Anél Cornelius

Occupational Therapist

About

I am a highly motivated, focused and passionate individual. I completed my degree at the University of the Free State in 1996 after which is spent 3 years abroad working in America, England and Scotland. During this time abroad I gained valuable experience which gave me a solid foundation. I returned to South Africa in 2003 and secured part-time employment in a private practice with a focus on pediatric assessment and treatment. At the same time, I started my own practice focused on providing acute cardio-thoracic rehabilitation to the new cardiac surgical ICU and cardiac specialists in East London at the time.

In 2004, I became a partner at the oldest practice of its kind in East London. Reynette Fryer and myself formed a dynamic team with our main focus being on providing services to address the varying development and socio-economic needs of pre- and school-going children.

I have many years experience in providing vocational capacity assessment, employee wellness, facilitating return to work and meaningful occupational engagement with objectives of facilitating return to work through various accommodation strategies, rehabilitation and / or work hardening. The last decade or more I have been focused primarily on providing medico-legal related services.

In 2020, after having had to adapt to various challenges relating to the Covid-19 pandemic, my partnership came to an end, and I took over full ownership and management of the practice.

Occupational Therapist

Owner, Cornelius Occupational Therapy.

  • Website: www.fctherapy.com
  • Phone: +27 83 500 5560
  • City: East London, South Africa
  • Degree: B.Arb. (UVS)
  • Email: anel@fctherapy.com

Medico-legal stats

The last decade or more I have been focused primarily on providing medico-legal related services.

100+

Clients

1600+

Cases/Matters

Resumé

I am a highly motivated, driven, focused and passionate occupational therapist with 25+ years of experience.

Education

Matric - National Senior Certificate

1992

Matriculated from Grens Hoërskool, East London

4-year Bachelor of Occupational Therapy Degree

1993 - 1996

University of the Free State

3-year Certificate in Pain Management

2022

Train Pain Academy

Courses and relevant training

2007 - 2008

  • Various Vocational Rehabilitation and medico-legal workshops

2008

  • Sensory Integration Qualification (SIPT)

2009

  • Disability Symposium

2010

  • Workwell Functional Capacity Training and Certification

2011

  • Functional Capacity Evaluations (FCE) - Justifying, selecting and using assessments by Dr T Campbell.

2012 - 2020

  • Ongoing Medico-legal Workshops and Training (SALMS)
  • Involvement in journal clubs covering wide areas of the profession

2021

  • Back2Work OT in Covid-19

2018 - 2021

6 modules and examinations completed over a 3-year period to attain the Certificate in Pain Management through the Train Pain Academy including

  • Principles of Pain
  • Group Interventions
  • Communication skills course and master class
  • Exercise for pain rehabilitation
  • Pain Interventions
  • Transferring knowledge to practice

Professional Memberships

Professional Registration

  • HPCSA Number: OT0031763
  • Practice Number: 0067296

Professional Affiliations

  • Health Professions Council of South Africa
  • OTASA Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa
  • MPS Medical Protection Society
  • INSTOPP Institute for Occupational Therapists in Private Practice

Professional Experience

Occupational Therapist

1997 (Mar - May)

Amersham Psychiatric Day Hospital, Amersham, UK

  • Acute High Level Psychiatric Rehabilitation
1997 (Jun - Dec)

T.J. Sampson Community Hospital, Glasgow, Kentucky, USA

  • In-patient & out-patient rehabilitation
  • Home health
  • Paediatrics
1998 (Jan - Jun)

Edam Skilled Nursing Unit, Dayton, Ohio, USA

  • Physical rehabilitation
1998 (Nov)

South Shields Hospital, South Shields, UK

  • In-patient physical rehabilitation and discharge planning
1998 (Dec) - 1999 (Dec)

Royal Infirmary Academic Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland

  • In-patient physical rehabilitation and discharge planning
2000 (Mar) - 2001 (Dec)

Started own Private Practice Anél Botha Occupational Therapist, East London, SA

  • Cardio-thoracic rehabilitation
2000 (Aug) - 2004 (Mar)

Reynette Fryer Occupational Therapy, Private Practice, East London, SA

  • Paediatrics

Partner

2004 (Apr) - 2020 (Aug)

Fryer & Cornelius Occupational Therapists, East London, SA

  • Paediatrics (mentoring capacity since 2009)
  • Functional Capacity Evaluations and Work Rehabilitation
  • Medico-legal assessment, reporting and case management.

Owner

2020 (Sep) to date

Cornelius Occupational Therapy, East London, SA

  • Paediatrics (mentoring and management capacity)
  • Functional Capacity Evaluations and Work Rehabilitation
  • Medico-legal assessment and reporting
  • Practice and staff management

Contact

The best way to reach me is via e-mail or whatsapp.