Occupational Therapy My Career as

Occupational Therapy My career as an occupational therapist began when I took a position as a rehab coach for disabled adults. I basically performed job shadow duties, and acted as a communication tool for the clients with employers. I worked individually with clients to help them understand their duties and the expectations of employers so that both parties where satisfied with performance.

I staid with clients for the first week or more of employment, as needed to make sure they met the job requirements and shadowed each client as needed after that point performing monthly and then quarterly evaluations to make sure that the job match was effective and to make sure that if job requirements had changed that new tasks were being added to the clients job task list and were being communicated and completed successfully by the client.

I also acted as a first point of contact if a client and an employer needed additional communication time or if an employer needed to better express job roles. I was overseen by an occupational therapist and received constant interjection by the occupational therapist when needed as well as having quarterly meetings with them regarding the constant or changing status of clients.

I began to better understand the role as I worked with three different occupational therapists which began my desire to reach the goal of becoming an occupational therapist myself. I had a bachelors degree in an unrelated field but was able to advance my goal by returning to school and achieving a masters degree in occupational therapy.

Achieving a masters degree was difficult for me as it had been many years since I was in school and I had to wisely use many points of advice offered by the occupational therapist I worked most closely with to help me achieve this transition in my life. My time with my family and clients was limited by my goal but I still managed to complete the program successfully. I received my licensure after successfully completing my degree and successfully completing the national certification exam.

Success was bitter sweet as I learned once licensed that there were no additional positions with my agency for occupational therapists and had to move on to another agency to obtain employment. When I did so I had to leave my clients behind. I had worked with some of my clients for longer than two years and I considered many to be my friends. I left my position as a rehab coach in good standing and asked that they keep me in mind for any future occupational therapist positions.

Some of the most difficult situations I have encountered as an occupational therapist and in the past as a rehab coach have been associated with unreasonable expectations. In some cases employers seek to employ clients served simply because of the benefits of the service, as a portion of the employees pay is provided by the state and therefore the employer has only limited expenditure. My perception is that employers don't always understand the limitations of such an employee and there do not effectively communicate their roles.

The most difficult of these situations is.