Job Description

Job Location: Washington Heights Early Childhood Center - New York, NY 10033
Position Type: Full TimeEducation
Level: Masters Degree
Salary Range: $73,205.81 - $80,000.00 Salary
Job Shift: Any
Job Category: EducationBirch Family Services is a leading provider of education, employment, and community support services for individuals with autism and developmental disabilities and their families in New York City. Every year, the organization supports more than 2,000 people across 31 locations in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx. From preschool to graduation, employment, housing, and beyond, Birch Family Services provides fully integrated programs and services to support individuals in achieving their goals across their lifetime.
February 24, 2026
Invite only job fair for Occupational Therapists OTR/L
at our Washington Heights School!
3:00pm – 5:00pm
Interviews Onsite in Washington Heights
Full-time, benefits, school hours!
Steps from the subway!
Licensed new grads welcome!
Submit your application and qualified candidates will be emailed a Calendly invite with location details
Birch Family Services educators work in a supportive and collaborative environment. They enjoy direct access to leadership and the opportunity to have a voice in how we make a direct and lasting impact on the children and their families.

As an Occupational therapist, you will be responsible for implementing IEP goals for preschool and elementary age students, which are designed to enhance the student's learning potential, and assist the student in acquiring functional performance skills needed to participate in and benefit from the educational environment as well as help the student function independently.
Responsibilities
- Make observations during preliminary screening of new students, and refer to evaluation if/when necessary
- Based on clinical observations write a full description of the child's performance and behavior referencing his/her sensory processing, perceptual skills and/or deficits in addition to the student's fine and gross motor coordination as they impact on the student's ability to participate and benefit from the educational environment.
- Develop a series of developmentally-graded activities based on evaluation, designed to improve sensory processing, fine and gross motor skills, and perceptual skills.
- Carry out medical prescriptions for occupational therapy.
- Take part in developing staff development and parent workshop opportunities around the development of gross motor, fine motor, and perceptual skills, and related underlying sensory and motor functions, leading to successful participation in the educational environment and more independent functioning.
- Demonstrate approaches and activities to be implemented by educational staff that will improve children's abilities to participate in the classroom
- Help the staff identify children's specific sensory and motor skill levels.
- Performs all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy
- Current NY State Occupational Therapy License
- The Occupational Therapist must have completed an accredited education program and all field-work requirements.  All OT programs are accredited by the American Medical Association and the American Occupational Therapy Association.
- Must be certified by the Occupational Therapy Certification Board (OTCB) following successful completion of the national certification exam.
EEO Statement
Birch Family Services provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Birch Family Services complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Birch Family Services expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Birch Family Services’ employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.