“There’s a belief that Occupational Therapists can work anywhere, but actually the doors are kind of closed and how we can kind of navigate that” “Where people are in their careers, wobbly careers outside of healthcare, portfolio careers” “Change in in careers for occupational therapy – broadening our understanding of what is successful occupational therapy career looks like” “ better awareness of career paths and people’s experiences/journey/roles to broaden thinking around professional development” “Case studies of career journeys” “Knowledge of options – increasing awareness of what options exist” “Confidence to know that a career can cross many disciplines and areas of expertise but our core occupational therapy skills are the key element” “OT land and what exists in OT land for the OTs who want to progress their careers” “more stories of different career paths including non-occupational therapy roles” “inspiring and raising the awareness of being able to be more as an OT” “Knowledge of what is out there” “flexibility to think outside of the box” “Confidence to know that a career can cross many disciplines and areas of expertise but our core occupational therapy skills are the key element”
Areas for Occupational Therapists to work identified from the EACHOT community (2 minute read) here
