Occupational Rehabilitation

Occupational Rehabilitation.Functional Capacity Evaluations.Medico-legal Assessments.Pressure garment manufacturing.

- Clinical supervision and training of final year Occupational Therapy students from the University of Pretoria during their community fieldwork practical blocks. Training includes facilitation of students with the presentation of large group therapy, individual therapy of children and adults, providing training to community members, developing community projects. - Manager of the community clinic in Mamelodi, South Africa, overseeing student therapy assessments and treatment sessions (main patient-type includes children of various ages being treated for visual perceptual skills, as well as sensory-integration for children with neurological fall-outs). - Clinical supervision and training of third-year Occupational Therapy students from the University of Pretoria in their community fieldwork practical block. This includes facilitating students to provide individual and group therapy to patients with intellectual disabilities. - Main lecturer for the 2nd year MODAPTS (MODular Arrangement of Predetermined Time Standards) - block within the field of Vocational Rehabilitation to Occupational Therapy students from the University of Pretoria.

• Screening and assessments of patients in acute physical rehabilitation setting• Attendance and contribution at planning meetings• Re-assessment and treatment of patients including group sessions, community outings etc.• Developing and preparing appropriate therapeutic care plans• Provision (if trained) and/or referral to specialised services if applicable• Attendance and provision of feedback at family meetings• Completion of admission, discharge and weekly progress reports for each patient• Provision of patient progress feedback to the rehab team at weekly meetings• Education of patients, families, and the rehab team where needed• Supervision of Occupational Therapy Students from the University of Pretoria in the field of Physical Rehabilitation• Attendance at meetings and performance of administrative duties• Liaising with other healthcare professionals on the best treatment for clients• Prescription, motivation and ordering of assistive devices such as wheelchairs, bath benches, cushions, splints, etc. Follow up with supplier and/or family as needed.• Carer and family training• Home/work visits where needed

• Functional Capacity Evaluations• Disability Grant Assessment.• Case management, including work hardening and conditioning for patients returning back to work.• Developing the Vocational Rehabilitation Department at CMJAH as part of a colleague's PhD.• Continuous Assessment and Treatment of Psychiatric in- and out-patients (Individual and Group therapy).• Attending family meetings along with the multidisciplinary team.• Providing tutorial sessions to final year medical students on the role of Occupational Therapy in Psychiatry and Vocational Rehabilitation.• Supervision of final year Occupational Therapy students from the University of Witwatersrand in the Psychiatric and Vocational Rehabilitation fields.• Occasional presentation of journals, as well as contributing to monthly presentations as part of a psychiatric case presentation