Job Description

We're looking for a compassionate and motivated Occupational Therapist_L and D who has a talent for delivering high-quality care. A full-time position is available now.

Essential Functions:

• Review all applications of persons with disabilities according to the stipulated criteria and conduct additional screening of applicants with disabilities when necessary.
• Conduct and record functional assessments on applicants that successfully pass the proficiency assessment.
• Ensure that a disability pack is compiled for each learner, scanned and saved and a hard copy handed over to the relevant department for delivery or delivering documents for learners hosted at client sites.
• Managing specific projects as assigned and assisting with updating material as required.
• Liaise with the Facilities coordinator if a learner with a physically disability needs specific accommodations to be made to make the premises accessible.
• Conduct accessibility audits at client and host sites as requested and providing feedback on recommendations.
• Providing continuous support to learner with disabilities, facilitators who need to accommodate the learners and families of learners.
• Deliver disability sensitisation training as needed.
• Update and deliver disability talks as required.
• Identify and establish partnerships with organisations that could improve the support offered to learners e.g. Social workers, counseling services etc.
• Perform assessments on relapsing learners as required, provide feedback and refer as necessary.
• Provide guidance to the Recruitment department in identifying sources for the recruitment of persons with disability.

Qualification Required:

• BSc. Occupational Therapy Degree

Qualifications Preferred:

• 4-year B. Occupational Therapy

Professional Current Registration with HPCSA

Experience Required:

• Minimum of 2 years Occupational Therapy experience
• An understanding of medical conditions and the impact thereof on a person
• Knowledge and experience on how to conduct a functional capacity evaluation
• An understanding of relevant legislation e.g. Mental Health Care Act, Employment
• Equity Act and Amendments, Technical Assistance Guidelines on the Employment of Persons with Disabilities, Code of Good Practice, Skills Development Act, Skills
• Development Levies Act
• Microsoft office experience minimum 2 years

Competencies Required:

• Excellent written and verbal communication

• High degree of self-management, enthusiasm, and energy
• Ability to work under pressure
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to deal with difficult customers
• Ability to demonstrate effective interpersonal and influencing skills
• Demonstrate a good level of negotiation skills with internal and external customers

Location:

• Gqeberha

Travel:

• To and from the office

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