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Kent, South East of England
Kelly qualified as an occupational therapist in 2003 and has since gained a wealth of experience in a number of specialist areas of OT, including health care of older people, trauma and orthopaedics and stroke rehabilitation. She has extensive skills in working with client who have experienced a stroke and have a physical or cogitative disability.
Throughout her career, Kelly has worked extensively with adults with disabilities as well as elderly clients. She is highly skilled is carrying out detailed assessments of her clients needs and providing tailored treatment programmes to help her clients gain maximum independence.
Kelly also carries out community work whereby she provides assessments and bespoke advice to help her clients avoid hospital admissions. She has also developed skills in working with clients with dementia.
Kent, South East of England
With 12 years’ experience within the NHS working in an acute setting Donna is a clinical specialist in the field of Trauma and Orthopaedics; regularly working with cases such as spinal trauma, upper and lower limb fractures, Amputees, polytraumas, fractured neck of femurs and elective surgery such as hip and knee replacements.
Donna also has 5 years experience in the private sector working with many adults and elderly with other complex needs and conditions, such as Dementia, including those in care homes. This experience gives her a broad knowledge base and experience; carrying out assessments, implementing treatment plans and reducing risks of falls with her clients.
Kent, South East of England
Janet is passionate about children and has experience of working with a range of disabilities/ difficulties including Autistic Spectrum Disorders, Down's syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Acquired brain injury, Sensory Integration difficulties, ADD/ADHD, Global Developmental delay, as well as many other conditions.
Janet qualified in 2005 in South Africa where she worked in paediatrics for 18 months before immigrating to the UK. She started working at the NHS in Community Children's Services after which she joined a rotation post at an acute hospital to gain more experience in Physical manual handling, Rehabilitation, Surgical aftercare, Elderly care, Dementia services, Equipment provision and Major adaptations. She then worked in Stroke rehabilitation for four years before returning to her original passion, paediatrics.
She has completed training in Therapeutic Listening, Saebo, Modified Constraint Therapy, Manual Handling, Perceive:Recall:Plan:Perform (PRPP) and Introduction to MAES therapy for CP children. She has most recently worked in mainstream schools and in a comprehensive early years team. She has a particular interest in Sensory Processing Difficulties and has been providing training workshops to parents specifically focusing on Managing Sensory.
Occupational Therapy
London, South East of England, Kent, London - Central, London - South, London - East
Paediatrics, Neurological rehabilitation
Therapeutic listening
Gross motor skills, Fine motor skills, Handwriting assessment & treatment, Visual perception, Co-ordination, Self care, Social integration, School Based Therapy/Support, Learning disability
Kent, South East of England
Jane is a state registered Occupational Therapist who qualified in 2003 from Queen Mary and Westfield, London. Jane has fifteen years’ experience of working in Health and Adult Social Care, as an occupational therapist and a safeguarding adults coordinator.
She is passionate about working with adults to maximise independence through reablement and functional rehabilitation. Through her assessments she can provide goal orientated treatment plans, moving and handling plans, equipment and adaptation advice for in and around the home.
Being a trained trainer for moving and handling of people, Jane completes expert complex assessments of moving and handling and delivers training to qualified and non-qualified professionals in moving and handling, including single handed care techniques, to family and carers.
She regularly attends conferences to develop her practice and is a member of the National Back Exchange, RCOTSS-IP (Independent Practice) and RCOTSS – NP (Neurological Practice)
Occupational Therapy
South East of England, Kent, London - South, London - East
Housing and Equipment, Seating and Postural management, Functional rehabilitation, Moving and Handling
Train the trainer
Routine planning, Daily living skills, Gross motor skills, Self care
West Sussex, South East of England
Ganga is an expert occupational therapist, specialising in rehabilitation for adults and children. She travels to visit her clients at home, working across the South East of England. Areas include Kent, Ashford, Canterbury, Dover and towns in Surrey.
Qualifying in 2008, Ganga has experience working for the NHS, in acute units and within the community. She has worked with adults, providing assessment and interventions for clients with physical and mental health conditions. She provides treatment, including anxiety management and relaxation techniques, recommendations for aids and adaptations and developing strategies for the client so they can carry out their daily life activities.
Using the skills she gained working with adults, Ganga currently treats children in an integrated therapy service. Meeting the needs of children with complex conditions, Ganga provides sensory strategies, fine motor development and advice on specialist seating to help the child reach their maximum potential.
She is committed to ensuring she delivers the highest standards of care to her clients and their families and will provide expert independent assessments and treatment programmes to clients in their own environment.
Occupational Therapy
South East of England, Kent, Surrey, West Sussex, London - South, London - East, Brighton
Paediatrics, Neurological rehabilitation
Routine planning, Daily living skills, Fine motor skills, Handwriting assessment & treatment, Self care, Social integration
London - South, Kent
Sharon has 27 years of experience working with both adults and children in the NHS, Local Authority, the private sector and major charity organisations since qualification in 1989. The knowledge she has gained over this time allows her to give choice to her clients, understanding what specialist equipment works to their advantage and how best to adapt their environment.
Sharon works with clients with a range of needs and has a special interest in working with those diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND). She carries out expert assessment and provides bespoke treatment plans to clients to help them to achieve the most from life. She was privileged to be awarded an Extra Mile Award from the MND Association in recognition of exceptional support to people living with MND.
She wants the best for her clients and strives to support their needs. She is HCPC registered and a member of the BAOT (British Association of Occupational Therapists ).
Essex, South East of England
Qualifying as a speech and language therapist in 1983, Sharon has specialised in working with children and young adults at home and in school. She travels within Essex and Hertfordshire visiting clients, including the areas of Basildon, Grays, Colchester and Chelmsford.
Sharon has extensive experience in the field of paediatrics, spending her early career working for the NHS in mainstream and special schools, a child development team and a neonatal unit. Now working independently, Sharon provides assessments and treatment programmes to children in their own environment.
Sharon is experienced in the assessment and management of communication and language difficulties from birth to adolescence. She has a special interest in eating and drinking difficulties (dysphagia) in which she has completed post qualifying training. Providing a detailed treatment plan, Sharon provides direct therapy and training to parents, carers and teachers to enable them to implement the programme of intervention when Sharon is not there.
Sharon is a member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, and is committed to maintaining clinical standards by continuous learning, following best practice and adhering to evidence based practice.
Hampshire, South East of England
Having qualified in 1987, Carmen has spent her career working internationally, including France, South Africa and now in the UK. She specialises in paediatrics, having completed training in therapeutic listening and attachment theory, as well as qualifying as an advanced sensory integration practitioner. Carmen works in the South of England, visiting clients in Hampshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and South London.
Carmen has worked in a variety of paediatric settings, treating very diverse population groups. She has experience working as a community paediatric occupational therapist, assessing and treating children with a variety of conditions, disorders and syndromes, including developmental delay and learning difficulties, mild neuromuscular and musculoskeletal disorders, sensory processing disorder and autism.
Since 2013, Carmen has worked as an independent OT, supporting children with sensory needs, movement difficulties and challenging behaviours at home and in mainstream, independent and special schools. She works collaboratively with the child and their family, creating bespoke treatment packages, including home programmes and sensory diets. Carmen also provides support to families and schools through educational and healthcare plans, treatment programmes and consultation.
Carmen has provided numerous training sessions and workshops to teachers, support staff, OT colleagues and parents on sensory processing, an area she is very qualified in and passionate about. She continues her membership of the Sensory Integration Network, as well as the College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Sections in Independent Practice and Children, Young People & Families.
Occupational Therapy
West and South West of England, South of England, South East of England, Berkshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, London - South
Paediatrics
Sensory Integration, Therapeutic listening
Sensory integration, Gross motor skills, Fine motor skills, Handwriting assessment & treatment, Visual perception, Co-ordination, Self care, School Based Therapy/Support, Sensory attachment intervention
Kent, South East of England
Based in Leicestershire, Annabel travels to the areas of Hinckley, Leicester, Loughborough and Melton Mowbray visiting clients at home. She specialises in housing & equipment and moving & handling, treating both adults and children. She has completed postgraduate training in moving and handling, ramp assessments and seating.
Annabel has gained experience across the NHS, social care and charity settings, including acting as assistant manager of a therapy centre in Romania. She has experience working with clients with neurological conditions, learning difficulties and physical disabilities, currently offering treatment and support in a hospice to clients with life limiting conditions.
Annabel carries out independent assessment, recommending appropriate housing adaptations, specialist equipment to aid independence and moving and handling advice. She encourages carers and the client's family to work collaboratively, supporting her client to live as independently as possible in their home environment. Annabel also helps adolescents with the transition to independent living, working with people with mental health diagnoses.
Annabel is currently involved in a pilot project called 'Double to Single handed care',reviewing care packages where there is potential for reducing the the care and advising on alternative moving and handling equipment and techniques to carers and clients.
Kent, South East of England
Qualifying in 2008, Angela is an expert occupational therapist and best interest assessor. She carries out assessments of clients with complex needs such as cerebral palsy, motor neurone disease and Parkinson's as well as many others. She provides bespoke treatment plans to her clients and encourages maximum independence.
Angela carries out assessments with her clients in their home environments for seating, moving and handling, rehousing, access and disabled facilities grants, as well as for major home adaptations such as wet rooms, stair lifts and vertical lifts.
As well as having a qualification in occupational therapy, Angela is also a qualified best interest assessor.
Kent, South East of England
Natalie is a highly skilled Occupational Therapist specialising in the field of paediatrics. She is family focused and motivated to support families to help their child reach their maximum potential with developing independent living skills. She has a wide range of experience with children with neurological and developmental conditions.
Natalie has a great deal of experience of assessing hand function, functional skills, postural management, access to the environment, and assessment of equipment needs. She has worked within the acute and community paediatric settings, gaining a great deal of knowledge and becoming an expert in her field.
Natalie trained at the University of East Anglia as an Occupational Therapist and has continued to further develop her clinical skills at a post-graduate level to ensure her clinical practice remains evidence based and children are provided with an excellent level of care. She is HCPC registered and a member of the BAOT (British Association of Occupational Therapists).
Occupational Therapy
South East of England, Kent
Paediatrics, Seating and Postural management, Functional rehabilitation, Neurological rehabilitation
BOBATH
Routine planning, Daily living skills, Fine motor skills, Handwriting assessment & treatment, Visual perception, Co-ordination, Planning & execution, Self care, Postural management, School Based Therapy/Support
Kent, South East of England
Su qualified as an Occupational Therapist in 2005 and has been working with children and young people for over 13 years. Su works with children and their families to maximise independence, enabling the young person to reach their full potential.
She has worked for various Local Authorities and as such has worked with young people with a range of disabilities. Su is experienced in the assessment and provision of specialist children’s equipment and provides advice on moving and handling. She has assessed and project managed many Disabled Facilities Grants, as well as other complex minor and major housing adaptations, working alongside Surveyors, Contractors and Grants Officers.
Su is HCPC registered and continues to develop her clinical skills, using evidence based practice for her professional development. She is a member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapy, and a member of the Specialist Sections for both Children and Independent Practice.
The OT Practice provides expert, independent occupational therapy services throughout Dover and surrounding region as well as nationwide. We have experienced private therapists to cover every clinical specialism, servicing the entire Dover area including Deal, Folkstone, Hawkinge, Hythe, Sandwich and Walmer.
Occupational therapists work to break down the barriers which hold back individuals in carrying out their day to day activities. OTs not only look at the physical effects of ageing, injury or disease, but also address the psycho-social, community and environmental factors that influence functional ability.
Our private therapists in Dover cover every field of OT, including housing & equipment, paediatrics, seating & postural management, neurological rehabilitation and hand therapy. You can discover more about some of the therapists we have in the region by clicking on their profiles above, or you are welcome to call one of our client managers who will talk through your needs and find the right OT for you. All our client managers are themselves experienced OTs, who will be able to provide a free initial consultation over the phone and follow up with a written quotation for further services if required.
Our dedicated paediatrics team provide an expert occupational therapy service for children, you can find out more by visiting the OT Practice Kids section of our website.
We have expert therapists available across Dover and its surrounding areas working with individuals who experience a diverse range of issues that affect their daily life. More information about areas occupational therapists can help with can be found on our common difficulties pages, with separate sections for adults and children. For further information and a free over-the-phone consultation with one of our client managers, call us today on 0330 024 9910.
Planning and performing activities as part of a fulfilling and meaningful daily routine
Read moreA child’s ability to process what they see and respond with meaningful movement
Read morePractical techniques to maximise independence at home following a medical diagnosis, accident or period of recuperation
Read moreEquipping children struggling with class participation and friendships due to shyness or faltering self-confidence, with the skills & self-belief they need.
Read moreAddressing barriers to work following an accident or period of illness
Read moreA child's ability to organise their body and environment to perform daily activities such as sitting correctly and arranging a desk
Read moreMemory loss following diagnoses of dementia or brain injuries, as well as normal ageing process or during periods of unusual stress
Read moreRestoring skills for personal care such as washing and dressing after accident, illness or with advancing age
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 moreStrategies to address persistently low motivation causing under-performance at work, problems at home or in relationships
Read moreA child’s ability to carry out basic self care tasks such as dressing, teeth cleaning or using cutlery
Read moreSolutions for when an accident, illness or age makes access in and out of the home a challenge
Read morePurchasing and learning to use specialist equipment and vehicles for reduced mobility due to accident, ill health or old age
Read morePractical advice and solutions for seating including wheelchairs and comfy seating
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 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 moreDifficulties with gross motor skills cause clumsy or uncoordinated movement, leading to problems with tasks such as dressing, running or riding a bike
Read morePractical advice and treatment to improve handwriting and boost confidence
Read moreChildren with balance & coordination difficulties can struggle with activities such as dressing, using cutlery, riding a bike, running or playing sport
Read moreAssisting with standing and self-support following an illness, accident, or with advancing age
Read moreAddressing the debilitating effect of fatigue to improve motivation, energy and engagement with day-to-day life
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I just wanted to say thank you for all your help and to let you know how AMAZING Carien (therapist) was - she was so good with our daughter and made us all feel like we were in good hands - her report was really detailed and of great help!!
Mother of private client aged 4
My wife and I were very impressed with the kindness and professionalism of your therapist. It has left me with the fact that I will now have a much better future. An excellent meeting.
A Royal British Legion beneficiary
Both myself and my wife were very satisfied with ALL aspects of your therapist's home visit. She was very helpful and forthcoming in her general advice and my situation and doing her best in trying to help ease and solve these personal and home problems. Very well done to her
An OT Practice client
I have been very impressed with your systems, particularly the progress reports and by the high calibre, expertise and enthusiasm of the therapists I have worked with – they have been exceptional.
Maureen, UK Case Management
The therapist was extremely knowledgeable and delivered the training in a fun and engaging way.
Teacher