Pediatric Occupational Therapy Jobs in
Dallas, TX

Name: Pediatric Occupational Therapy Jobs In Dallas, TX - T2000
Brand: THERAPY 2000
SKU: POTJDTX
Price: 2500 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5.00 (1 reviews)

Therapy 2000 is always looking for engaged and dedicated occupational therapists to join our team, which is why we are always recruiting people to take on pediatric occupational therapy jobs in Dallas. Our occupational therapists (OTs) are tasked with helping children learn how to complete everyday tasks to grow into independent adults. Occupational therapists also focus on helping children improve their overall quality of life by becoming functionally independent in everyday tasks that others might take for granted, such as dressing, bathing,
or writing.

The American Occupational Therapy Association dictates that play activities, work, and self-care are all important functions that adults and children of all ages need to learn to develop appropriately and avoid disability in the future. Sometimes learning independence might mean obtaining accommodation or adapting a task to create independence, while other times, the OT will work with children intensely to help them learn to master a skill on their own.

Occupational therapists at Therapy 2000 often work with children with neurological disorders and developmental delays, are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders, suffer from childhood diseases, cerebral palsy, and many more health and developmental issues. In all of these situations, the role of the OT is to evaluate patients and then develop treatment programs that will help restore their independence or acquire the missing skills.

Benefits of Occupational Therapy

Most parents are caught off-guard when their children are diagnosed with a developmental disability or associated health condition. After processing a diagnosis, it is time for the parent to take action to find them the help they need to continue to prosper. Therapy 2000 is here to help once that diagnosis is reached, which is why we need a strong staff of OTs. Your search for occupational therapy jobs in Dallas, TX, can stop with us once you experience the joy of helping a patient at Therapy 200 improve their life.

The benefits of working with an OT can vary depending on the child’s diagnosis, but many children learn to eat and feed on their own, learn self-care tasks, learn to communicate with peers their own age in appropriate manners, and improve their overall quality of life.

What Do Candidates for Occupational Therapy Do

Once again, the role of successful occupational therapy jobs in Dallas, candidates will change by the child they are helping. Every single needs a different type of aide, so occupational therapists must be flexible and ready to adapt their care plans to meet their patients.

OT aims to help children improve their skills with peers, improve school performance, and take care of themselves via age-appropriate independent self-care tasks. This might mean strengthening motor skills, improving eye-hand coordination, addressing life skills (such as bathing, dressing, brushing teeth), learning special skills and positive behaviors, or learning to use new specialized equipment to become independent.

All candidates for occupational therapy jobs in Dallas, must be ready to adapt to the child in their care and appreciate the need for custom solutions. This requires an in-depth knowledge of clinical, emotional, and behavioral skills.

Why Work With Us

Aside from our typical offer of employee benefits, including a 401K retirement plan, flexible scheduling, paid time off, medical insurance, a flexible spending account, paid malpractice insurance, and an employee referral bonus program. We also offer various programs to set our employees up for success in and out of their work environment.

Mentorship Program

For new therapists,. Our mentorship program includes pairing you up with a Clinical Manager who is highly experienced in Pediatric Home Health and can serve as the source to direct all your questions and concerns related to your position. Your mentor will perform several roles in getting you onboarded effectively:

Coordinate orientation and the competency check-off process.
Provides direct support (either themselves or via identified mentors) for evaluations and treatment for as long as needed.
Dedicated weekly meetings for the first 90 days and longer if needed.
On an ongoing basis, it facilitates clinical and professional growth for team members.

Work-Life Balance

Balancing work, family, and other responsibilities are challenging for many therapists.

We recognize the importance of a work-life balance and provide tools and options for PRN and part- and full-time caseloads. Our options include flexible, and custom schedules based on your availability, caseloads that are close to your home location, and paid time off (PTO) for part-time and full-time employees.

Free CEUs

As a therapist in Texas, clinicians must accumulate professional development hours, and this varies by discipline. So, finding free CEUs can be a real budget saver. We are proud to facilitate free and unlimited CEUs to our therapists. The CEU curriculum is developed by a multi-discipline therapist team whose sole focus is to provide ongoing educational training and clinical support to ensure our courses meet CEU licensing and certification standards.

We offer courses in several formats (live and recorded webinars) to fit your lifestyle and learning style. Course content is updated regularly to provide you with the skills you need to succeed.

Alysha has been a Physical Therapist Assistant since 2015, and has spent her entire therapy career working in pediatric home health. In 2020 she welcomed the opportunity as an adjunct instructor at the PTA college she attended, Concorde Career College, helping teach lectures and lab courses to the future PTAs. She grew up in Rockwall, and now lives in Forney with her wonderful husband and their 3 rambunctious Siberian Huskies, Lucy, Saki and Beau Bennett. Alysha joined Therapy 2000 in 2022 as a PTA and has enjoyed every minute of it. She is now moving into a hybrid role treating patients and recruiting therapists to join the wonderful world of therapy. In her free time she enjoys spending time with her dogs, friends and her husband.

Alysha Turner, PTARecruiter/PTA

"I love working with families and share in their daily routines. I enjoy the challenge of thinking on the spot and problem-solving with the family to improve their child's function in everyday activities.

I also love the support and guidance that I have received with T2K. I have grown so much as a CLM in the position with my management and leadership skills, which I can only credit to my amazing team. I also love the opportunities to grow and develop my clinical skill, and I feel I can always challenge myself in a safe and nurturing environment with mentors who help me grow!"

Michelle Tebout, M.S., CCC-SLPClinical Manager/Speech Language Pathologist

"I love having the opportunity to work closely with the family and to help them advocate or coordinate care with other disciplines. T2K challenges me to learn to treat a wide variety of populations, including various feeding disorders from birth-21 years old, phonological processes, the entire AU spectrum, AAC-dependent populations, and Down syndrome, to name a few. I love working with every child.

What I love most about T2000 is how they support me in my areas of interest and provide opportunities to help refine my skills as a clinician to give the best quality of services for the complex and medically-fragile pediatric population."

Lauren A., M.S., CCC-SLP Speech-Language Pathologist, Clinical Manager

"I have been a physical therapist for 10 years and have worked for Therapy 2000 for about 9 years.

What I love about T2K is the importance of clinical excellence and putting our patients first. The team environment and everyone I work with!!"

Jessica K., PT, DPTClinical Manager

"I love that we are an agency that strives for excellence but also works together in that process. We keep the focus on supporting one another so we can all do our best and provide the highest quality care to our patients and families.

I also love the flexibility this setting provides in various ways. The flexibility of navigating my own work schedule is great but being flexible to a child and family's needs as well. When working in the home environment, new concerns can arise quickly. I love that OT can pivot and address various developmental areas, so I find the home setting to be perfect for this."

Meredith W., OTR, MOTClinical Manager

"I love working with my team of SLP's. I feel I learn more from them than they learn from me! Having mentors and specialists available in every area; fluency, voice, AAC, and feeding, is so helpful in meeting patient needs. We have so many relevant CE's put on by our clinical excellence team as well as outside providers that I just continue to develop new skills and grow in my treatment and leadership skills.

We have amazing benefits 401K matching, Debt Crusher, PTO, and medical/dental/affordable vision insurance."

Karla C., M.S., CCC-SLPClinical Lead Manager

"T2K is wonderful regarding supporting staff and ensuring steps are available to guarantee growth in their field.

I always advise someone considering pediatric home health. To always choose a company with mentorship and remember to ask questions as those are the keys to growth. Thankfully T2K has an amazing mentorship program."

JENNY P., MOT, OTRDFW Clinical Manager

"I interviewed with T2000 at TSHA when I was in grad school. Every person I interacted with was so kind and made me feel so valued. I instantly took over a medically complex caseload when I started with T2K, which has set me up for a great career, but at T2K and at Children's Specialized Hospital in NJ. I am lucky to have had great experiences so far in all settings.

I love the openness and ability to speak freely and be heard. I love the resources and continuing education access we have. I love the ability to grow clinically, in leadership, or personally."

Vanessa R., MS, CCC-SLPClinical Program Director, Clinical Manager, Speech Language Pathologist

"Hi, I am Shannon Rowland, LMSW. I started with Therapy 2000 in 2006 as a social worker and now work as the Regional Marketing Manager for the DFW division. I have three beautiful children that are my reason why and a wonderful husband that makes life fun. I spend my free time shuttling my youngest to football, baseball, and volleyball games. I enjoy running, watching sports, and spending time with my family during my time off from work! I love that Therapy 2000 is improving the lives of families in Texas, it makes what I do every day easy!"

Shannon Rowland, LMSWRegional Marketing Manager/Social Worker

"I joined Therapy 2000 as a Community Relations Representative for Fort Worth shortly after graduating. I am currently working through obtaining my master’s in healthcare administration."

Holly HatchelCommunity Relations Representative

"I have served as Community Relations Representative for Therapy 2000 for 2½ years. I love connecting and building relationships, with provider offices, to improve lives of children with disabilities. I love the support and guidance that I have received here at T2K."

QueShena DowellCommunity Relations Representative

"I was born and raised in Dallas, Texas where I grew up playing all sports, primarily baseball. I am married and have a 17-year daughter who is about to go off to college at Lamar University on a softball scholarship. I have worked in sales the past 10 years, with the previous 2 years at Dallas Vein Institute, responsible for adding new referrals. Prior to Dallas Vein, I worked as Marketing Manager for Labcorp. When I am not busy working, my family dedicates most of our time to traveling across the country to watch our daughter play Select Softball. I also enjoy running, cooking, and swimming. I am truly excited about joining the team at Green Apple Therapy."

Corey BrownCommunity Relations Representative

Debt Crusher Program

We recently introduced an innovative, first-in-our-industry benefit for our employees. We’ve called it Debt Crusher. This allows our employees to take a $1,000 wage advance that the company will use to remit an extra payment directly to a creditor/lender. The wage advance is then repaid through six equal automatic payroll deductions with no interest. Once the advance is repaid, any employee in the program will automatically be granted another wage advance.

The idea for this program was created because many members of our staff began sharing personal stories about student loan burdens, medical bills, and other interest-bearing debt. Collectively, we are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars each year in interest charges, and this program was designed to help.

Great Benefits

Contact Us to Learn About Available Pediatric Occupational Therapy Jobs in Dallas

If you are interested in obtaining occupational therapy jobs in Dallas, then check out our careers page to learn about job opportunities with T2000. We continue building our team to help improve children’s lives across the greater Dallas area.

From Our Team

Theresa Hill, OTR, MOT, M.S. HCA

“I’ve been an OT for over 20 years, and have worked clinically in Pediatrics throughout my career, in Outpatient, Inpatient Rehab. Day Treatment, and Home Health. I completed my Master of OT degree from TWU in 2000 and then a Master of Science in Health Care Administration in 2008. I joined Therapy 2000 in late 2008 as part of the leadership team and spent the next several years working in therapy leadership operations. At the beginning of 2018, I transitioned into a project-based role, and have been working in Recruitment since the spring of 2021.”