Occupational Therapist
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Job Description
- Job Description: Occupational Therapist
- Program: Home Visiting Program for New Parents
- Location: Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
- Reports to: Clinical Lead
- Employment Type: Full-time
Role Purpose:
- The Occupational Therapist will play a key role in supporting new mothers infants and families through the Home Visiting Program for New Parents.
- The role focuses on promoting maternal and infant wellbeing supporting parents in adapting to daily routines and providing guidance on child development family functioning and safe nurturing environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct home visits with new parents to assess maternal and infant needs in
- daily activities bonding and caregiving routines.
- Support mothers in adapting to postpartum changes including physical
- emotional and environmental adjustments.
- Provide guidance on infant development milestones (feeding sleep play
- sensory regulation and motor skills).
- Educate families on strategies to create safe supportive and stimulating home
- environments.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary team members (social workers nurses
- dietitians and psychologists) to ensure holistic family support.
- Develop individualized plans to promote parental confidence functional skills
- and positive family routines.
- Identify families requiring additional clinical or community-based interventions
- and refer as appropriate.
- Document visits assessments and progress according to program standards.
- Participate in training supervision and quality improvement activities to
- strengthen service delivery.
- Contribute to community outreach and awareness of the Home Visiting Program.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Occupational Therapy from a recognized
- university.
- Current professional license/registration with DOH (Department of Health Abu
- Dhabi) or eligibility to obtain.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in pediatrics maternal health early
- intervention or family-centered practice (home visiting experience preferred).
- Strong knowledge of infant and child development family dynamics and
- postpartum health.
- Fluency in English required; Arabic language skills strongly preferred.
- Experience working in multicultural community-based settings is an advantage.
- Skills & Competencies
- Excellent communication empathy and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to provide culturally sensitive and family-centered care.
- Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Strong organizational and documentation skills.
- Flexibility to travel within Abu Dhabi for home visits
Employment Type
Full Time
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