INSTOPP MENTORSHIP: Recommending reasonable accommodations for working clients: What OT’s should know.

Please note:

• Bookings for this event closes Thursday PRIOR to the Friday, at 16h00
• No late bookings can be accommodated
• Zoom links will be sent the evening before by 19h00 (always check Junk mail folder in case it lands in there)
• The contact person for Mentorship sessions: Chantelle Stander | [email protected] | +27 71 890 6361

Join INSTOPP and Lyndsey Swart on a Mentorship session focused on Recommending reasonable accommodations for working clients: What OTs should know.

This mentorship session will help answer the following questions for attendees:

·        What is “reasonable accommodation” (RA) and does my client qualify to receive RA?

·        Is the employer obliged to provide RA and are there any limitations on this duty?

·        How does RA fit in with workplace safety?

·        Is there a basic process for RA that I could follow?

This session will introduce healthcare practitioners to the statutory provisions around RA and how these can be effectively harnessed to help individuals with disability work productively in the open labour market. Following the session, you should be able to make more confident recommendations for RA for your clients, and effectively facilitate RA negotiations with employers. 

• Date: 23 June 2023
• Time: 08:00-09:00
• Platform: Zoom

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Note: The event link will only be released to attendees the afternoon before the event.

Who should attend:

Occupational Therapists and any other healthcare practitioners who operate in the workplace or who need to consider return-to-work issues facing their patients/ clients.

About the presenter:

Lyndsey obtained a B.Sc (occupational therapy) from Wits University in 1985 and a M.Occ.Ther. from the University of the Free State in 1995. She also holds the Post Graduate Diploma in Vocational Rehabilitation from the University of Pretoria (cum laude) and certificates in Advanced Labour Law (UNISA) and Occupational Health and Safety (UCT). She is currently enrolled for her PhD at the University of Pretoria. Lyndsey serves as a session lecturer on the Post Graduate Diploma in Vocational Rehabilitation at the University of Pretoria. Her subjects include labour law (as applied to incapacity and disability), occupational health and safety, ergonomics and report writing. She also presents one and two-day workshops on these subjects for The Skills Basket, a private company offering training for healthcare professionals. She holds certifications in the ErgoScience and Joule methods of functional capacity evaluation, and is a graduate member of the South African Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (Saiosh).

Lyndsey has a keen interest in the legal aspect of disability in the workplace, and sat on the drafting team of the Employment Equity Act’s Code of Good Practice on the Employment of Persons with Disabilities. She is a regular speaker on disability equity and the legal aspects of workplace disability management at professional workshops, seminars and CPD meetings. She is frequently consulted by colleagues, employers, persons with disabilities and occupational health professionals for advice on managing disability in the workplace. She has provided expert testimony at workplace disciplinary tribunals and at the CCMA.

In addition to her academic and teaching activities, Lyndsey offers a range of vocational rehabilitation and expert witness services through her private practice, which she started in 1998. Her clients have included both large and small employers in a wide range of industries, insurance companies, attorneys and persons with disabilities.