Children and Young People Occupational Therapy Service

The Occupational Therapy (OT) Service is part of the Children with Disabilities Team. The Occupational Therapy team works with children and young people up to 18 years old, and advise adult Occupational Therapists on support for young people up to 25 in educational setting.

The main goal of Occupational Therapy involvement is to:

• Provide access to environment, services, activities and information
• Provide high quality evidence based and measured service
• Support children and young people to maximise their independence and quality of life in daily activities and fulfilling their aspirations
• Support families and carers to safely manage the child’s posture
• Anticipate the changing needs of children, young people and their carers to facilitate positive transitions.

The Occupational Therapy service also works closely with other teams within Children social care and health and education services to ensure joined up working and seamless services.

The service includes:

• Assessment and involvement in home, educational setting and respite
• Specialist in Manual Handling assessment, training, ongoing support
• Environmental adaptations recommendations
• Specialist in 24 hours postural management

Submit a referral for Occupational Therapy

• Referral form for parents
• Referral form for professionals

Useful leaflets

• Children’s Occupational Therapy Service leaflet

Safety

• Occupational Therapy Team Safety Leaflet
• Children and Young People Safety information leaflet

Disabled Facilities Grant

You could get a grant from your council if you are disabled and need to make changes to your home. Find out more here.

Help for a child or young person. If you or someone living in your property is disabled, you may qualify for a disabled facilities grant towards the costs

Type of provision

Specialist - This is for a small group of people with significant special educational needs and disabilities and their families