Career Development & Leadership

Hi everyone, I hope everyone is having a lovely day,

I'm super excited about starting a new role as a new graduate in an early intervention setting, however, I am really nervous about the challenges I may face in this new role, I have started researching certain topics that may be relevant to this setting ( e.g podcast, journal articles,) and honestly, it can be quite overwhelming,

Hence, I was hoping to reach out to anyone here, if there is any specific topics that I should look into? and if there is any mentorship program that I can look into to seek further professional support, thank you!

Kind Regards, June

Today I read about Olympic athletes opening up about the relentless pressures of performing to their max and the mental health problems such as performance anxiety and depression as a result.

I don't mean to compare OTs with Olympic athletes, but I know that some OTs work in very stressful environments, are expected to deal with a huge workload, perform too long beyond healthy limits, meanwhile trying to satisfy their clients and most likely their manager too.

The question is: are you satisfied yourself? How long are you able to perform at this level? How long do you want to perform at this level? What do you need right now to stay happy and healthy? How do you prefer to work? How can you align your work with your values and life view? How can you make this happen?

Sometimes we need to step back, take a breath and be…

Dear fellow Occupational Therapists, My question is about how other Therapists use supervision? What are other people's experiences of supervision and how did you use it in your clinical area? What made it 'work' for you and what has made it truly awful for you? How do others navigate having to relate to the same supervisor as both a clinical mentor and also as a line manager? Does this mixture work or is it inheritently flawed? I hope to hear from you soon. With thanks.