{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7225825391","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1630.70137","title":"What knowledge, skills, and attributes are sought by employers hiring occupational therapists to work in mental health services?","display_name":"What knowledge, skills, and attributes are sought by employers hiring occupational therapists to work in mental health services?","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-11-11","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7225825391","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1630.70137","pmid":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/43012379"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1111/1440-1630.70137","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1630.70137","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1630.70137","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S74916569","display_name":"Australian Occupational Therapy Journal","issn_l":"0045-0766","issn":["0045-0766","1440-1630"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-c","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","medline","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-2"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320595","host_organization_name":"Wiley","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Australian Occupational Therapy Journal","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref","pubmed"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"hybrid","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1630.70137","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5027191739","display_name":"Melissa Aguey\u2010Zinsou","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8599-0415","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8599-0415"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I129604602","display_name":"The University of Sydney","ror":"https://ror.org/0384j8v12","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I129604602"]}],"countries":["AU"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Melissa Aguey\u2010Zinsou","raw_affiliation_strings":["Centre for Disability Research and Policy, Sydney School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health University of Sydney  Sydney Australia","Sydney School of Health Sciences, Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health University of Sydney  Sydney Australia"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8599-0415","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Centre for Disability Research and Policy, Sydney School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health University of Sydney  Sydney Australia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I129604602"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Sydney School of Health Sciences, Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health University of Sydney  Sydney Australia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I129604602"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5062740003","display_name":"Elisa Yule","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3238-3133","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3238-3133"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I86695891","display_name":"Australian Catholic University","ror":"https://ror.org/04cxm4j25","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I86695891"]}],"countries":["AU"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Elisa Yule","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Allied Health, Faculty of Health Sciences Australian Catholic University  Sydney Australia"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3238-3133","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Allied Health, Faculty of Health Sciences Australian Catholic University  Sydney Australia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I86695891"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5161495167","display_name":"Bronte Illingworth","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1529-4244","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1529-4244"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210087284","display_name":"St Vincent's Hospital Sydney","ror":"https://ror.org/000ed3w25","country_code":"AU","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210087284"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I86695891","display_name":"Australian Catholic University","ror":"https://ror.org/04cxm4j25","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I86695891"]}],"countries":["AU"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Bronte Illingworth","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Allied Health, Faculty of Health Sciences Australian Catholic University  Sydney Australia","St Vincent's Hospital Sydney  Darlinghurst Australia"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1529-4244","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Allied Health, Faculty of Health Sciences Australian Catholic University  Sydney Australia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I86695891"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"St Vincent's Hospital Sydney  Darlinghurst Australia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210087284"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5161458078","display_name":"Yvette Milliken","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I86695891","display_name":"Australian Catholic University","ror":"https://ror.org/04cxm4j25","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I86695891"]}],"countries":["AU"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yvette Milliken","raw_affiliation_strings":["Advantage Therapy Norwest  Sydney Australia","School of Allied Health, Faculty of Health Sciences Australian Catholic University  Sydney Australia"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Advantage Therapy Norwest  Sydney Australia","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Allied Health, Faculty of Health Sciences Australian Catholic University  Sydney Australia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I86695891"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5027191739"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I129604602"],"apc_list":{"value":3470,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3470},"apc_paid":{"value":3470,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3470},"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.0,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"73","issue":"6","first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11759","display_name":"Occupational Therapy Practice and Research","score":0.5889000296592712,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3609","display_name":"Occupational Therapy"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/36","display_name":"Health Professions"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11759","display_name":"Occupational Therapy Practice and Research","score":0.5889000296592712,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3609","display_name":"Occupational Therapy"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/36","display_name":"Health Professions"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11779","display_name":"Higher Education and Employability","score":0.17030000686645508,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10254","display_name":"Innovations in Medical Education","score":0.09160000085830688,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C134362201","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q317309","display_name":"Mental health","level":2,"score":0.7860000133514404},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56995899","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1126687","display_name":"Focus group","level":2,"score":0.5375999808311462},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.5004000067710876},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18762648","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42213","display_name":"Work (physics)","level":2,"score":0.49630001187324524},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C102190203","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380141","display_name":"Occupational therapy","level":2,"score":0.4674000144004822},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C190248442","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q839486","display_name":"Qualitative research","level":2,"score":0.39070001244544983},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C509550671","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126945","display_name":"Medical education","level":1,"score":0.3571999967098236},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C159110408","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121176","display_name":"Nursing","level":1,"score":0.3555999994277954},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39549134","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133080","display_name":"Public relations","level":1,"score":0.35269999504089355},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C75630572","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q538904","display_name":"Applied psychology","level":1,"score":0.34860000014305115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.3452000021934509},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C44280652","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104837","display_name":"Phase (matter)","level":2,"score":0.33399999141693115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187155963","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q629029","display_name":"Occupational safety and health","level":2,"score":0.3296000063419342},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C87156501","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7268708","display_name":"Qualitative property","level":2,"score":0.3294999897480011},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C198231283","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7075801","display_name":"Occupational health nursing","level":4,"score":0.3221000134944916},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C527412718","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q855395","display_name":"Interpretation (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.3025999963283539},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779343474","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109175","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","level":2,"score":0.3003000020980835},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C65067816","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2295139","display_name":"Computer-assisted web interviewing","level":2,"score":0.29750001430511475},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779473830","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1540899","display_name":"MEDLINE","level":2,"score":0.2745000123977661},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778633572","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3424027","display_name":"Therapeutic relationship","level":2,"score":0.25920000672340393},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780319001","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6500754","display_name":"Work experience","level":3,"score":0.25060001015663147}],"mesh":[{"descriptor_ui":"D000072087","descriptor_name":"Occupational Therapists","qualifier_ui":"Q000193","qualifier_name":"education","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D002983","descriptor_name":"Clinical Competence","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D006801","descriptor_name":"Humans","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D007722","descriptor_name":"Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D008605","descriptor_name":"Mental Health Services","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D009517","descriptor_name":"New South Wales","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D009788","descriptor_name":"Occupational Therapy","qualifier_ui":"Q000193","qualifier_name":"education","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D010560","descriptor_name":"Personnel Selection","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D011795","descriptor_name":"Surveys and Questionnaires","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D017144","descriptor_name":"Focus Groups","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D036301","descriptor_name":"Qualitative Research","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false}],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1111/1440-1630.70137","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1630.70137","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1630.70137","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S74916569","display_name":"Australian Occupational Therapy Journal","issn_l":"0045-0766","issn":["0045-0766","1440-1630"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-c","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","medline","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-2"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320595","host_organization_name":"Wiley","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Australian Occupational Therapy Journal","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmid:43012379","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/43012379","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Australian occupational therapy journal","raw_type":"Journal Article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1111/1440-1630.70137","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1630.70137","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1630.70137","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S74916569","display_name":"Australian Occupational Therapy Journal","issn_l":"0045-0766","issn":["0045-0766","1440-1630"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-c","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","medline","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-2"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320595","host_organization_name":"Wiley","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Australian Occupational Therapy Journal","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":32,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1558928865","https://openalex.org/W1985554918","https://openalex.org/W1996607111","https://openalex.org/W2006723314","https://openalex.org/W2056360654","https://openalex.org/W2058662111","https://openalex.org/W2067404301","https://openalex.org/W2142225512","https://openalex.org/W2143810759","https://openalex.org/W2144218482","https://openalex.org/W2144268217","https://openalex.org/W2152129467","https://openalex.org/W2163990107","https://openalex.org/W2252871968","https://openalex.org/W2478874831","https://openalex.org/W2733290177","https://openalex.org/W2782237347","https://openalex.org/W2890438028","https://openalex.org/W2938892948","https://openalex.org/W2951189947","https://openalex.org/W2960039897","https://openalex.org/W2980228390","https://openalex.org/W3021916629","https://openalex.org/W3213165816","https://openalex.org/W4232698832","https://openalex.org/W4404067605","https://openalex.org/W4406467528","https://openalex.org/W4406540692","https://openalex.org/W4410207466","https://openalex.org/W4414827221","https://openalex.org/W4415469246","https://openalex.org/W4416554394"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"INTRODUCTION:":[0],"Occupational":[1],"therapy":[2,256,277],"education":[3],"programs":[4],"need":[5],"to":[6,51,97,120,196,201],"prepare":[7],"graduates":[8,273],"for":[9,86],"contemporary":[10,29],"mental":[11,54,87,166,210,253,283],"health":[12,55,88,167,211,254,284],"practice.":[13,204],"Previous":[14],"research":[15],"has":[16],"identified":[17,184],"knowledge,":[18,41,155,262],"skills,":[19,42,156,263],"and":[20,26,43,77,112,130,142,157,180,199,219,237,246,264,270,281],"attributes":[21,44,158,265],"prioritised":[22],"by":[23,46,258,271],"clinicians,":[24],"educators,":[25],"consumers,":[27],"but":[28],"Australian":[30],"employer":[31,131],"perspectives":[32,232],"are":[33],"less":[34],"well":[35],"understood.":[36],"This":[37],"study":[38],"explored":[39],"the":[40,148,190,275],"sought":[45],"employers":[47,107],"hiring":[48,110],"occupational":[49,98,255,276],"therapists":[50],"work":[52],"in":[53,57,90,279],"services":[56],"New":[58,91],"South":[59,92],"Wales,":[60],"Australia.":[61],"METHODS:":[62],"A":[63],"qualitatively":[64],"driven":[65],"mixed":[66],"methods":[67],"design":[68],"was":[69],"used":[70],"across":[71,215,266],"four":[72,149],"sequential":[73],"phases.":[74],"Phases":[75],"1":[76],"4":[78,221],"involved":[79,102,115],"qualitative":[80],"content":[81],"analysis":[82],"of":[83,106,139,154,165,189,227,261],"job":[84],"advertisements":[85,206,222],"roles":[89,212],"Wales":[93],"that":[94,208],"were":[95,159],"open":[96],"therapists.":[99],"Phase":[100,113,220],"2":[101],"an":[103],"online":[104],"survey":[105,123,135],"about":[108],"their":[109],"priorities,":[111],"3":[114],"a":[116,224],"follow-up":[117],"focus":[118],"group":[119],"further":[121],"explore":[122],"findings.":[124],"CONSUMER":[125],"AND":[126],"COMMUNITY":[127],"INVOLVEMENT:":[128],"Consumer":[129],"advisory":[132],"panels":[133],"informed":[134],"development,":[136],"supported":[137],"interpretation":[138],"emerging":[140,247],"findings":[141],"advised":[143],"on":[144],"dissemination.":[145],"RESULTS:":[146],"Across":[147],"phases,":[150],"37":[151],"key":[152],"areas":[153],"identified.":[160],"Employer":[161,231],"priorities":[162],"included":[163,223],"knowledge":[164,188],"conditions,":[168],"recovery-oriented":[169],"practice,":[170,179,239],"trauma-informed":[171],"care,":[172],"assessment,":[173],"communication,":[174],"therapeutic":[175],"relationship-building,":[176],"collaboration,":[177],"reflective":[178],"self-care.":[181],"Employers":[182],"also":[183,241],"future-facing":[185],"capabilities,":[186],"including":[187],"National":[191],"Disability":[192],"Insurance":[193],"Scheme,":[194],"ability":[195],"use":[197],"telehealth,":[198],"commitment":[200],"environmentally":[202],"sustainable":[203],"Job":[205],"showed":[207],"generic":[209,280],"remained":[213],"common":[214],"both":[216],"time":[217],"points,":[218],"greater":[225],"proportion":[226],"regional":[228],"roles.":[229,285],"CONCLUSION:":[230],"aligned":[233],"with":[234],"recovery-oriented,":[235],"trauma-informed,":[236],"person-centred":[238],"while":[240],"highlighting":[242],"employability,":[243],"relational":[244],"attributes,":[245],"service-system":[248],"capabilities.":[249],"Findings":[250],"can":[251],"inform":[252],"curriculum":[257],"supporting":[259],"integration":[260],"authentic":[267],"practice":[268],"contexts":[269],"helping":[272],"articulate":[274],"contribution":[278],"interdisciplinary":[282]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-12T12:28:57.059296","created_date":"2026-11-12T00:00:00"}