Occupational Therapy

An Occupational Therapist is a highly trained person who is skilled in identifying the physical, psychological and social needs of people. They can work with you, your family and your carers to find ways of managing your daily living activities, mobility and your condition generally. This can take the form of advice, rehabilitation, referring you to other agencies, or helping you to obtain any specialist equipment or adaptations to your home that you might need.

Examples of essential activities may include:

• managing personal care, e.g. getting to the bathroom and transferring on/off toilet.
• safe mobility around your home to enable you to prepare meals, get in/out of bed, manage the steps and stairs.
• enabling an individual to take up or stay in paid or unpaid work.
• enabling your carer to care for you.

How can I get help from an Occupational Therapist?

You should ring the Social Services Access Team (External Link) in the first instance. Occupational Therapists also work for the NHS and depending on what you need help with will determine whether an Occupational Therapist from Social Services or an Occupational Therapist from the NHS visits you.