Hi, I was wondering if you were able to give any advice or information for OTs from the UK wanting to work in countries such as Australia, Canada or New Zealand? Any guidance would be great, thanks!
p.s love this new OT hub, great idea and wish it all the success!
Hi Christopher, the CAOT website provides advice on how internationally educated OTs (IEOTs ) can get registered for practice in Canada (through the SEAS process) It is quite a lengthy and expensive process, although they are aiming to get the length of time down to around 6mths (not sure they will manage that). There are different requirements for different provinces but CAOT should be your first stop for guidance.
Christopher - We have shared your question on our Facebook page and on OT4OT. I've requested to admins you become a member of the latter - there's always a good response on there too. Keep an eye on the Hub FB page and OT4OT for responses, as well as helpful comments like Joaquin's, here.
Jamie
Hub Founder/Director
Thank you Joaquin, for getting in touch and helping Christopher!
Hi Christopher,
The following websites would probably be helpful in answering any questions you may have about practicing as an OT in Australia:
1.https://www.ahpra.gov.au/occupational-therapy
2.http://otcouncil.com.au
3. https://www.otaus.com.au
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Joaquin B.
Hi there Christopher!
Thanks for joining us, for engaging with the community in our forum - and for your kind words about the Hub!
Since the Q&A Forum has only fairly recently become more visible on our website, response rates from the community may be slow for now. We think you have a very valid, interesting question - so will therefore pose this to our social media followers. We'll just mention your first name, for the sake of confidentiality. We usually get fairly strong response rates on Facebook/Twitter, so we'll be in touch/tag you when we get some answers for you!
Is there anything specifically you'd really like to know? Such as popular settings/specialisms, work culture, pay, ease of application for foreign OT jobs?
Warm regards
The OT Hub Team
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