VRA Awards Shortlist 2019

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VRA Awards Shortlist 2019

We are thrilled to announce that our Neurological Occupational Therapist Jo Mount has been shortlisted as a finalist in the ‘Practitioner Award’ category at this years ‘Good Work for Good Health Symposium’. The winner of the category will be announced at the VRA Symposium on the 1 May 2019 at the Fazeley Studios, Birmingham.

The exciting event is managed by the Vocational Rehabilitation Association (VRA) and this year is jointly sponsored by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section for Work (RCOT-SSW) and Society of Occupational Medicine. Further information on the event can be found here.

We are thrilled that Jo’s clinical experience and expertise has been recognised in this award category. Regardless of the outcome we are thrilled that we have been recognised for the work we do in supporting people with brain injury within this specialist area of rehabilitation. A section of the case study that was submitted for the award entry can be seen here.

  • I was knocked off my bicycle by a car and suffered a head injury. I could never have imagined the consequences of this and the impact that it would go on to have on my own and my family's lives.

    Brain injury survivor

  • I feel there is a veil over my face; a haze, a fog, something that is stopping me. The world is moving faster round me.

    Brain injury survivor

  • I haven’t run since this happened…… and with my reduced balance, I have visions of me falling over and ending up back where I started!

    Brain injury survivor

  • I feel a bit like a broken bloke.

    Brain injury survivor

  • Mathilda is my dog and I feel very sad when she sits by me and puts her head on my lap. I can’t take her for walks.

    Stroke survivor