Pediatric Clinic Occupational Therapy Assistant

Description

Earn up to $37/hour + up to $17,500/year in performance bonuses. Work with kids. Actually love your job. 

We're Whole Child Therapy (WCT), a therapist-owned pediatric practice in the Inland Empire where clinicians thrive and kids make real progress. We started in a 700-square-foot Claremont space in 2018. Today, we're 65+ professionals delivering 700+ weekly sessions across two clinics and school partnerships. We grew because our therapists stay. You'll see why.

Why COTAs Love Working Here

• Real mentorship. You'll work alongside OTRs who want you to grow, not just sign your notes.
• Specialty exposure. Rotate through feeding therapy, AAC/assistive technology, and our Social Stories™ Program. Build a skillset most COTAs never get near.
• Neurodiversity-affirming practice. We build on strengths. No compliance-based therapy. No masking goals.
• Clinical ladder. A defined path to advance, with pay bumps to match.
• Get paid even when they don't show. Cancellations and no-shows are paid at your full rate.

Compensation

• Base hourly rate: $29 to $37/hour (based on pediatric experience)
• Weekly performance bonuses: earn starting at ~75% productivity
• Annual bonus potential: up to $17,500/year at top tier
• Flexible schedule groups: Reduced (30 to 32 hrs), Modified (33 to 35 hrs), or Standard (36 to 40 hrs). Bonuses earnable at every group.
• Cancellations & no-shows: paid at your full hourly rate

Benefits & Perks

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• 6 paid holidays + 80–120 hours PTO/year (grows with tenure)
• Student loan repayment assistance: $200/month after 2 years, $400/month after 4 years
• CEU reimbursement: $300–$1,000/year based on tenure
• Therapy supply reimbursement: up to $200/year
• Ongoing specialization training in feeding, AAC, and social skills
• Leadership development and clinical ladder advancement
• No weekends. Ever.

What You'll Do

• Implement individualized treatment plans under OTR supervision to help kids build fine motor, sensory processing, visual perception, and self-care skills
• Support children with developmental delays, sensory processing differences, autism, and other diagnoses, meeting each child where they are
• Collaborate daily with OTRs, SLPs, and SLPAs as part of a true interdisciplinary team
• Coach parents and caregivers on home programs that extend therapy gains into real life
• Document sessions and maintain accurate records for insurance compliance
• Participate in team meetings, CEUs, and specialty training in feeding, AAC, and Social Stories™
• Flex between outpatient clinic and school-based settings (optional). We partner with public districts, charters, and non-public schools

About Whole Child Therapy

Whole Child Therapy was founded by husband-and-wife occupational therapists Dennis and Ina Necesito with one promise: every family gets the same holistic, effective, caring therapy we'd want for our own children. That promise built a practice where clinicians are respected, kids are seen as whole people (not symptom checklists), and growth for both patients and therapists is the default.

We offer pediatric OT, speech therapy, feeding therapy, assistive technology, AAC services, and social skills programs across two Inland Empire clinics and school partnerships throughout the region.

Requirements

What We're Looking For

• Active California COTA license (new grads welcome; fieldwork counts)
• Genuine love for working with kids
• Strong communication skills with families, colleagues, and supervising OTRs
• Organization and time-management chops to juggle a caseload and keep documentation current
• Adaptability. Kids are unpredictable. You roll with it.
• Pediatric experience preferred, not required