SCV OT Consultancy provides a dedicated and experienced occupational therapy and vocational rehabilitation service. We carry out occupational therapy and vocational assessments and prepare medico-legal reports for personal injury cases.
Sinead Vine is the founder of SCV OT Consultancy. Sinead graduated as an Occupational Therapist in 1999 and is currently practicing as a Senior Occupational Therapist. She has been involved in lecturing, training and research, particularly in the area of chronic pain management, vocational rehabilitation and practice education.
Throughout her career she has been actively involved in the delivery and co-ordination of several services and has gained a broad array of experience and specialist skills. Her expertise has focused on the adult and older person services including the following areas: care of the elderly, medicine and surgery, orthopedics, neurology, rheumatology, hand injuries, chronic pain management and vocational rehabilitation.
Sinead has completed courses with La Touche Training in Excellence in Report Writing and Courtroom Skills. She is committed to her continuing personal and professional development.
Cirriculum Vitae of Sinead Vine
Third Level Education
Occupational Therapy BSc (Hons) University of Wales College of Medicine School of Healthcare Studies 1996–1999
Postgraduate Education
Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Teaching awarded by the Department of General Practice National University of Ireland Galway 2009
British Association of Hand Therapy Accredited courses
Level 1, Basic Course
Level 2 Hand Therapy Management of the Wrist
Level 2 Static Splinting
Level 2 Management of Elective Surgery
Membership
Member of Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland (AOTI)
Member of World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT)
Member of professional competencies working group for entry level graduates, Therapy Project Office (TPO) 2008
European Network of Higher Education Alternate (ENOTHE) 2011
Member of AOTI Council 2011 and 2012
Member of Private Practice Advisory Group (AOTI)
Member of Musculoskeletal Disorders and Chronic Pain Advisory Group (AOTI)
Publications
Vine, S., (2004)
Managing pain, the Role of the Occupational Therapist.
Paper presented 2004 AOTI Conference Galway Bay Hotel
Mc Menamin,R., McGrath,R.,Vine, S., (2010)
Service learning is an innovative pedagogical strategy in the undergraduate curricula of occupational and speech and language therapy.
Paper presented at LbD conference on future expertise in higher education. 14–15 October, 2010, Helsinki, Finland.
Kelly,V., Vine,S., Brennan,B., Corcoran,O., Irudayaraj, B., Kearney,S.A., Lyons, E.,Magee,L.,Robinson,K., (2010)
Developing Occupational Therapy Services for People with Chronic Pain in Ireland.
Paper presented at the association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland Annual Conference. 28–29 May, 2010, Dublin, Ireland.
Brennan,B., Corcoran,O., Irudayaraj, B., Kearney, S.A., Kelly,V., Lyons, E., Magee,L. Robinson, K., Vine, S., (2010a).
Optimising Occupational Therapy Services for People with Chronic Pain in Ireland through Participatory Action Research.
Poster presented at the 15th World Congress of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists. 4–7 May, 2010, Santiago, Chile.
Brennan,B., Corcoran,O., Irudayaraj, B., Kearney, S.A., Kelly,V., Lyons, E., Magee,L., Robinson, K., Vine, S., (2010b)
Occupational Therapy Practice with People with Chronic Pain in Ireland: A qualitative exploration.
Poster presented at the International Association for the study of Pain World Congress. August 30–Sept 2, 2010, Montreal, Canada.
Lyons, E., Brennan,B., Corcoran,O., Irudayaraj, B., Kearney, S.A., Kelly,V., Magee,L., Robinson, K., Vine, S., (2010)
Participatory Action Research. An effective tool to enhance occupational therapy services for people with chronic pain in Ireland.
Poster presented at the Irish society for Rheumatology and IRHPS conference. 23–24 September, 2010, Killiney, Dublin.
Magee,l., Brennan,B., Corcoran, O., Irudayaraj, B., Kearney, S., Kelly, V., Lyons, E., Robinson, K. & Vine,S., (2011)
All Ireland Participatory Action Research Study to Develop Occupational Therapy Services.
Paper presented at the Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland Annual Conference. 8–9 April, 2011, Dundalk, Co. Louth.
Brennan,B.,Corcoran,O., Irudayaraj, B.,Kearney, S.A., Kelly,V., Lyons, E., Magee,L. Robinson, K., Vine, S., (2012)
A Handbook for Occupational Therapists – vocational rehabilitation for clients with chronic pain and musculoskeletal disorders in Ireland.