Physical and vocational rehabilitation: a reflection on the clinical and intersectoral interface in occupational therapy of a worker

Introduction: Technological societies, as well as the occupational field present a gradual disconnection between the doing and the human knowledge, and this phenomenon exposes the worker to the risk of occupational accidents/illness, which, once occurred, lead to physical, psychological and social damages. In this sense, the rehabilitation of the worker who is the victim of an occupational accident/illness, regarding reinsertion at work, is the responsibility of the Unified Health System, while professional rehabilitation falls within the competence of the National Institute of Social Security. Objective: To report an experience about the context of physical rehabilitation in occupational therapy with clinical and intersectoral interface in the process of professional rehabilitation of a patient on the context of physical rehabilitation. Method: The article shows an Experiential Report, whose attendance scenario is the Physical Rehabilitation Ambulatory in Occupational Therapy, which constitutes the Physical Area Training Field of the Occupational Therapy Department of the Federal University of Espírito Santo. Results: We show that the professional rehabilitation process conducted by INSS has a protocolary and generalized nature, as well as a lack of communication with the other sectors involved in this process, which compromises its effectiveness with the beneficiary. Conclusion: We conclude that the context of physical rehabilitation in occupational therapy presents itself as an important space of reception of the demands related to this process. It provides technologies and devices of qualified listening that corroborate with the overcoming of physical, emotional and social sequels caused by the occupational accident