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Bristol, West and South West of England
Heidi is an experienced Occupational Therapist specialising in Functional Rehabilitation, Housing and Equipment, Seating and Postural Management, and Moving and Handling. She serves clients across the West and South West of England, including Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset, and Wiltshire. With over a decade of clinical experience in community healthcare settings, Heidi is highly skilled in working with adults of all ages with complex conditions, both in their homes and in care environments.
Qualifying from the University of the West of England in 2012, Heidi is registered with the Health Care and Professions Council and the British Association of Occupational Therapists. She has a strong background in providing equipment and exploring various ways to enhance her clients' independence. Heidi is also experienced in palliative care and end-of-life treatment planning, focusing on functional assessment and personalised goal setting to tailor treatments to individual needs.
Throughout her career, Heidi has upheld a high standard of professional development, engaging in regular supervision, attending conferences, and participating in training sessions to continually advance her skills. As a Senior Community Occupational Therapist, she has also taken on mentoring roles, supporting and guiding other staff and students.
Cornwall, West and South West of England
Qualifying as an occupational therapist in 1993, Val specialises in housing & equipment and rehabilaition for adults. She is based in Cornwall and will travel across the UK, completing assessments with clients in their own environment. Val is an accredited Best Interests Assessor (BIA), having developed sound knowledge of the legislation to support clients, families and Local Authorities.
Val's experience is in working with adults with a variety of physical and mental health needs, providing equipment and adaptations to homes to promote independence and safe living conditions. This includes completing BIA assessments, where Val requires knowledge of both the Mental Health Act and the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards assessments and applications. She also carries out Disabled Facilities Grants (DFG) assessments.
To continue her professional development, Val has completed postgraduate training including courses in counselling and therapeutic listening. She also keeps up to date with the current legislation and policies surrounding her work.
Occupational Therapy
Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, West and South West of England, Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Isles of Scilly, Bristol, Plymouth, Salford
Functional rehabilitation, Neurological rehabilitation, Housing and Equipment, Vocational Rehabilitation
AMPS, BIA, Therapeutic listening
Counselling, DFG Assessments, Fatigue management, Motivational issues, Daily living skills, Community access
Cornwall, West and South West of England
Dawn is a highly experienced Occupational Therapist based in Truro, Cornwall. She supports both adult and paediatric clients, covering key areas such as Penzance, St Ives, Falmouth, and Newquay. Dawn provides Functional Rehabilitation for clients with a wide range of conditions and injuries, helping them with daily living skills to promote independence.
Dawn has previously worked in Adult Community Mental Health Team, Inpatient Acute Assessment and Discharge, and Inpatient Palliative Care. She draws on her extensive experience working with adults to support clients with self-care tasks, mental health challenges, and to provide suitable equipment to support safety and mobility in the home.
Working with children, Dawn provides expert assessments and interventions in schools, nurseries, and their home environment. She has experience working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Children's Community Therapy, special needs schools, mainstream schools and the community. Dawn utilises the skills she has acquired in her career so far to deliver specialist interventions and support children to reach their full potential.
Dawn also has a particular interest in sensory processing disorders and in March 2021 completed Module 1 of her Sensory Integration training.
Occupational Therapy
West and South West of England, Cornwall, Devon
Housing and Equipment, Paediatrics, Functional rehabilitation
Sensory Integration, The Listening Programme
DFG Assessments, Daily living skills, Sensory integration, Gross motor skills, Fine motor skills, Handwriting assessment & treatment, Visual perception, Co-ordination, Self care, Postural management, School Based Therapy/Support, Anxiety management & relaxation
Cornwall, West and South West of England
Occupational Therapist Camila, dedicated and passionate, specializes in pediatrics, particularly in Cornwall. With expertise in hand therapy, neurological, developmental, and genetic conditions, Camila brings valuable experience in working with diverse cases, including acquired injuries, sensory processing difficulties, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Developmental Coordination Disorder, cerebral palsy and developmental delay. Having qualified as an OT in 2012, Camila is committed to providing professional and compassionate care to enhance the well-being of her clients.
Occupational Therapy
West and South West of England, Cornwall
Paediatrics
Motivational interviewing, Fatigue management, Pain management, Routine planning, Daily living skills, Community access, Sensory integration, Gross motor skills, Fine motor skills, Behaviour management, Handwriting assessment & treatment, Visual perception, Balance, Co-ordination, Planning & execution, Self care, Postural management, DMO (Lycra) Splinting, School Based Therapy/Support, Splinting, Sensory attachment intervention, Learning disability
Devon, West and South West of England
William is a highly experienced Occupational Therapist based in the South West of England. He specialises in Neurological Rehabilitation with particular expertise in acquired brain injury. He visits clients across Devon, Cornwall, and Somerset.
William supports clients throughout each stage of rehabilitation, from the acute stage of their injury to long-term community rehabilitation. William uses a range of client-centred approaches and techniques to overcome cognitive, physical, and behavioural difficulties associated with the client’s injury. William has extensive experience in training carers, families, and therapy staff on individual rehabilitation programmes and therapeutic approaches. He is confident at working with clients’ varying difficulties and can tailor his approach to maximise their rehabilitation potential.
William is a member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists including the Specialist Sections for Independent Practice and Neurological Practice.
Occupational Therapy
West and South West of England, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset
Functional rehabilitation, Neurological rehabilitation, Moving and Handling
Train the trainer
Daily living skills, Fine motor skills, Visual perception, TBI
Devon, West and South West of England
Sarah is a specialist in neurological conditions, working for adults with needs relating to Huntington’s disease, brain injury, dementia, and stroke rehabilitation. Sarah is located in Tavistock, near Plymouth, covering a client base across Devon and Cornwall. She strives to ensure clients regain independence, providing assistance to safely and confidently move around the home, carry out household activities such as cooking and cleaning, and personal care and dressing.
Sarah can evaluate activities of daily living (ADL), as well as cognitive and mental capacity. She is especially interested in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, choosing to undertake a post-graduate module while studying. Sarah also has expertise in Seating & Postural Management, Moving & Handling, and behaviour management.
Sarah offers a holistic approach to occupational therapy, supporting clients and their families from assessment through to treatment. Sarah can adapt well when required to serve a client’s individual needs, including liaising with other professionals and working as part of a multidisciplinary team. In particular, Sarah has extensive experience working alongside physiotherapists to provide adapted seating and aid in moving and handling therapy.
Sarah is committed to her continued professional development, regularly attending conferences and undertaking additional training. Sarah has leadership experience mentoring OT students from her local university, which she thoroughly enjoys and uses to enhance her own learning.
Occupational Therapy
West and South West of England, Cornwall, Devon, Plymouth
Moving and Handling, Neurological rehabilitation, Functional rehabilitation, Housing and Equipment, Seating and Postural management
Daily living skills, Behaviour management, Postural management
Devon, West and South West of England
With over 15 years of experience, Amy is a specialist Occupational Therapist based in Devon. She visits clients across the South-West of England including Taunton, Exeter, Yeovil, and Weymouth. Amy has expertise in a wide range of complex disabilities and conditions including orthopaedics, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and motor neurone disease. She also has specific skills in the functional assessment and treatment of individuals with neurological presentations including stroke, brain injury, and long-term conditions.
Amy has worked extensively within acute and community rehabilitation settings and in recent years has expanded her practice to include private work. She provides holistic assessments of an individual’s functional limitations and is passionate about enabling them to regain their full potential and independence.
After gaining vital experience in moving and handling throughout her career, Amy qualified as a Manual Handling Trainer in 2018 and is skilled at skilled at completing complex risk assessments, identifying equipment needs and delivering practical and theoretical training to staff teams. She also has an interest in seating and postural management and is skilled at completing seating assessments.
Occupational Therapy
West and South West of England, Devon, Dorset, Somerset
Seating and Postural management, Functional rehabilitation, Neurological rehabilitation, Moving and Handling
Train the trainer
Daily living skills, Gross motor skills, Self care, Postural management, TBI
Devon, West and South West of England
OT Laura provides Housing & Equipment and Major & Minor adaption advice throughout Cornwall, Devon, Plymouth, Dorset and Somerset. She enjoys working with Neurological conditions (Multiple Sclerosis, Cerebral palsy, Stroke, Motor Neurone and Parkinson’s disease), as well as Learning Difficulties, Dementia and Alzheimer’s, Amputations and Obesity. Additionally, she is experienced completing DFG applications and has spent time in Hand Therapy departments, trauma and Orthopaedics wards, social care teams and a locked ward in an adult mental health hospital.
Since qualifying as an Occupational Therapist in 2014 and Laura specialised in the field of adult social care, working with adults from the age of 18 upwards who have long-term physical conditions. Therefore, she is experienced in completing comprehensive assessments and report writing; and working collaboratively with clients, their families, carers and other health professionals. In order to achieve the best outcomes for her clients in the community and to maximise their independence, she utilises a high-level of clinical reasoning when assessing and treating patients and when providing expert opinion to other parties – namely, professionals, clients and family members.
Devon, West and South West of England
Occupational Therapist Sally specialises in Housing & Equipment (adaptions), Moving & Handling, and Seating (e.g., wheelchairs). She works in West and South West England, specifically Cornwall and Devon. She enjoys working in Palliate/End of Life care, Cardiology and Neurological conditions – like Parkinson's disease, Stroke and Multiple Sclerosis – along with Amputations, Dementia, Cancer and falls; and ADLs such as bathing and toileting.
Sally is a highly skilled and experienced OT committed to working with adults of all ages to help them maintain their independence and safety within their own home. She works to ensure the best outcomes for a client’s individual situation. Sally completes assessments in a person-centred manner taking into account the clients wishes, their environment, their functional ability and the activities that matter to them.
The OT Practice provides expert, independent occupational therapy services throughout the Cornwall region as well as nationwide. We have experienced therapists covering every specialism throughout Cornwall including Falmouth, Newquay, Penzance, St Ives and Truro.
Our practice is based on our reputation for building trusted relationships with our clients. Since ethics are at the heart of our vocation as health care professionals, we always recommend alternatives to our own services if we believe they are better suited to a client's particular needs.
Our Cornwall therapists cover all areas of OT, including neurological or functional rehabilitation, seating & postural management, housing & equipment, vocational rehabilitation and paediatrics. Please click on the profiles above to learn more about some of our experienced therapists working in Cornwall, or call one of our dedicated client managers for a free initial consultation as the first step to helping you find the right OT. As independent practitioners there are no waiting lists for our services - we are completely flexible around the needs of our clients, and can arrange weekend or evening appointments as necessary.
If your enquiry relates to children’s occupational therapy, you can learn more about our dedicated paediatrics team by visiting the OT Practice Kids section of our site.
Our OT’s are helping people throughout Cornwall deal with a variety of difficulties. If you would like to find out more visit our pages dedicated to explaining how our occupational therapists can help with common difficulties, covering adults and children. The most common difficulties we see are shown below, alternatively just call us on 0330 024 9910 for a free over-the-phone consultation.
Restoring skills for personal care such as washing and dressing after accident, illness or with advancing age
Read moreAddressing the debilitating effect of fatigue to improve motivation, energy and engagement with day-to-day life
Read moreChildren with balance & coordination difficulties can struggle with activities such as dressing, using cutlery, riding a bike, running or playing sport
Read morePlanning and performing activities as part of a fulfilling and meaningful daily routine
Read moreAssisting with standing and self-support following an illness, accident, or with advancing age
Read moreStrategies to address persistently low motivation causing under-performance at work, problems at home or in relationships
Read moreSolutions for when an accident, illness or age makes access in and out of the home a challenge
Read moreA child's ability to organise their body and environment to perform daily activities such as sitting correctly and arranging a desk
Read moreDifficulties with gross motor skills cause clumsy or uncoordinated movement, leading to problems with tasks such as dressing, running or riding a bike
Read moreAddressing barriers to work following an accident or period of illness
Read moreHome activities can become a challenge with age or after an accident, illness or diagnosis leading to reduced independence and confidence
Read morePractical support and advice for children with multiple or complex needs such as equipment, seating, splinting or housing
Read morePractical advice and solutions for seating including wheelchairs and comfy seating
Read moreA child’s ability to process what they see and respond with meaningful movement
Read moreA child’s ability to carry out basic self care tasks such as dressing, teeth cleaning or using cutlery
Read moreMemory loss following diagnoses of dementia or brain injuries, as well as normal ageing process or during periods of unusual stress
Read moreSmall movements of the hand and fingers that allow a child to write and draw, as well as manipulate buttons, zips and shoelaces
Read morePractical advice and treatment to improve handwriting and boost confidence
Read morePurchasing and learning to use specialist equipment and vehicles for reduced mobility due to accident, ill health or old age
Read morePractical techniques to maximise independence at home following a medical diagnosis, accident or period of recuperation
Read moreAs we age or after an illness or accident, it is common for mobility to deteriorate, leading to falls, loss of confidence and reduced independence
Read moreEquipping children struggling with class participation and friendships due to shyness or faltering self-confidence, with the skills & self-belief they need.
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Kayur Kotecha, Case Manager
The therapist was extremely helpful and informative. I felt totally at east at all time. She is a credit to her profession and to the organisation, thank you.
An OT Practice client
The OT Practice has worked with us to clear several hundred best interest assessments. They managed our project excellently with strong communication and an organised approach. I have always found them to be extremely professional and helpful with our project being delivered on time and budget.
Plymouth Borough Council
Really impressed with the report, can't believe some of the things that you picked up from spending such a short amount of time with James. The information on what to do now in the report was really helpful and we are going to start trying all the exercises and see what we can do. It is nice to finally know what some of James' problems are and how we can help him. Thank you for all your help.
Mother of a private client aged 9
The OT Practice offers a flexible and professional service that has allowed us to react quickly to our changing business needs and achieve our customer outcomes.
Papworth Trust