The social care occupational therapy service aims to enhance children's abilities and independence at home.
Our Occupational Therapy (OT) promotes health and wellbeing for children and young people. Our aim is to improve children or young people’s independence with daily activities at home. We also provide advice and support to parents and carers in the care of their child.
Our social care occupational therapy focuses on the home through assessing the child or young person’s abilities with daily activities. The service provides support, equipment or adaptations to increase their independence and reduce risk.
We work closely with the health occupational therapy service based at Seaside View Child Development Centre. They use play and activities to help children develop skills needed for everyday life at school and home. Find out more about the health occupational therapy service at Seaside View.
Social care occupational therapy also works alongside other health, social care and educational professionals who know your child or young person’s needs.
Our social care occupational therapy is for:
We're unable to accept referrals for children and young people where the child’s primary need is related to social, emotional and mental health difficulties.
Other organisations specialise in these areas. We recommend considering:
We're unable to accept referrals to support discharge from local hospitals.