• 17-years’ experience working in rehabilitation; 10 years inpatient and 7 years community and outpatient
• As Assistant Practitioner I worked in a highly skilled setting, autonomously setting goals, implementing treatment / monitoring progress with occupational therapists.
• Experience in TBI, Orthopaedics and discharge planning

Key Expertise Areas

• Tone and spasticity management/splinting
• Hand therapy linked to function
• Sensory rehabilitation
• Upper limb function rehabilitation
• Fatigue and life skills management including; pacing, budgeting, and sleep hygiene
• Cognitive rehab i.e. errorless learning, problem solving, use of functional outcome measures, compensatory/restorative techniques etc.
• Moving and handling skills with a wide range of equipment and extensive experience in hands on therapy techniques such as Bobath.
• Independent living and life skills such as graded independent living trials
• Social inclusion, community integration and access to hobbies

Education

Foundation Degree FdA Health and Social Care (2012) Manchester Metropolitan University

Postural Awareness Course (2016)

Diploma in Body Massage (2018) Orchard Academy, Manchester

Postural Stability Instructor (2016) Later Life Training

Career Summary

Assistant Practitioner, Rehabilitate Therapy Ltd (ongoing)

Assistant Practitioner, Community Neuro Rehabilitation Team, Trafford (7 years)

Patient Support Worker, The Stroke Unit, Trafford General Hospital (10 years)