Staff profile

Ms Anne Williams

1st year BHlthSc/MOccTher Prac Co-ordinator

Faculty of Health Sciences

School of Allied Health
Department of Occupational Therapy

HS3-417, Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

Master of Occupational Therapy, Bachelor of Applied Science (Occupational Therapy), Post Graduate Diploma of Rehabilitation Studies, Certificate IV Professional Writing and Editing

Membership of professional Associations

OT Australia; Registered Occupational Therapist with AHPRA

Area of study

Occupational Therapy

Brief Profile

  • Lecturer in the Department of Occupational Therapy.
  • Coordinator for first year occupational therapy students and the subject coordinator of the third year subject, OCT5ECB.
  • Teacher in a range of subjects in the Bachelor of Health Science/Master of Occupational Therapy curriculum.
  • Supervisor of students undertaking Honours and post graduate Masters in Occupational Therapy research projects.
  • Student mobility contact academic for Occupational Therapy international exchange on the Melbourne campus.
  • Research interests in employment for people with a mental illness and in teaching and learning in higher education.
  • Currently completing a Post Graduate Certificate of Higher Education at La Trobe University.

As an educator of students in health sciences, I aim to:

1. Create an environment that supports learners 2. Teach with values of pride, respect and fairness 3. Teach and learn colloboratively and critically.

Research specialisation

- Rehabilitation

Teaching Units

HLT1IPA Interprofessional Practice A

HLT1 IPB Interprofessional Practice B

OCT4 HOB Humans as Occupational Beings

OCT4ECA Enabling Occupation - Older Adult

OCT5ECB Enabling Occupation - Adult (Subject Coordinator)

OCT5MSP Macro Strategies for Professional Practice

Recent Publications

 

Publications

Williams, A. Fossey, E. & Harvey, C. (2012). Social firms: Sustainable employment for people with mental illness. WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation.  43(1), pp.53-62.

Williams, A., Fossey, E. & Harvey, C. (2010). Sustaining Employment in a Social Firm: Use of the Work Environment Impact Scale v2.0 to Explore Views of Employees with Psychiatric Disabilities.  British Journal of Occupational Therapy. 73(11), pp.531-539.

Conference presentations

Williams, A., Fossey, E. & Harvey, C. (2010). Employees with mental illness valued supportive workplace features as enabling them to sustain their jobs in a social firm. Poster accepted for the Mental Health Services Conference, Sydney, September 2010.

Williams, A., Fossey, E. & Harvey, C. (2010). Creating supportive workplaces – lessons from listening to employees in social firms. Presentation at the Social Firms Australia, Mental Health and Employment Forum, Melbourne, July 2010.

Williams, A., Fossey, E. & Harvey, C. (2010). Working in a social firm: a supportive work environment for people with mental illnesses.  Presentation at the World Federation of Occupational Therapists’ Congress, Santiago, Chile, May 2010.

Knighton, N., Dixon, J., Williams, A., Siversen, D., Crotty, M. & Harvey, C. (2010). Best practice in engaging people with a mental illness.  Poster presented at the World Federation of Occupational Therapists’ Congress, Santiago, Chile, May 2010.

Williams, A., Fossey, E. & Harvey, C. (2008). Research projects on social firms: what have we learned so far?  Presentation at the Social Firms Australia Forum, Melbourne, November 2008.

Williams, A. Fossey, E. & Harvey, C. (2008).  The experience of working in a social firm.  Presentation at the Australasian Occupational Science Symposium, Melbourne, November, 2008

Williams, A., Fossey, E. & Harvey, C.  (2008).  The experience of working in a social firm: Facilitators of ongoing employment for people with psychiatric disabilities.  Presentation at the Australian Association of Occupational Therapists’ National Conference, September, 2008