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How to join?

Any individual engaged in working life or studying within higher education is welcome to join an Akava affiliate union. The unions welcome students, employees, self-employed professionals and entrepreneurs. The jaseneksi.fi service will help you in finding a suitable union on the basis of your field of education or your degree.

If you are in working life, you can contact the shop steward or representative of Akava unions at your workplace and they will assist you in selecting a suitable union.


Finnish association of rehabilitation professionals

The Finnish Association of Rehabilitation Professionals (Kuntoutusalan asiantuntijat) is an umbrella organisation with two member associations: the Finnish Association of Physiotherapists (Suomen Fysioterapeutit) and the Finnish Association of Occupational Therapists (Suomen Toimintaterapeuttiliitto). The Association is responsible for the social interest supervision and collective bargaining on behalf of physiotherapists and occupational therapists. Our key goal is to promote the status of rehabilitation in society and to make expertise in the field into a visible element of multiprofessional social and health care.

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Who can join

The membership of the Association is based on membership in either of the two member associations. You can join the Physiotherapists’ association if you are a licensed physiotherapist or a student aiming at a degree in the field. Occupational therapists and students in the field are eligible as members of the Occupational therapists’ association.

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