ISCO Occupation Group 2269.5 Occupational Therapy Assistant
From Open Risk Manual
Definition
Occupational Therapy Assistant: Occupational therapy assistants support occupational therapists 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. They work under the supervision of an occupational therapist.
Essential Skills
- Occupational Science
- Follow Clinical Guidelines
- Hygiene In A Health Care Setting
- Occupational Physiology
- Assist Healthcare Users Achieve Autonomy In Everyday Activities
- Remediate Healthcare User'S Occupational Performance
- Instruct On The Use Of Special Equipment For Daily Activities
- Vocational Rehabilitation
- Ensure Safety Of Healthcare Users
- Facilitate Healthcare User'S Engagement In Occupations
- Apply Techniques Of Occupational Therapy
- Empathise With The Healthcare User
- Listen Actively
- Monitor Patients' Progress Related To Treatment
- Develop Therapeutic Relationships
- Interact With Healthcare Users
- Exercise Patience
- Ergonomics
- Community-Based Rehabilitation
- Movement Techniques
- Health Care Occupation-Specific Ethics
- Communicate Effectively In Healthcare
- Supervision Of Persons
Optional Skills
- Perform Patient Activity Analyses
- First Aid
- Kinesiology
- Develop A Rehabilitation Programme
- Work In Multidisciplinary Health Teams
- Neurology
- Record Healthcare Users' Progress Related To Treatment
- Deal With Emergency Care Situations
- Provide Health Education
- Create Individual Treatment Programmes
- Apply Health Sciences
- Mechanotherapy
- Rehabilitation
- Geriatrics
- Physical Medicine
- Orthopaedics
- Perform Occupation Analyses
- General Medicine
- Occupational Therapy Theories
- Assist In Performing Physical Exercises
- Health Care Legislation
- Human Physiology
Alternative Names
- Support Worker In Occupational Therapy
- Ot Assistant
- Ot Support Worker
- Ot Technicians
- Assistant In Occupational Therapy
- Occupational Therapy Rehabilitation Assistant
- Technician In Occupational Therapy
