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Occupational Therapy in Community-Based Practice Settings 2nd Edition by Marjorie Scaffa, Maggie Reitz
Edition 2ISBN: 978-0803625808Occupational Therapy in Community-Based Practice Settings 2nd Edition by Marjorie Scaffa, Maggie Reitz
Edition 2ISBN: 978-0803625808 Exercise 2
Describe the variety of roles for occupational therapy practitioners in community-based practice.
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Variety of roles for an occupational therapy practitioner's face in community based practice:
Practitioners of occupational therapy have an important role as supporting individuals both in home and workplace that facilitates independence and promotion of integrated community.
W described her clear vision over fluctuating responsibility in occupational therapy related to different communities. She described four upcoming roles in addition to new dimensions over traditional role clinically based on occupations therapist. These roles include evaluator, consultant, supervisor, and researcher.
Other roles community-based practitioners may include program evaluators and planners, staff trainers, policy makers, community health advisors, and primary care providers. The most important community based practitioner roles that develop network support and collaboration of occupational therapy practitioner, health, community leaders, and social service professionals.
Role descriptions:
1. Community health advocate:
Practitioners identified social, emotional, physical, educational, medical, and occupational requirements of community members with functioning optimal and advocate services that meet those desires.
2. Consultant:
Occupational therapist who acts as consultant will provide information and expertise in regard to program development and evaluation over supervisory and organisational concerns.
3. Case manager:
Case manager coordinates services, advises consumer, family or caregiver; evaluates financial resources. Also case management require professional clinical experience, reimburses mechanics, and conducts quality organisation skills.
4. Private practice owner/Entrepreneur:
Occupational therapy entrepreneur organize business venture and manages operation of risk association there from. An entrepreneur owns private practice and provides services on contractual basis. For entrepreneurs to be more successful they assess and respond to uniform needs of the community.
5. Supervisor:
Supervisors manage and are responsible for activities of the team. Their work is to schedule jobs, tasks; training, recruitment, and performances appraisal. They ensure safe and effective delivery on occupations therapy fostering professional competency.
6. Program Managers:
Program managers contribute to the complete design, development, functions, and budgetary evaluations. Most of the occupation therapists serve as program managers in a community setting that promotes an open communication inducing feedback.
Practitioners of occupational therapy have an important role as supporting individuals both in home and workplace that facilitates independence and promotion of integrated community.
W described her clear vision over fluctuating responsibility in occupational therapy related to different communities. She described four upcoming roles in addition to new dimensions over traditional role clinically based on occupations therapist. These roles include evaluator, consultant, supervisor, and researcher.
Other roles community-based practitioners may include program evaluators and planners, staff trainers, policy makers, community health advisors, and primary care providers. The most important community based practitioner roles that develop network support and collaboration of occupational therapy practitioner, health, community leaders, and social service professionals.
Role descriptions:
1. Community health advocate:
Practitioners identified social, emotional, physical, educational, medical, and occupational requirements of community members with functioning optimal and advocate services that meet those desires.
2. Consultant:
Occupational therapist who acts as consultant will provide information and expertise in regard to program development and evaluation over supervisory and organisational concerns.
3. Case manager:
Case manager coordinates services, advises consumer, family or caregiver; evaluates financial resources. Also case management require professional clinical experience, reimburses mechanics, and conducts quality organisation skills.
4. Private practice owner/Entrepreneur:
Occupational therapy entrepreneur organize business venture and manages operation of risk association there from. An entrepreneur owns private practice and provides services on contractual basis. For entrepreneurs to be more successful they assess and respond to uniform needs of the community.
5. Supervisor:
Supervisors manage and are responsible for activities of the team. Their work is to schedule jobs, tasks; training, recruitment, and performances appraisal. They ensure safe and effective delivery on occupations therapy fostering professional competency.
6. Program Managers:
Program managers contribute to the complete design, development, functions, and budgetary evaluations. Most of the occupation therapists serve as program managers in a community setting that promotes an open communication inducing feedback.
Occupational Therapy in Community-Based Practice Settings 2nd Edition by Marjorie Scaffa, Maggie Reitz
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