CURRICULUM VITAE Carien Sabey Occupational Therapist Tel: 07500199479 Email: carien@steppingstones-ot.co.uk Address: Newark Steading, Crocketford, Dumfries, DG2 8QT PROFILE I have 10 years post graduate experience (Graduated from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, 2006). I ve completed various post-graduate courses to improve my knowledge and skills. I m currently in the process of completing my Sensory Integration Advanced Practitioners course which is counting towards my Masters degree (Ulster University). In 2006 I presented a research study on the prevalence of depression in 17 year olds at the POTS Symposium in South Africa. From 2007 2008 I worked in South Africa in a rural community with adults and children with various conditions and difficulties. With limited resources, it greatly improved my ability to improvise and be creative. In 2008 I started working in the UK. I worked with adults in an acute setting and within their homes, providing rehabilitation, moving and handling solutions, and home adaptations and aids. I also worked within a vocational rehabilitation setting. In 2008 I started working in Bury St Edmunds as a paediatric Occupational Therapist (OT) and continued in this capacity when I moved to Dumfries, Scotland in 2010. I ve since 2010 worked with both children and adults, both in an acute setting and at home. I have work experience in both the NHS and Private sector. In my role as an Occupational Therapist I ve provided intervention, advice, and training; and advocated for those I represent. I ve delegated work and provided supervision and training to junior staff as well as students on practical placements. A combination of clinical skills, experience and compassion enables me to provide a service that is unique to each individual, allowing the child, young person, or adult to address those difficulties or areas that are important to them. In the therapy I provide, there is a strong emphasis on working both with children and the significant adults in their lives to foster an environment that will optimize learning, growth and development. AREAS AND CONDITIONS WORKED WORKED WITH WITH ADULTS: Neurological conditions, Traumatic Brain Injuries, Elderly, Falls prevention, Home access visits, Stroke rehabilitation, Orthopaedic conditions such as knee and hip replacements, Respiratory conditions, Other medical conditions and surgical procedures, Spinal injuries, Dementia and Alzheimers, Mental health, Cognitive impairments, Rheumatology and Osteo-Arthritis CHILDREN: Fine motor skills, Gross motor skills, Balance and Co-ordination, Dexterity and hand writing difficulties, Cognitive difficulties, Visual Perception, Planning and Execution, Behavioural difficulties, Self-care tasks such as feeding and dressing, Sensory Integration difficulties, Developmental delay, Autism Spectrum
Disorders, Cerebral Palsy, Down's syndrome, Acquired Brain Injuries, Hand therapy, Premature babies, degenerative conditions. EXPERIENCE Occupational Therapist Stepping Stones Occupational Therapy Limtied (2013 - Present) Providing Occupational Therapy to babies, adults and children with various conditions and difficulties. Working with other professionals as part of a multi-disciplinary team, and also individually in various environments, including homes and schools. My role includes assessment, intervention, advice, training and advocacy. Paediatric conditions include Cerebral Palsy, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Spina Bifida, Muscular Dystrophy, Developmental delay, fine and gross motor difficulties, sensory integration difficulties, Dyspraxia, and premature babies. Occupational Therapist, Band 6 Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary (2013-2014) -To provide the necessary skills and expertise to ensure high quality, effective occupational therapy for patients with neurological impairments, orthopaedic conditions, elderly, surgical needs, in palliative care and respiratory dysfunction. - To manage a defined caseload, using evidence based/patient-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate occupational therapy interventions. - Provide access visits where indicated to allow successful discharge. Specialist Children s Occupational Therapist, Band 6 Child Development Centre, Dumfries (2011-2012) -Plan, co-ordinate, deliver and evaluate a high quality specialist paediatric occupational therapy service in Dumfries and Galloway. - To participate in the development of the service and ensure best practice in partnership with colleagues in children s services. - Manage a highly specialist paediatric occupational therapy service including assessment, diagnosis, and advice for professionals and parents for children (0-18 years) referred to the Women and Children s Therapy Service. - Working as a lone practitioner in the community and domiciliary settings. - Work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary / agency teams to provide a coordinated and integrated approach to patient care, e.g. health education, social services, voluntary sector, families. Specialist Children s Occupational Therapist, Band 6 Child Development Centre, Bury St Edmunds (2008-2010) Based at a child development centre, including school and home visits, delivering a client-centred, holistic service to children aged 0 18 years of age - Working alongside other professionals as part of a multi-disciplinary team. - Providing group therapy, as part of a multi-disciplinary team to children with moderate to severe disabilities. - Responsible for a caseload in an allocated geographical area, Including assessment and intervention at main stream schools and homes. - Providing an OT service at a special school for children with moderate disabilities.
- Assessment and recommendations for children seen at the developmental coordination difficulties clinic. - Caseload includes Cerebral Palsy, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Spina Bifida, Muscular Dystrophy, Global Developmental Delay, Learning disabilities, ADHD, movement disorders such as Dyspraxia and various syndromes. - Attending meetings, liaising with other professionals, writing of reports, completion of other administrative tasks. - Educating and providing advice and support to parents, teachers, learner assistants and therapy assistants. Occupational Therapist, Vocational Rehabilitation, Locum Papworth Trust (2009-2009) - Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a vocational rehabilitation setting. The programme consists of a planning phase, a residential phase and an outreach phase. - Applying a holistic client-centred approach in order to overcome barriers an individual faces as a result of injury, illness or impairment when accessing or returning to purposeful activity, work and employment. - Responsible for allocating suitable accommodation and ensuring clients have appropriate aids and adaptations to enable them to function as independently as possible. - Assessment of clients needs regarding their functional ability, tolerance to work and condition or disability. - Vocational and functional assessments, making use of standardised and non-standardised assessment tools as well as observation of functional tasks. Work task analysis and work place assessment to assess the physical, psychological and interpersonal demands of a job, the environment. Advice, recommendations, work modification. Occupational Therapist, Band 6 South City Cambridge Adult Team (2009-2009) - Working in a community setting (in clients homes, using a client-centred, holistic approach to identify an individual s needs, maximise his/her independence and enable him/her to be as independent as possible and to function in his/her environment with the necessary support, equipment and resources. Address all areas of life, including personal and domestic activities of daily living, leisure, and socialisation - Responsible for caseloads involving stroke and other neurological conditions, orthopaedic conditions, elderly, rheumatology and osteo-arthritis, cognitive and perceptual deficits, upper limb injuries and conditions - Delegating tasks to OT support staff and others - Screening clients to identify appropriate referrals for OT intervention, carry out necessary assessments, formulate and implementing intervention plan, and continuously evaluating effectiveness of intervention plan, adjusting it where needed - Risk assessments prior to home visits to assist in care and wellbeing of the client Occupational Therapist, Band 5 Brookfield Hospital, Cambridge (2008-2008) Working in an intermediate rehabilitative hospital setting, using a client centred, holistic approach to identify an individual s needs, maximise his/her independence and enable him/her to return to his/her own environment or a suitable alternative, if own environment is not possible, with the necessary support, equipment and resources. Address all areas of life, including personal and domestic activities of daily living, leisure, and socialisation. - Case load includes stroke and other neurological conditions, orthopaedic conditions, elderly, rheumatology and osteo-arthritis, cognitive and perceptual deficits, hand therapy, group therapy, upper limb injuries and conditions. - Delegating tasks to OT support staff and others
- Home or access visits, risk assessments, discharge planning and discharges. - Develop and expand existing services and explore and introduce new services or techniques where applicable or needed. - Attending meetings and case conferences, reporting on clients progress and communicating in a clientcentred manner with clients, relatives and carers. Community Occupational Therapist Tswane Region C, South Africa (2006-2007) Work in community-based out patient clinics, at clients homes, rehabilitation and care centres, care homes for the elderly, and schools. - Clients from all fields of Occupational Therapy are treated, including: o Physical field: Rumatoid-, Osteo- and Juvenile Arthritis, Spinal cord injuries, Burns, Peripheral nerve injuries, Hand injuries, Cerebro-vascular accidents, Traumatic brain injuries, Parkinson s disease, Polio, Back pain, Neuropathy, HIV(AIDS) o Psychiatric field: Depressive disorders, Anxiety disorders, Schizophrenia, Cognitive impairments, Dementia, Substance abuse and dependency o Paediatric field: Cerebral palsy, Developmental delays including those as a result of premature birth, Down s syndrome, Mental retardation, Spina Bifida - Treatment is given individually, in small groups and large groups. - Provide support and education to the community as well as creating awareness. - OT programs are, therapeutic, preventative, promotive, educative, rehabilitative and remedial. - Emphasis is placed on community growth and upliftment. - The community as well as non-governmental organizations placed in the community, are involved in projects. - Rights of persons with disabilities advocated. Professional PROFESSIONAL Qualifications QUALIFICATIONS 2006 University of Pretoria, South Africa, Bachelors of Occupational Therapy 2007 3M, Soft Cast Splinting 2007 Neuro Network, Gauteng, Autism Workshop 2007 Shonaquip, Paediatric Seating 2007 CE Mobility, Wheelchair Prescription 2008 Cambridge, Assistive Technology Workshop 2009 Makaton, Makaton Training, Level 1 2010 Symmetrikit, 24 Hour Postural Management 2010 Bobath, Bobath Introductory Course 2011 Bayleys, Bayleys Assessment for infants and toddlers 2013 Greenspan Floortime/DIR, The Greenspan Floortime Approach Professional Course 2014 Sensory Integration Network/ Ulster University, Sensory Integration 1 2015 Sensory Integration Network/ Ulster University, Sensory Integration 2/3
2016/ 2017 Sensory Integration Network/ Ulster University, Sensory Integration 4 Advance practitioner (in the process of completing) 2017 Sensory Integration Network, Complex Trauma in Children Professional PROFESSIONAL Registrations REGISTRATIONS Health & Care Professionals Council (HCPC) Registration number: OT53002 British Association of Occupational Therapists (BAOT) Registration number: BT0250061 Professional PROFESSIONAL Memberships MEMBERSHIPS COTSS-IP (Independent Practice) COTSS-CYP (Children and Young People) Sensory Integration Network References REFERENCES Mrs Roelien Kahn, Advanced Children s Occupational Therapist SENSI Email: roelienkahn@gmail.com Contact nr: 07568545649 Mrs Lorna Carr, Head of OT Profession Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary Email: lorna.carr2@nhs.net Contact nr: 01387 241427