Allied Health Week: Meet Doyel Khaleque05 November 2020It's Allied Health Week at CAHS (2 November - 8 November) and we're meeting some of our allied health professionals at CAHS! Meet Doyel Khaleque, a Senior Occupational Therapist at CAMHS.
What do you do?
My role involves assessment and intervention for young people with complex mental health concerns, from an occupational therapy perspective. This involves getting to know young people, assessing their mental state, risk and functioning, and then helping them to identify goals that they would like to work on. As an Occupational Therapist (OT), I focus on what the young person wants to do, what they need to do and how they can learn the required skills or adjust their environments to make daily living more manageable. My role also involves consultation with the wider team about sensory processing, developmental issues and functional living skills.
How did you get into this job?
I trained concurrently as an Occupational Therapist and primary school teacher, and started thinking abou...