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The best thing for me about working within this team is
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that everyone has a variety of backgrounds.
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So although there are occupational therapists and physiotherapists,
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frontline workers, no one comes with the same background.
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As a team, whatever comes in,
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the person comes first.
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That is what is important to us all.
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So the role of physiotherapy in this service is,
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that we focus more on how people walk,
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get them back to walking after they've been in hospital,
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teach them how to look after themselves long term.
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We then work closely with
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other professionals to see how we could
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help the person who has come to the service to
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do what is important to them.
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No one is the same, every day is different
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and you can use your skills from your background.
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For me, I have a background of working on different wards;
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orthopaedic, neurology and respiratory
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and you use all those skills in this service.
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I believe that being independent
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is very very important
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and you give confidence to people and get back
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to that quality of life.
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I believe that has a positive
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effect on the person that we can give them the service through the Welsh language,
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especially if they've had
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a stroke or brain injury or something like that,
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then you can use a first language rather
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than re-learning a skill in their second language.
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If they know you speak Welsh,
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it's like that link between you then.
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They fill in a questionnaire at the end and
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they write down the fact that they feel
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lucky to have been able to communicate in their first language.
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And I feel really proud that I can be that person
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who gives them that service.
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We are then able to provide a quality service
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that is unique to the person.
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And just being able to say hello
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in their first language or just saying good morning,
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you can see that makes them feel comfortable and happy.
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And the happiest and
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most comfortable they feel,
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the more likely we are to have
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a good outcome with them then within the service.