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Related Service Providers Openings

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Position TitleJob NumberJob DescriptionPay Scale
2023-24 Physical Therapist (Continuous Recruitment)JP5218

Position: Related Service Providers/Physical Therapist

Location: BOCES - District Wide

Division: Special Education

Supervisor: Special Education Supervisor

Description: Provide support services to Special Education students.

Salary: starting at $44,903 as per UBTA salary schedule/contract

$44,903 Per UBTA Contract
2023-24 Occupational Therapist (Continuous Recruitment)JP5219

Position Type: Related Service Providers/Occupational Therapist

Location: BOCES Wide

Division: Special Education classrooms in Cattaraugus & Allegany County School Districts

Supervisor: Special Education Supervisor

DESCRIPTION: The work involves responsibility for performing occupational therapy casework in a program designed to meet the needs of individuals referred to the program through the use of such activities as creative, manual, industrial, educational, recreational, social, and self-help activities in order to enable individuals to achieve optimal levels of self-help and productivity. The work may be carried out in community, school, hospital, or nursing home settings in accordance with written prescriptions or a referral from a physician who provides medical direction. Supervision may be exercised over the work of Occupational Therapy Assistants, Aides, and clerical employees. An Occupational Therapist does related work as required.
  
TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES:

  • Plans programs and performs procedures involving activities such as manual arts and crafts, practice in function, prevocational, vocational and homemaking skills, and activities of daily living; 
  • Conducts sensitizer, educational, recreational, and social activities designed to help individuals regain physical or mental functioning or adjust to handicaps; 
  • Evaluates the degree of function and disability of individuals unless contraindicated by professional judgment or a physician’s notes; 
  • Develops a treatment plan based upon doctor’s findings, short- and long-term rehabilitation goals, and in accordance with the physician’s diagnosis, prescription, or referral; 
  • Records evaluation, re-evaluations, progress notes, consultations, and summaries; 
  • May participate in the selection of personnel in the occupational therapy program and assign their duties and provide supervision; 
  • Observes occupational therapy activities to evaluate staff effectiveness in the provision of service and to evaluate the effectiveness of the activity in providing the necessary therapeutic services for patients; 
  • Fabricates and applies hand splints, trains individuals in the use of adaptive assistive devices and/or self-help techniques to achieve maximum independence; 
  • Participates with other personnel in the formulation of total care plans; 
  • Confers periodically with a physician regarding facets of care and related activities; 
  • Develops or assists in the development of occupational therapy policies and procedure;
  • May perform in specialties such as pediatric or gerontologist occupational therapy; 
  • May conduct training or participate in training medical and nursing students, patient’s parents and families, patient’s teacher and others in occupational therapy techniques and objectives; 
  • May maintain program records including but not limited to the service budget, statistical reports of the frequency and type of treatment, and related records.

Salary: Starting at $44,903 as per UBTA salary schedule/contract


All employees of CA BOCES are eligible to join the New York State Retirement pension plan system.  Permanent employees have access to a rich Health Insurance plan with Vision, Telemedicine, tuition reimbursement, and paid time off.

$44,903 Per UBTA Contract
2023-24 School Psychologist (Continuous Recruitment)JP5220

Position: School Psychologist

Division: Special Education - Serving classrooms in Cattaraugus & Allegany County school districts.

Location: District Wide

Supervisor: Special Ed Supervisor

Location: BOCES wide

Description: Provide support services to special education students.

Salary: Starting at $41,493 per UBTA salary schedule/contract


All employees of CA BOCES are eligible to join the New York State Retirement pension plan system.  Permanent employees have access to a rich Health Insurance plan with Vision, Telemedicine, tuition reimbursement, and paid time off.

$41,493 Per UBTA Contract
2023-24 School Social Workers (Continuous Recruitment)JP5221

Position: School Social Worker

Division: Special Education - Serving classrooms in Cattaraugus & Allegany County school districts.

Supervisor: Special Education Supervisor

Location: District Wide 

Description: (May be assigned as Home School Liaison)

  • Provide school social work services to students and parents.
  • Serves as liaison between home and school when necessary.
  • Consults and collaborates with other school personnel for the benefit of the students.
  • Assists students directly toward adjustment to school.
  • Performs other duties as required by position.

Salary: Starting at $41,493 per UBTS salary schedule/contract


All employees of CA BOCES are eligible to join the New York State Retirement pension plan system.  Permanent employees have access to a rich Health Insurance plan with Vision, Telemedicine, tuition reimbursement, and paid time off.

$41,493 Per UBTA Contract
2023-24 Speech Pathologist (Continuous Recruitment)JP5222

Position: Speech Pathologist

Division: Special Education - Serving Cattaraugus & Allegany County school districts.

Location: District Wide

Supervisor: Special Education Supervisor

Description: This is a professional position involving responsibility for the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of language, voice, and speech disorders. The work is performed upon the written order or referral of a physician who provides medical direction. Supervision of others is not normally a function of this position. A Speech Pathologist does related work as required.

Typical Work Activities:

  • Provides speech pathology treatment services in accordance with accepted professional standards and practices including muscular coordination exercises, sensory stimulation and association training and language development activities using electronic equipment;
  • Evaluates the degree of function and disability of patients unless contradicted by professional judgment or by the attending physician;
  • Plans and develops remedial programs designed to restore or improve communication efficiency;
  • Maintains program records including but not limited to service budget, monthly statistical reports, listing the number of patients treated, admitted and discharged, evaluations, reevaluations, types of conditions seen and number of patients on a visiting list for evaluations or treatment programs;
  • Consults with Medical Director on subjects of a professional medical nature;
  • Integrates treatment plans into total care plans in consultation with patients, physicians and other personnel providing patient care;
  • Participates in patient care review conferences;
  • Develops or assists in the development of speech pathology policies and procedures;
  • Records on patients charts all evaluations, re-evaluations, progress notes, consultations and discharge summaries;
  • Assists in the development of and participates in the facility's in-service education program.

Salary: Starting at $41,493 per UBTA salary schedule/contract


SPECIAL REQUIREMENT FOR APPOINTMENT IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS / BOCES:
Per regulations of the Commissioner of Education, to be employed in a position designated by a school district or BOCES as involving direct contact with students, a clearance for employment from the State Education Department is required.

All employees of CA BOCES are eligible to join the New York State Retirement pension plan system.  Permanent employees have access to a rich Health Insurance plan with Vision, Telemedicine, tuition reimbursement, and paid time off.

$41,493 Per UBTA Contract
2023-24 School Counselors (Continuous Recruitment)JP5224

Position: School Counselors

Division: Special Education - Serving Cattaraugus & Allegany County school districts

Location: District Wide

Description: Provide school counseling services to Special Education students in individual and/or group settings

Salary: Starting at $41,493 per UBTA salary schedule/contract

All employees of CA BOCES are eligible to join the New York State Retirement pension plan system. Permanent employees have access to a rich Health Insurance plan with Vision, Telemedicine, tuition reimbursement, and time paid off.

$41,493 Per UBTA Contract

NOTICE OF NON-DISCRIMINATION

The Cattaraugus-Allegany-Erie-Wyoming Board of Cooperative Educational Services does not discriminate on the basis of an individual’s actual or perceived race, color, religion, creed, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship status, age, marital status, partnership status, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, sexual orientation, gender (sex), military status, veteran status, domestic violence victim status or political identity, gender expression, and religious practices or any other basis prohibited by New York State and/or federal non-discrimination laws in employment or its programs and activities. The District provides equal access to community and youth organizations. Inquiries regarding the District’s non-discrimination policies should be directed to: Non-Discrimination / Anti-Harassment