Shehnaz Munshi
49 b Maygrove Road West Hampstead
NW6 2EE
Mobile: 07556042802
Land line: 02076044410
Date of Birth: 10/03/1984
E-mail: shehnazm1@gmail.com
TERTIARY EDUCATION
University of The Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (full-time student from
2001 until 2004), completed full 4 year BSc (Occupational Therapy) course.
Graduated with BSc (Occupational Therapy) Honours degree on 1 December 2005
Achievements
• Elected as Chairperson – Occupational Therapy Students Council (2004)
• Represented WITS University at an international conference OT Conference
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
 Registered Member of the Health Professions Council of the United Kingdom
(OT50487, valid from 01 November 2007 – 31 October 2009)
 Registered Member of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (OT0065579)
from 1 April 2006 - Present
 Registered Member of the Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa (OTASA)
from 2005- Present
CRB
Date of issue: 06 July 2009
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
2010
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Championing Autism Skill Sharing Day – Friday 15th January 2010
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SCIP-R (Strategies for crisis intervention and prevention – Revised). This
training was completed with specific reference to working with children with
challenging behaviours, autism and attention deficit disorder – November 2009
Sensory issues Training (2009)
Mandatory training, 1 day – August 2009, Osmosis Training
Manual Handling, Basic Life Support – August 2009, Osmosis Training
Paediatric – child and infant CPR course – September 2009- Bart’s Training
Online Training includes:
Anyone may be at Risk of Abuse, Caldicott, Child protection, Complaint,
COSHH, F actors affecting Abuse, Factors Affecting Social Norms and Values,
2009
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Fire, Health and Safety, Infection control, Intro to Pova, Legislation,
Loneworker, Observing Monitoring and Reporting, Perception Of Abuse,
Policies and Procedures, Professional Approach to abuse, Riddor/ Risk Incident
Reporting, Roles and Boundaries, Roles/Responsibilties/Boundaries of
Others, Sources of Support, Understand Types of Abuse, Understanding the
Effects of Abuse, Violence and aggression
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INSTOPP – Institute for Occupational Therapists in Private Practise - Practice
management course (May 2009)
South African Institute for Sensory Integration: Sensory Integration Theory
Course. (March 2009)
Southern Gauteng Group Forum: Return to work following neurological,
physical and orthopaedic trauma (March 2009)
Leadership through Art: Workshop hosted by Studio Collective, run by Marline
de la Rive Box (Physiotherapist and Art Therapist), Marlies te Witt (Music
Therapist), Gre Terpstra (Art Therapist) (January 2009)
2008:
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Crescent Clinic: Eating Disorder Outpatient Clinic lecture and launch (February
2009)
Sensory Integration and Self Regulation: Examining The evidence and
applications: By Susanne Smith Roley M.S.Otrl/L,Faot (2008)
Attendance of POTs monthly meeting (2008)
OTASA Kwazulu Natal Branch: The Wall of Development by Annemarie van
Jaarsveld (August 2008)
Visual Impairment Workshop (2008)
Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Support Group: The benefit of music to the
ADHD child (Be Sharp Beetles) (2008)
The Client Centered Occupational Group Therapy Workshop Hosted by the
Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa at Weskoppies Hospital,
Pretoria (2008)
2007:
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2006:
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Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Support Group: ‘ADDing to Success’, a
workshop about adults with ADHD
Talent Management Workshop: by Fasset Management (2007)
The South African Society of Hand Therapists workshop: Hand Therapy
workshop by Wim Brandsma (2006)
Viva Buggy and seating workshop for children with Cerebral Palsy (2006)
Attended monthly departmental, paramedical and orthopaedic education and
trainings workshops covering various topics including discipline specific, health
and safety, and infection control (2006)
2004:
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Represented WITS University at an international conference run by the
Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa (2003)
2001:
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College Campus: January 2001
Qualification: Microsoft word, Microsoft Excel, Internet
St John Ambulance January 2001
Qualifications: First Aid level 1 (Manual Handling, Basic Life Support)
COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTEER WORK
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Volunteer Occupational Therapist at an Islamic Religious School (Madressa
IHSAAN) for children and adults with varying degrees of disability including
head injuries, Cerebral Palsy, and Down syndrome (September 2007- present)
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
(1/04/2010 to 16/07/2010 Travelling within UK, Spain, France, Belgium, and visit
family in South Africa)
NHS Newham and Community Health and care services: Child Development Centre
at West Ham Lane Clinic
Position Held: Senior 1 Locum Paediatric Occupational Therapist
Period: 4 January 2010 – 31 March 2010
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Clinical Areas Covered:
 Varied Caseload of children aged 0-16 years. This includes children with
learning disabilities, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Global Developmental
Delay, Neurological Impairments, ADHD, sensory-perceptual-cognitive
dysfunction.
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Skills acquired
 Clinical, administrative, report writing, groups, Interdisciplinary team
work, Multi- Disciplinary Team work
 Considering the cultural diversity of Newham where members of the
community come from a rich variety of ethnic, religious and linguistic
backgrounds
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Key Tasks:
 Individual therapy (Consisting of 4-6 sessions over a 6 week block.
Providing a detailed therapeutic program and report to the family,
school and MDT)
 Group therapy (groups include movement, hand skills, hemiplegia,
learning disabilities, sensory integration)
 Assessment Tools: Clinical Observation Assessment (Ayers),
Developmental Test of Visual Perception, Visual Motor Integration,
Test of Visual Perceptual Skills, Hawaii Early Learning Profile, Wits
Developmental Milestone Assessment, Write from Start Program, Speed
up Program, sensory profile assessment
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Intervention strategies include Personal Care Assessment (Feeding,
toileting, bathing, grooming), Gross and fine motor skills, Play skills,
Behaviour strategies, sensory integration, communication
Assessment and referral to seating clinic in order to provide seating for
school and home use
Referrals to splinting clinic
Regular Liaison and joint intervention sessions with members of the
multi-disciplinary team.
Providing child and family centred service
Rendering therapeutic advice and intervention in schools, nursery, health
centre, and home visit.
Kestrel House School (Part of the Eagle House Group of Schools – an independent
day school), Crouch Hill (3 days a week)
Hatton School (Borough of Redbridge) – awarded best Autistic School in England
(2009) (2 days a week)
Position Held: Senior 1 Locum
Period: 18 October 2009 – 19 December 2009
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Clinical Areas Covered:
 Children aged 4 to 16 years who hold Statements of Special Educational
Needs for Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD's) and associated social
and communication difficulties
 The children present with diverse learning, developmental and physical
needs (including challenging behaviour)
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Skills acquired
 Classroom intervention strategies, developing care packages, teacher and
teacher assistant training, clinical skills including assessment, and
intervention of children with ASD, group running, advisory, classroom
adaptations, conflict management
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Key tasks:
 Selecting and applying relevant occupational therapy assessments when
working on a one to one basis with students to identify deficits in the
areas of self-maintenance, productivity and leisure
 Conducting classroom observations and assessments to identify areas
that create a negative impact or a barrier to the effectiveness of the
learning environment.
 Working with children (in school) and the team (including families) to
identify occupational therapy goals and formulate treatment plans using
evidence based practice
 Working with the classroom team to identify classroom strategies,
groups, adaptations and interventions strategies that can be applied
 Identifying the appropriate treatment approach to apply to specific
situations within the frame of reference and context of the school
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Monitoring, evaluating and modifying existing treatment therapy
programmes in order to ensure that they remain effective
Informal staff training on sensory integration, strategies that can be
implemented in the classroom and other areas of occupational therapy
intervention
Working collaboratively with staff teams across the school - including
Psychologists, Speech and Language Therapist, Education and
Administration
Working within and contributing to the clinical teams (education and on
a multi disciplinary basis). This was to ensure a well coordinated care
plan is in place for each student.
Assisting with the management of challenging behaviours within the
school
Report writing
Developing care protocols for specific clinical issues (this included
sensory diets, specific equipment)
Monitoring stock levels and ordering new equipment as necessary
(16/09/2009 to 18/10/2009 Travelled within England)
Evelina Children’s Hospital (Guys and St Thomas Trust), Westminster, London
Position Held: Senior 1 Locum
Period Worked: 03 September 2009 until 16 September 2009
Clinical Areas Covered: Orthopaedic ward, Paediatric ICU, Neurology Ward
Duties and responsibilities include:
 Children were referred to OT from orthopaedic pre assessment clinic, inpatient
admission as well as surgery lists.
 Attending orthopaedic Pre-Assessment Clinic with the multidisciplinary team to
establish pre-op functioning of the patient, discuss the plan for admission
considering the patients weight bearing status and hoist transfer needs.
 Equipment needs were determined based on the patient’s diagnosis, post op transfer
needs as well as the home environment. Transfer methods were practised if required
 Assessing wheelchair requirements needed at home once the patient is discharged
 Ensure that ongoing outpatient care is in arranged.
 Assisted in the safe discharge and community referral of a patient with Gullaine
Barre Syndrome
 Using splinting principles to make a functional resting hand splint for an infant with
severe joint deformities.
 Working in Paediatric intensive care unit, using sensory stimulation and functional
developmental principle to promote the developmental milestones of a variety of
children with developmental delay.
 Administration including SOAP notes and reports.
(06/08/2009 to 03/09/2009 Moved to the United Kingdom, and travelled within
London)
Job title: Occupational Therapist in the field of paediatrics
Dates: 01/01/2007 – 05/08/2009
Employer: Self Employed, working alongside the Child Support Centre
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Conditions seen:
 Children with learning disabilities, ADHD, sensory-perceptual-cognitive
dysfunction, dyslexia, emotional problems and developmental milestone
delay.
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Skills acquired
 Clinical, practice management, financial and administration skills, group
running skills, teaching skills
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Key tasks:
 Clinical skills
 Implementation of the OT process
 Conducting standardized assessments including: GoodenoughHarris Drawing Test, The Developmental Test of Visual
Perception- 2, Clinical Observations of Neuromuscular Control,
Test of Visual Perception Skills, Developmental test of VisualMotor Integration
 Utilizing a therapeutic, compensatory and rehabilitation frame of
reference to guide long and short term planning
 Developing comprehensive individualized treatment programs
for each client
 Using individual and group therapy as a therapeutic medium
 Compiling detailed professional reports
 Compiling home programs for individual use
 Managing and monitoring the progress made by the child and
the implementation of the home program
 Managing the discharge plan
 Monitoring the progress of the child post discharge
 Liaising with the relevant professionals on a regular basis as part of the
holistic management of each client. They include teachers, speech and
language therapists, paediatrician, child psychiatrists, educational
psychologists, remedial teachers, dieticians, social worker and parents
 Educating parents, teachers and other professions about the role of OT
and the therapeutic program that is implemented for each child
 Management
 Practice management: to ensure that the daily running of the
practice is efficient and of a professional and high standard
 Management of finances
 Business management
 Organizational skills
 Leadership skills
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Being a consultant for the school as well as community members
Team work
Job title: Junior Occupational Therapist (Compulsory government work for a year)
Dates: 01/01/2006 -- 31/12/2006
Employer: Stanger Hospital (500 bed hospital)
Sumdumbile Community health Care Clinic
Ndwedwe Community health Care Clinic
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Clinical Areas of Work:
 Paediatrics: Neurological, Delayed Milestones, Nutritional Deficiencies
 Neurological: Stroke, Head Injury, Multiple Sclerosis, spinal cord injury
 General Medical
 Surgical: Burns, Trauma
 Hand therapy, splinting, nerve palsy
 Orthopaedics: fractures, spinal cord injuries, all trauma, elective surgery
(total hip replacements), amputees
 Intensive Care Unit
 HIV related degenerative conditions
 Psychiatry
 Projects initiated: Paediatric stimulation project, group work, spinal cord
rehabilitation committee
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Skills acquired
 Clinical, management, community and teaching skills, administration,
splinting, report writing, leader
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Key tasks:
 Department managed by myself and a junior OT where
management and clinical duties were equally shared and rotated
between the hospital and 2 community health care clinics
 Assessment and treatment planning of patients with various conditions,
using various treatment approaches
 Hospital wards (acute approach)
 Outpatients (long term rehabilitation approach)
 Rural, primary health care clinics (community based
rehabilitation approach)
 Utilizing both group and individual treatment strategies. The nature
of treatment programs include the planning of daily home exercise
programs, multi-disciplinary treatments, stimulation, health promotion,
and prevention, caregiver support and recommendations, report writing
 Attending the orthopedic departments’ twice weekly multi-disciplinary
grand ward-rounds in order to provide input on the role and treatment
plan of the occupational therapist
 Administrative duties required for the daily running of the department
 Compilation of stats
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Maintaining accurate written records and comprehensive progress and
discharge reports as required
Working in a multidisciplinary team including social worker,
physiotherapist, dietician, psychologist, speech therapist, audiologist
Attendance of management meetings including infection control,
health and safety meeting, cash flow, paramedical meetings and Human
Resource Development meetings
Development of policies and procedures to guide the running of the
department, as well as conducting clinical audits to ensure the
implementation of these policies
Development of quality improvement programs to improve the
standard, efficiency and quality of the service at the hospital
In-service to other hospital staff regarding the role of occupational
therapy
Attended and contributed at regular District, Regional and Provincial
Occupational Therapy Forum meetings.
Helped with the planning of hospital and clinic events, e.g. Christmas/
Farewell parties, Cerebral Palsy week, Community awareness Days
Assisted with marketing of OT services within the hospital
Management of the rehabilitation department of 2 primary health care
clinics:
 Running and administration of the Cerebral Palsy and
Developmental Delay clinics. Ensuring that the services are
advertised, accessible and of benefit to the community
 Administrative duties required for the running of the clinics
 Ongoing management and training of the Community
Rehabilitation Workers at the clinic to ensure sustainability of
the rehabilitation services within the community
 Providing education for the community around topic of health
promotion, disease prevention, and rehabilitation
 Ensuring that assistive devices are administered effectively to
patients (splints, wheelchairs, crutches, bandages)
 Ensuring that patients that require hospitalization are
transported to Stanger hospital
 Replenishing resources that are needed for effective running of
the clinics.
 Liaising with the management of the clinic to ensure that they
understand when therapists are available, the protocol for
treatment and scope of practice within the clinics
Neurological Conditions (Female and male medical ward)
 Conditions arising from illness or injury
 Treatment using Reed, Bobath, NDT approach to therapy
 Parkinson’s Disease: Acute inpatient treatment
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Stroke: Weekly exercise groups, Daily acute inpatient treatment,
rehabilitation outpatient treatment, assistive devices, home visits,
family advice, exercise programs
Traumatic brain injury
Multiple sclerosis
Spinal cord injury : Rehabilitation
Neuromuscular conditions
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Hand Therapy (inpatient and outpatient treatment)
 Manufactured splints for nerve injuries, tendon injuries, trauma,
shoulder injuries, drop foot, complex regional pain
 Manufactured pressure garments
 Recommending assistive devices
 Scar treatment
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Vocational Rehabilitation (outpatient assessment case load)
 Conducting functional assessments and work assessments for
patients requiring disability grants as well as care dependency
grants
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Paediatrics (paediatric ward, neonatal ICU, burns, inpatient,
outpatient)
 Conducting formal assessments, standardized testing, simulated
tasks in all occupational performance areas, observation,
interview, groups and informal assessments Formal assessments
include:
 Goodenough-Harris Drawing Test, The Developmental Test of
Visual Perception- 2, Clinical Observations of Neuromuscular
Control, Test of Visual Perception Skills, Developmental test of
Visual-Motor integration
 Setting up and running of 2 monthly paediatric support groups.
Groups run by speech therapists, physiotherapists and
occupational therapists
 Cerebral Palsy Clinic: includes Cerebral Palsy, microcephalus,
hydrocephalus, down syndrome, spinae bifida
 Developmental Delay Clinic: Malnutrition, sensory stimulation
and generalized developmental delay
 Duties of the clinics described above include: multidisciplinary
(physiotherapy, speech therapy)treatment of the main problem
concerning the child, plotting developmental charts, providing
the necessary assistive devices, organizing for professionals to
address the caregivers (dietician, psychologist), providing
information regarding grant application and disability rights,
providing written, picture resources and home programs
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE GAINED AS A STUDENT 2005
The following duties and responsibilities were fulfilled at each fieldwork placement visited
• Identification, assessment and treatment of patients with various conditions
• Inpatient and outpatient care
• Informal assessment, e.g. interview, observation, screening, collateral from
family members, employees, etc.
• Standardized assessments, e.g. WASP, VALPAR, Rivermead, Beery-VMI,
DTVP-R, Clinical Observation for neuromuscular function
• Health promotion programs and prevention of further disability
• Organized “de-institutionalisation” events, e.g. picnics, excursions at chronic
care centers
• Therapy sessions were held individually, as well as in groups
• Ward programs and home programs were designed
• Home and work visits conducted where necessary so that recommendations
for possible adaptations and assistive devices could be made
• Basic administrative duties were carried out. Staff meetings, ward rounds, case
presentations and in-service programs were attended
• Worked closely with all other health care professionals in a multi-disciplinary
team to maximize patient care.
• Report writing (full length report, referral letters and discharge summaries)
• Obtaining collateral information from all necessary sources regarding the
patients treatment
Placement
Johannesburg
general
Hospital
AND
Life Rehab
Centre Afrox
Riverfield
Lodge (Private
Rehabilitation
Hospital)
Details
Conditions seen:
 Cerebro-vascular accidents: Groups (including nutrition groups,
Exercise groups, activities of daily living), Individual inpatient
treatment, family visits, home visits, assistive devises
 Neurological
 Gullaine barre syndrome: Training independence in activities of daily
living, Muscle strength exercises, Home care planning, Family meetings,
Assistive devices, psychological support
 Blind patients: organizing cane training, orientation to hospital
environment, independence in activities of daily living areas, accessing
community facilities for blind people.
 Head injury: individual sessions including muscle training and
perceptual testing, family visits
 Multiple sclerosis
 Paediatrics: Burns
 Spinal cord injuries: Paraplegia: Pressure care, upper body strength,
wheelchair training, transfers, provision of assistive devices to aid lower
limb dressing, psychological support
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Hand therapy and splinting: paediatrics and adult splinting
Orthopaedics: Motor vehicle accidents, trauma and other orthopaedic
dysfunctions
 Adult perception
Additional Duties
 Attendance of plastics and reconstructive surgery clinic
 Observation and assistance at the Hand therapy clinic
 Daily physical exercise groups to be run with patients
 Weekly task centered exercise groups to be run with patients
 Recommending special assistive devises required by the patients
Hellen Joseph
Hospital
Acute
psychiatry
AND
Sterkfontein
psychiatric
Acute and
chronic
psychiatry
Murial Brand
Cerebral Palsy
School
AND
Chris Hani
Baragwanath
Cerebral Palsy
Unit
Transvaal
Memorial
Institute (TMI)
Patients seen:
 Bipolar Mood Disorder 1 and 2
 Schizophrenia
 Personality disorders
 Dementia
 HIV induced psychosis
 Head injury
 Drug induced psychosis
 Temporal lobe lesions
 Forensics
 Drug induced psychosis
 PTSD
Additional Duties
 Attend weekly ward round and monthly grand ward rounds, joint
treatment sessions with the resident psychologist
 Groups run include: life skills, socio-emotional, task centered, OPA
groups, projective techniques, relaxation techniques
Conditions seen
 Spasticity (mild, moderate, severe) quadriplegia, diplegia, hemiplegia
 Hypotonia
 Athetosis (Dyskinetic) pure athetosis, choreoathetosis, athetosis with
spasticity, athetosis with dystonic spasms
 Ataxia (with or without spasticty and athetosis)
 CP with associated problems: learning disabilities, intellectual
impairments, epilepsy, visual impairments, hearing impairments, speech
and language problems
 1 week Observation Practical at CH Bara of patients with various types
of Cerebral Palsy including: Hemiplegia, Spastic quadriplegia, Athetoid,
Flaccid
Conditions and Duties:
 Administer, score and interpret standardized and non-standardized
tests taught: clinical observation, DTVP , Goodenough Harris Drawing
Sensory
perceptual,
performance
component
Hillbrow
Community
Health Care
Centre
Rural
Placement at
Kroonstad
District Health
Care Setting
Test and VMI to brain injured, learning disabled, visually impaired,
emotionally disturbed or disadvantages children
Conditions seen:
 Depression
 Schizophrenia
 Street children
 Cerebral Palsy
 Flexor Tendon injury
 Cerebrovascular accidents
Additional Duties
 Wheelchair Assessment and repair project
 Running of promotion and prevention workshop (TB, Antenatal
awareness, schools, crèches)
 Psychiatric groups (relaxation group, craft group)
 Supervision of OTA
 Initiating community development project aiming at improving the
personal management of street children
Conditions seen:
 Mental retardation
 Cerebral Palsy
 Down syndrome
 Blind children
 Neurological
Additional Duties
 Community and home visits
 Assistive device assessments and issuing (e.g. wheelchair, walking stick
 Mapping and identifying the disabled in the community
 Implementing Adult education principles
REFERENCES
Available on request