Siyasanga Gcolotela

• Educated patients and families on strategies for daily living, increasing independence and quality of life.
• Cultivated strong relationships with clinical supervisors throughout fieldwork placements, receiving constructive feedback that led to increased competence as an emerging practitioner.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams for comprehensive patient care, improving overall health and wellbeing.
• Developed strong rapport with patients and families through empathetic communication, fostering trust and collaboration in the therapeutic process.
• Maintained accurate documentation of patient progress, supporting continuity of care among team members and facilitating goal achievement.
• Participated in ongoing professional development opportunities to stay current with best practices in occupational therapy, delivering high-quality services to patients.
• Recommended equipment to use in-home to maximize opportunities for wellness.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conducted screenings with patients
• Facilitated assessment sessions with individual patients
• Typed Functional Capacity Evaluation and Disability grant reports, recording assessment findings.
• Writing down SOAP notes after screening and assessment sessions.
• Attended staff meetings once a week.

Diagnoses:

• Pituitary Neuro-Adenoma
• Osteogenesis Imperfecta
• Lumbar Spondylosis
• Cervical Spondylosis Myelopathy
• Sensory radiculopathy
• Thoracic and Cervical fractures
• Chronic Kidney Disease
• Normocytic Anemia
• Fibromyalgia
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Tuberculosis
• Hypertension
• Diabetes
• Hand contractures
• Hypercholesterol

• Cultivated strong relationships with clinical supervisors throughout fieldwork placements, receiving constructive feedback that led to increased competence as an emerging practitioner.
• Educated patients and families on strategies for daily living, increasing independence and quality of life.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams for comprehensive patient care, improving overall health and wellbeing.
• Enhanced patient outcomes by developing personalized treatment plans tailored to individual needs and goals.
• Developed strong rapport with patients through empathetic communication, fostering trust and collaboration in the therapeutic process.
• Facilitated group therapy sessions to foster social skills development, enhancing patient interactions within the community.
• Maintained accurate documentation of patient progress, supporting continuity of care among team members and facilitating goal achievement.
• Utilized a client-centered approach when working with patients, ensuring their values and priorities were integrated into the therapeutic process.
• Conducted thorough assessments to identify occupational performance issues, leading to targeted interventions and improved function.

Key responsibilities:

• Attending ward rounds and observations
• Facilitating group treatment sessions and writing down SOAP notes after sessions
• Facilitated Life Skills, Social skills, Leisure, Exercise, Self-care, Cooking groups.
• Conducted individual and group assessment sessions
• Made use of the Model of Creative Ability as both assessment and guiding frame of reference, as well as the Psychosocial Rehabilitation frame of reference.

Diagnoses:

• Bipolar Mood Disorder Type 1 and 2
• Poly-substance Use disorder
• Substance Induced Psychotic Disorder
• Schizophrenia
• Schizo-affective disorder
• Personality Disorders

• A community fieldwork block at a non-profit organization in Khayelitsha, Cape Town.
• Collaborated with community members to identify priority social and occupational injustices that needed to be addressed.
• Used the community development approach and strategies to build strong relationships with the community.
• Cultivated strong relationships with clinical supervisors throughout fieldwork placements, receiving constructive feedback that led to increased competence as an emerging practitioner.
• Used the conscientization methods to conscientize the community about the injustices they face and be able to identify and address the root causes of the injustices.
• Captured agenda and minutes during meetings and recorded them on the folder.
• Applied critical thinking skills when addressing complex cases involving multiple factors impacting functional abilities, resulting in effective problem-solving approaches for intervention planning.
• Collaborated with the community members in developing a support group program for the grandmothers who work at the organisation, which helps them to speak about the traumas they experience in the community further improving their overall health and well-being.
• Compiled an activity analysis file for the support group programme.

Step up or Step down ward.

• Cultivated strong relationships with clinical supervisors throughout fieldwork placements, receiving constructive feedback that led to increased competence as an emerging practitioner.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams for comprehensive patient care, improving overall health and wellbeing.
• Educated patients and families on strategies for daily living, increasing independence and quality of life.
• Enhanced patient outcomes by developing personalized treatment plans tailored to individual needs and goals.
• Facilitated group therapy sessions to foster social skills development, enhancing patient interactions within the community.
• Developed strong rapport with patients and families through empathetic communication, fostering trust and collaboration in the therapeutic process.
• Applied critical thinking skills when addressing complex cases involving multiple factors impacting functional abilities, resulting in effective problem-solving approaches for intervention planning.
• Conducted thorough assessments to identify occupational performance issues, leading to targeted interventions and improved function.

Key responsibilities:

• Attending ward rounds and staff meetings
• Presenting patient cases to the multidisciplinary team
• Integrated the dual diagnosis principles and approaches in the intervention
• Facilitated substance awareness and arts and craft groups, and co-facilitated life sills and coping skills groups.
• Witting down SOAP notes after sessions
• Conducting individual and group assessments
• Compiling a 7-week groups intervention plan
• Making use of the Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Model of Creative Ability as Frames of References.

Diagnoses:

• Substance Use Disorder
• Substance Induced Psychotic Disorder
• Schizophrenia
• Schizo-affective Disorder
• Bipolar Mood Disorder
• Poly-substance Use Disorder

• Customized standard plans to meet individual abilities and needs.
• Performed assessments during treatment to determine progress according to goals.
• Evaluated patient conditions, histories, and goals.
• Performed evaluations and assessments to recommend best treatment for individual patients.
• Determined best treatment plans to meet objectives for school, work, and home life.
• Established compassionate and caring relationships with patients.
• Educated patients and families on strategies for daily living, increasing independence and quality of life.
• Cultivated strong relationships with clinical supervisors throughout fieldwork placements, receiving constructive feedback that led to increased competence as an emerging practitioner.
• Developed strong rapport with patients and families through empathetic communication, fostering trust and collaboration in the therapeutic process.
• Enhanced patient outcomes by developing personalized treatment plans tailored to individual needs and goals.
• Developed effective time management strategies to balance academic coursework, fieldwork placements, and extracurricular commitments while maintaining high levels of performance in all areas.
• Utilized a client-centered approach when working with patients, ensuring their values and priorities were integrated into the therapeutic process.
• Conducted thorough assessments to identify occupational performance issues, leading to targeted interventions and improved function.

Key responsibilities:

• Conducting St Joseph´s Special School basic skills assessment.
• Conducting individual assessments which include Good Enough (draw a person), Knox Preschool Play Scale, Progression Chart, Clinical Observation, DTVP-3.
• Making use of the Developmental Frame of reference to guide the intervention process
• Facilitating play and selfcare groups
• Writing down progress notes
• Recommended equipment to use in-home to maximize opportunities for wellness.
• Facilitating individual treatment sessions
• Setting goals for each treatment

Diagnoses:

• Mosaic Trisomy 21/ Down Syndrome
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
• Developmental delays