ABOUT US
WE ARE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS
All our IDA consultants are OTs, but what is an OT?!?!?
OTs are medical practitioners (yup, that means we did anatomy, physiology, ethics... the works!)
OTs assist people who have been injured or ill to regain their ability to perform their daily activities. We do this by addressing all the functions of a person (physical, cognitive & psychosocial) within all their areas of their life (leisure, work & home)
Occupational Therapists are the experts in function!
And no, we are not physios! While we work alongside physios...
A physio can help you get from point A to point B
An OT will help you do things at point A and at point B
And at IDA, the activity we are helping our clients do at point A and point B, is work!
Employment (work) is our area of special interest and skill (so no, IDA is not equipped to help you with your kids)
Basically, we aim to assist employees remain functional at work and help employers prevent and manage unwell or unproductive employees
We partner with HR practitioners and business owners to
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Investigate the possible reasons for poor performance, presenteeism and frequent absenteeism
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Implement strategies to allow employees cope better with their work duties
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Educate leaders prevent and manage unwell or unproductive employees before it starts to affect operations
OUR MISSION
To establish IDA as the South African leader in employee productivity solutions while maintaining our uncompromising ethics and principles as we grow
OUR VISION
To proactively safeguard and optimise employee productivity – one employee, one team and one organisation at a time
OUR MODEL OF OCCUPATIONAL DISABILITY
We have developed the following MOOD, based on experience with managing wellness & disability in the workplace.
It not only guides our reasoning when making recommendations, it also assists all stakeholders understand the process of occupational decline.
While our services are beneficial at all levels and in all phases of the model, we have found that we are most critically required when an employee is at risk or presenting with occupational dysfunction. It is here that our specialized interventions can prevent deterioration into occupational dysfunction or incapacity which will not only have a positive effect on absenteeism and presenteeism but also on productivity
