Occupational Therapist
Company: Hope Services
Location: San Mateo
Posted on: February 17, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Description Job Description Are you a person who enjoys
helping others? Are you currently seeking fulfillment in your
professional life? Hope Services is Silicon Valley’s leading
provider of services to people with developmental disabilities and
mental health needs. We seek candidates who share our inspirations
& aspirations. Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis,
and we are committed to promoting diversity, equity, inclusion &
belonging at all levels >>>>> Hope Services has been
awarded 2022 Top Workplaces by San Francisco Chronicle, 2022
Top-rated Nonprofit by Great Nonprofits, and Received a Gold Seal
of Transparency from Guidestar and a perfect 100/100 rating in
three different categories: financial health, leadership and
adaptability, and culture and community from Charity Navigator
*Location: San Mateo County* Pay Rate: $58.35 per hour Summary
Provides in home infant developmental assessment and developmental
activities in San Mateo County. Provides parent education and
training relative to developmental disabilities. Promotes and
documents progress. Essential Functions The following
responsibilities represent the essential functions of the position.
An employee in this classification is responsible for carrying out
the following functions: 1. Function independently and autonomously
in providing home based early intervention services to infants and
families, and maintain assigned caseload. 2. Provide evaluation and
treatment addressing six major developmental domains including:
cognitive, language, social, gross and fine motor and self-help
skills. 3. Perform comprehensive neurological and physical
assessment of infants including muscle tone, range of motion,
reflex development and movement patters. Identify neurological
sequelae and develop and implement treatment plan based on
assessment findings. 4. Perform oral-motor feeding assessment and
identify oral motor pathology and sensory based feeding disorders,
provide feeding therapy and or oral-motor treatment as indicated.
5. Provide updated, developmental information at scheduled IEP’s
and IFSP’s and establish appropriate goals and objectives. 6.
Independently recognize those families in crisis and provide
appropriate consultation and referral regarding issues related to
child abuse, domestic violence, parental stress/conflicts and
substance abuse. 7. Presents in-service trainings to HOPE staff and
provide trainings to outside agencies. 8. Collaborate with
physicians and outside agencies regarding developmental and other
health related issues. 9. Act as consultant to other agency
professional including, physical therapists, speech pathologists
and infant educators. Help supervise and train occupational therapy
and early intervention students. 10. May perform other duties as
assigned to assure efficiency of program. Qualifications Required
Bachelors degree in Occupational Therapy plus registration as an
OTR. plus one year of related experience working with people with
disabilities in a rehabilitation environment. Required Knowledge
and Skills 1. Basic computer skills in work processing and
spreadsheet application. 2. Ability to observe, evaluate, document
and communicate verbally and in writing. 3. Ability to accept
supervision and work cooperatively as a team member with coworkers
as well as with the client and families. 4. Knowledge of
disabilities and syndromes. 5. Ability to utilize critical thinking
skills in decision making situations, good organizational and
record keeping skills, and good independent judgment. 6. Knowledge
of infant assessment and developmental activities. 7. Knowledge and
understanding of team and family dynamics. 8. Ability to be
flexible with scheduling and prioritization of tasks. Environmental
Conditions Considerable travel in the community, primarily performs
work in the client home. Lifting, moving stretching, walking and
crawling during training activities with the child and family.
Exposure to outdoor conditions, dust and pollens. Some computer
work and periods of intense concentration. Do you have what it
takes to make a difference? Inspire and be inspired! Hope Services
takes immense pride in maximizing our employee engagement. Will you
join us?? Visit www.hopeservices.org to find out more about us and
the people we serve. Hope Services is an equal opportunity
employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an
inclusive environment for all employees not regardless of, but with
consideration and appreciation for race, color, religion or belief,
national, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical, mental or
sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity
and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership
status, past or present military service, family or parental
status, or any other status.
Keywords: Hope Services, San Francisco , Occupational Therapist, Healthcare , San Mateo, California
