"Occupational therapy is a client-centred health profession concerned with promoting health and well being through occupation. The primary goal of occupational therapy is to enable people to participate in the activities of everyday life. Occupational therapists achieve this outcome by working with people and communities to enhance their ability to engage in the occupations they want to, need to,
or are expected to do, or by modifying the occupation or the environment to better support their occupational engagement." (WFOT, 2012)
Occupational therapy is the assessment and treatment of physical and psychiatric conditions using specific, purposeful activity to prevent disability and promote independent function in all aspects of daily life. Occupational therapists work in hospital and various community settings. They may visit clients and their carers at home to monitor their progress. When a course of therapy is completed, the therapist will analyse how effective it has been. Occupational therapists work with young children, adolescents, adults and older people. In these areas:
* physical rehabilitation
* mental health services
* learning disability
* primary care
* paediatrics
* environmental adaptation
* care management
* equipment for daily living
* research posts
In these places:
* community centres
* education establishments
* GP practices / primary care
* hospitals
* housing associations
* clients homes
* industrial and commercial organisations
* prisons
* residential and nursing homes
* social services and council departments
* schools
* charities and voluntary agencies
They work with people of all ages to help them overcome the effects of disability caused by physical or psychological illness, ageing or accident. The profession offers enormous opportunities for career development and endless variety. Being a registered occupational therapist takes patience, ingenuity, determination, common sense, a sound knowledge base and enthusiasm. Most of all, it requires an interest in working closely with people to enable them to lead full and satisfying lives as independently as possible.
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