OT happy to share experience of working in UK / New Zealand / Vietnam

dannz

I'm a UK trained OT, who now lives & works in New Zealand and has worked / volunteered in OT roles in Romania & Vietnam. I've also traveled and visited OT schools in Argentine, Colombia and Chile. I have a number of blogs which share these experiences and am always happy to share knowledge to help others who may be interested to do the same.

MiaPearn

dannz Hello! I would love to chat to you in regards to your work as an OT in Vietnam!
What would be the best way of connecting you?
Thank you in advance!

Manon

dannz
Hello dannz,
I'm not sure if you're still active here, but I'm interested in hearing about your experience in working as an OT in New Zealand.
I'm a German trained OT with a B.Sc., interested in a "working Travel" in New Zealand to make some new experiences.
Do you have any informations how it could be possible, working as an OT in New Zealand while the working travel and if I'm sufficiently qualified with the bachelor degree?

Thank you in advance and kind regards,
Manon 🙂

kzambraski

Hello Dannz, I am very intersted in hearing more about your professional experiences in South America. I am a registered occupational therapist and plan to travel the world, beginning in Colombia 1/1/19 and hope to get involved!

kzambraski

New Zealand and Vietnam are also on the list of destinations so any information regarding potential employment or volunteer opportunities in those areas would also be greatly appreciated. I look forward to connecting with you.

sdotpryt

Hi danzz,
I am also interested in hearing about your experience, as I myself have traveled in New Zealand (prior to becoming an OT). I am currently completing my OTD and for a class am required to reach out to an OT working / living abroad and ask a few questions. If you wouldn't mind engaging in that conversation with me via email, mine is sarah.pultorak@wisc.edu.

Hope to hear from you!
Sarah

dammondc

Hi - I'm a US-trained OT with almost 2 years of experience and am moving to the South Island (not sure where yet) in a month - I would love to connect with you via email to learn more about OT in NZ. I'm going to apply for registration soon however want to experience NZ before working in OT since the cultural component is important to learn about first.

Thanks,
Celine
celine.dammond@gmail.com

Lala

dammondc
Hi! My name is Myra.this is my dream! Can you tell me how did you do this and what company did you use for you to work In these setting ?

SherylC

Hi,

I'm a UK OT working in adult mental health rehab. I've been qualified nearly 6 months and am hoping to find a way to move back to N.Z as an OT (I lived there for a year 10 years ago on a working-holiday).

If you any advice or news of your experience securing a job out there I'd love to hear about it.

"The reason that people give up so fast is because they tend to look at how far they still have to go, instead of how far they have come.”

All good wishes

Sheryl

wframe

Hello Danz, I am a pediatric OT with 20 years experience. I am interested in branching out to provide consultative OT services in developing countries that may not have the availability of OT's in their country. Do you know of any organizations that may need this level of service? Thank you.

OTCanada

Hi there,

I'm a Canadian trained OT practicing in mental health. I would love to hear about your experience in Vietnam. I am hoping to explore opportunities for NGO/volunteer work there (or other countries in the region). Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

Lala

Can you email me pls? I’d love to hear your experiences.velmontemyra@gmail.com.
I hope to hear from you .Thanks