Occupational Therapist (OT) - School-Based, Dalton GA
Listed compensation
$60-$80/hr
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- Employment & setting
- Contract
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job description
Join CLFC Healthcare and Communications as a School-Based Occupational Therapist – Dalton, GA in Dalton, GA, US.
Benefits & Compensation
- Pay rate: $60 - $72/hr.
- Independent Contractor (1099)
- SIPT Specialty Differential (+$2-$4/hr)
- Autism Specialty Differential (+$2-$4/hr)
- AT Specialty Differential (+$2-$4/hr)
- Bilingual Differential (+$2-$4/hr)
Work Schedule
- Contract position.
- No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.
Apply to join CLFC Healthcare and Communications as a School-Based Occupational Therapist – Dalton, GA.
Key Responsibilities
Deliver IEP-driven occupational therapy services to students ages 3-21, including conducting evaluations and developing individualized intervention plans. Collaborate with the special education department to support student participation in the general education curriculum while maintaining accurate service-delivery logs.
Requirements
Requires an active Georgia license for Occupational Therapy and a degree from an ACOTE-accredited program. Candidates must possess NBCOT certification and have experience in school-based occupational therapy.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Occupational Therapist Career Context
Of the 50 active Occupational Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 58% have no call, 66% require no weekends.
In Georgia, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$106k (102 salary observations; 576 listings), vs ~$96k nationally (6,995 salary observations; 20,445 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
The cost-of-living index for Georgia is 96.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$146k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $151k in an average-cost state. 59.8% of Georgia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
CLFC Healthcare and Communications holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 75/100, 55 active listings.
Occupational Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
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