In this video, I talk to Ai about what it’s like to work as a rehabilitation assistant. We both speak from our experience which may vary depending on where you work. The role we had was rotational, so we ‘rotated’ and worked within different teams.

*SLT: we forgot to mention that we also helped patients with aphasia. This often involved facilitating the use of apps that help a person pronounce words, recognise words, or recognise which word matches an image of that word.

*Physio: we often used a piece of equipment called therabike. I can’t believe we forgot about this!

0:00 Intro & overview of the job
3:33 – The physio part
5:36 – The OT part
9:26 – OT, cognition and psychology
10:00 – Rehab assistant vs therapy technician (b3 vs b4)
11:30 – Highlights and challenges
15:33 – How psychology fits into the role
16:39 – What we’ve learned
20:49 – Advice for applying and interviews


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