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Occupational Therapy
Lead Officer
Gill Rattle, Head of Occupational Therapy Services Location
The occupational therapists are based in a wide range of services throughout Health & Social Services. These include:- Acute - medical and orthopaedic divisions at Jersey General Hospital Rehabilitation, outpatients, stroke team and rheumatology – Westmount Rehabilitation Centre at Overdale. Community – William Knott Day Centre, Overdale. Old Age Psychiatry – Poplars, Overdale and Clinique Pinel, St Saviour’s Hospital. Mental Health – Chez Marguerite and La Rochelle, St Saviour’s Hospital. Adult Special Needs – Social Services, Maison La Pape. Paediatrics – Child Development Centre, Overdale. Family Nursing/Home Care – West Team, Gervaise Le Gros Centre, St Aubin. The occupational therapy service also runs:- A number of vocational rehabilitation units for clients with a range of disabilities. The wheelchair and community equipment service. The community alarm service. Equipment in the home for people with a hearing loss. What we do Why are we called occupational therapists……………? ………..because every person in their waking hours is involved in ‘human occupation’. Everything one does can be broken down into:- Work - (this includes domestic tasks) Personal activities - washing, dressing etc Leisure Occupational therapists are trained to break down human activity into separate ‘blocks’. This is called task analysis. It enables us to interview and assess an individual and plan intervention based on the functional level and the personal preferences of that individual. We work with the client, carers and family as well as other services (eg; Employment & Social Service and Education) to best meet the individual’s needs. We have an open referral system, accepting referrals from the client as well as GPs and other agencies. We work with clients of all ages and in all settings. Where do we work with our clients? In short, wherever our client spends their time, functionally assessing, rehabilitating and developing appropriate packages with the multidisciplinary team.
| In the person’s own home |
- housing adaptations
- installing equipment
- working with carers to develop the right approach to meet the client’s needs
- rehabilitation and resettlement after injury and illness.
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In the workplace |
- adapting equipment or the environment
- developing an appropriate work placement to meet the person’s needs and build their personal strengths
- liaising with the employer to ensure that support is provided
- providing sheltered workschemes, offering vocational assessment, training and placements.
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| Developing leisure opportunities for the disabled person |
- This varies depending on the person’s preferences but is mainstream and integrated whenever possible | Following an initial assessment or home visit, the therapist will plan a treatment programme. This may include attendance at a unit to improve the level of independence or provision of equipment/training. The length of intervention will vary depending on the needs (sometimes complex) of the individual involved. These needs will be reviewed regularly, with the client, carers and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
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