Management in Occupational Therapy

by Z. B. Maslin

Overview

My aim in writing this book was to provide a guide to management for student occupational therapists and practitioners in the field. It is not intended to provide an answer to every conceivable management situation. The organization and delivery of health and social services is being subjected to relentless scrutiny and change. Hardly has one proposal been implemented before another one is introduced. In view of this, the thrust of this book is to highlight key points to be addressed when looking at the delivery of occupational therapy services. For this reason, the book starts from the viewpoint of one who is in the early stages of an occupational therapy career through to the position of having to manage the staff in an occupational therapy departmentl service. Following this plan, the book has been organized into two parts. Part One covers issues that an occupational therapist has to confront directly in any job situation. In this situation, she will need to know wh at is expected of her. Apart from knowing about the various duties, it is necessary to understand the context in which these duties are to be conducted. Hence, there are chapters that discuss professional responsibilities, self-management, standards of practice, and the structure of the two biggest employers of occupational therapists - the NHS and local authority social services departments.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780412333804
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	01/01/1991
Series:	Therapy in Practice Series , #24
Edition description:	1991
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Part 1 What is expected from an occupational therapist?: professional responsibilities and workload
self-management and the occupational therapist
standards of practice
work structures and the practice of occupational therapy. Part 2 Why management?: management in occupational therapy
planning
organizing
co-ordinating
communication in occupational therapy
personnel management.