We will recognise the best occupational therapists – applications until 30 June
The most effective and committed occupational therapy specialists will be honoured with special awards from the regional government for the sixth time this year. We invite representatives of vocational and social reintegration centres for people with disabilities, educational and healthcare institutions, as well as sanatoriums and rehabilitation centres to nominate candidates.
–The job of occupational therapist, which is relatively new and considered a profession of the future, is one of those professions for which there is a constantly growing demand, which is related, among other things, to demographic trends. We want to emphasise its social importance. We want the best specialists, whose professionalism and attitude towards their patients command the utmost respect, to become role models for the community, especially for young adepts, says Marshal Piotr Całbecki.
Occupational therapy is a form of rehabilitation aimed at people with disabilities and seniors, involving the patient in various psychomotor activities. It is commonly used, among others, in occupational therapy workshops and social welfare homes.
Applications can be submitted:
in person at the information and reception desk of the Marshal’s Office in a sealed envelope marked ‘Best Occupational Therapist of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodship’
by traditional mail to the following address:
Marshal’s Office of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodship
Department of Social Affairs
plac Teatralny 2, 87-100 Toruń.
Contact person: Dorota Łuczyszyn-Rudolf, tel.: 56 652 18 54, e-mail: niepelnosprawni@kujawsko-pomorskie.pl
The results of the competition will be announced in October on the occasion of World Occupational Therapy Day.
Last year, the regional government awarded prizes to Kamila Tomczak from the Occupational Therapy Workshop in Włocławek, Małgorzata Szarszewska from the Occupational Therapy Workshop in Grudziądz, Daria Chowaniak from the Community Self-Help Centre in Kruszwica, Andrzej Staszewski from the Social Self-Help Centre in Podobowice, Małgorzata Dulińska from the Dr J. Bednarz Provincial Hospital for the Mentally and Psychologically Ill in Świecie, and a team of therapists from the Community Self-Help Centre in Solec Kujawski: Jolanta Czerwińska, Violetta Zwierska, Sylwia Rutkowska, Natalia Błaszczyk and Barbara Olkiewicz.
Beata Krzemińska
Press Spokesperson for the Marshal’s Office
29 May 2025