Travel Occupational Therapist

GLC On-The-Go is seeking a travel Occupational Therapist for a travel job in Bethesda, Maryland.

• Specialty:
  Occupational Therapist
• Discipline:
  Therapy
• Start Date:
  
  ASAP
• Duration:
  13 weeks
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 8 hours
• Employment Type:
  
  Travel

STATEMENT OF WORK

Project

Title:

Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor

Department:
Rehabilitation Medicine Department (RMD)
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center Statement of Objective
The Rehabilitation Medicine Department has a need to procure vocational rehabilitation specialist for pediatric and adult patients with a range of medical diagnosis associated with oral motor, speech, voice, language, cognition, and/or swallowing disorders as needed during the duration of the Delivery Order/Task Order within the National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center.

Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor who independently and not as an agent of the Government, the Contractor shall provide up to 40 hours per week of Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor Services and Clinical Research Support. The Contractor will provide the following tasks:

• Administer vocational testing to explore occupational options based on interests, skills and abilities.
• Provide community based resources for finding employment, on the job training and job re-training.
• Provide description and contact information on community based agencies providing pre-vocational, job coach supportive services
• Help construct resumes with considerations to gaps in employment.
• Research local employers hiring individuals with felony record.
• Provide education, training and practice for job search, filling out job applications and job interviewing skills.
• Educate on entitlement for school and job accommodations by the Americans With Disability Act (1990).
• Educate re. symptom specific job accommodations and writing letter to employer requesting accommodations.

• Assists other allied health disciplines and medical staff/scientists in identifying needs for vocational rehabilitation clinical evaluation and/or collaborative research. Collaborates with other disciplines in the design, administration and data evaluation of vocational rehabilitation research projects. Evaluates the impact of implementation of research findings into vocational rehabilitation services and reports results of research internally and to the community sults with other disciplines regarding impact on work as related to aspects of medical protocols.
  
  Follows guidelines as set forth by CC/RMD for ethical and secure data collection and management.
• Evaluates and assesses the educational/vocational functioning of individuals with a variety of complex organic, medical, neurological, psychological and/or developmental disorders. Develops and establishes a comprehensive vocational assessment program which provides efficient and comprehensive evaluation of CC patients’ vocational interests, skills and aptitudes. Utilizes initial evaluation to determine nature and extent of patient's difficulties and makes preliminary decisions regarding an intervention approach.
  
  Assists patients in identifying appropriate and feasible vocational direction/choices in terms of their strength and limitations. Develops short and long term goals that leads to achievement of vocational direction/choices, and identifies steps needed to be taken to achieve those goals. Contributes to the rehabilitation team as a representative of work therapy and vocational rehabilitation in the weekly rehabilitation patient care rounds by providing information on patients' treatment plan, progress and discharge plan.
  
  Assists patients in the adjustment process to disability.

• Coordinates with the occupational therapy section in establishing and developing appropriate work therapy placements for patients. Develops community resources at local, national and international level to meet vocational/avocational/educational/training needs of NIH patients through comprehensive post-discharge planning. Writes thorough assessment, follow-up and periodic progress reports on all patients receiving rehabilitation counseling services. Maintains adequate records on all patients treated. Participates and…