Range : $38.49 - $62.81

About the role :

Northwest Center Kids seeks a Pediatric Occupational Therapist to join our highly skilled, collaborative, and innovative multidisciplinary team serving a diverse community. This position provides evaluative, therapeutic, and consultative services to children, birth to three years old, with delays or concerns with motor, feeding, social-emotional, and sensory development, utilizing evidence and a relationship-based lens.

We serve children in their homes, childcare, and community settings in person or via telemedicine. Our providers aim to collaborate with the families we serve, utilizing strengths and a relationship-based approach focused on equity and family priorities. Family capacity to support their child's development and advocate for their needs is built through reflection, information sharing, and modeling.

At Northwest Center Kids, our staff is provided funding and time for their ongoing professional development. Our specialty early support programs have been developed by dedicated staff who are supported to innovate based on family / child needs. These programs include our EPIC team, feeding team, Hospital-to-Home transition team, CHERISH replication team, infant mental health team, and parent programming.

You will work alongside an experienced team of providers and have opportunities to pursue your special interests, share your knowledge, and receive reflective supervision. A successful candidate is passionate about the whole child, culturally responsive, and works cooperatively with staff, families, and community partners. This position falls under a collective bargaining agreement with the UFCW 3000 union.

What we can offer :

• Hourly, part-time position, including documentation time
• 25 Paid Break and Holiday Days Annually (prorated)
• Retirement 401(K) with a company match
• Employment Assistance Program (EAP) via Wellspring, including three free therapy sessions per year
• Pet Insurance Discount Program
• Paid professional development and continuing education - $635 per year (prorated)
• Opportunity for career development with our NWC Mentorship Match program
• Highly skilled, dedicated, and well-established collaborative team
• Mileage and Professional License Reimbursement

Check out the entire list of benefits Northwest Center has to offer here :

Qualifications :

Northwest Center is committed to offering reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and / or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact us at [email protected].

At Northwest Center, we do not just accept diversity and inclusion - we celebrate, support, live, and flourish in it to benefit our employees, the community, and our clientele. We believe that our strength lies within our diversity and the forward motion towards a day when people of all abilities can learn and work together.

We believe that curiosity and critical thinking are essential to the dialogue and improving decision-making, planning, resource allocation, and how we treat others. Our goal is to create and implement more equitable practices, policies, and culture. To be equitable means to value and respect individuals from all cultural backgrounds, genders, races, identities, and abilities. Northwest Center is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, including those with disability and veteran' status.