as a matter of interest...may i ask ...how many of such positions as yours ...are available in Australia as i would certainly be interested in such a post here (in England) or in your country or elsewhere...once i qualify (currently year one OT student)...especially having previously worked in a JOB CLUB which i enjoyed...it would be a nice follow on...for me...and very rewarding...
cheers Sylvia Mr Michael Deen wrote: > > G'day all, > > I am an Australian OT currently working in the area of vocational > rehabilitation and I was wondering what role OTs have in "Welfare-to- > work" schemes and the like in the US and around the world. > > Over here, my role is community based and focusses on case management, > FCEs, work site visits and ergonomic assessments. The clients we work > with are predominately on "welfare" (either on a disability pension or > on "the dole") and have a disability or injury (ie physical (back > pain!!!!), psychological, cognitive or emotional) that impacts on their > ability to obtain/maintain employment. Alot of client's are long term > unemployed(some haven't worked since the 1960's)and therefore have > multiple barriers to returning to the workforce. Our rehabilitation > programs can therefore run for anywhere between a 3 and 18 months. > > We also do return to work/suitable duties programs (ie disability > management) for workers compensation clients (ie occupational > rehabilitation). We also run rehabilitation programs for people who > are currently taking legal action against a third party (ie motor > vehicle accidents, public liability? > > As I said above, I was wondering what role OTs have in > vocational/occupational rehabilitation in other countries around the > world. Are OTs a major player in this area? Are there many OTs > working in this area? Are there many jobs for OTs? Is the area (ie > work/vocational/occupational rehabilitation) developing in your > country? Is intervention centre/hospital-based or community based? Is > OT a respected and important profession in this area or do others (eg > rehabilitation counsellors,doctors, physios) have the major role? Is > OT involvement endorsed in legislation and by insurers, the DOL etc? > What role do you see Ot having in this area in the future in your > country? What services do OTs provide? Do your uni courses involve > much about assisting people with injuries or disabilities to return to > the workforce (ie voc/occ/work rehab)? Anything else at all that you > would like to share with me and the list. > > I see vocational rehabilitation as being a huge area where "occupation" > (in the OT sense, not in the generalist sense) can improve a persons > QOL a great deal and where we can use occupation in an OT way (ie > empowering and enabling clients to identify and use meaningful, > purposeful activities within their own environment to participate as > valued members of their community). > > Anyway > > thanks for your time and I would indeed be interested to hear from > y'all. > > Cheers > > *********��*********** > > Unsubscribe? Send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the message's *body*, put the following text: unsubscribe OTlist > > ** List messages are archived at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > *********��*********** *********��*********** Unsubscribe? Send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message's *body*, put the following text: unsubscribe OTlist ** List messages are archived at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] *********��***********
