Children & Young People's Services Resource guide for professionals
Children & Young People's Services Resource guide for professionals Children & Young People's Services Resource guide for professionals
OutreachServiceProvisionReferralsOutreach services are delivered in clinical and non-clinical settings acrossthe borough. The service aims to provide flexibility and endeavours to seeyoung people where they want to be seen within the local risk assessmentFramework.The service is unique in that the majority of young people who access theservice self-refer. Demographic data reflects the service’s ability to attractblack and ethnic minority users who fall into the 30 per cent of the mostvulnerable groups within the borough.Young people can also be referred to the service by GPs, school nurses,paediatricians, social care, and educational facilities as well as other health orsocial care professionals.Families/ Carers may also refer young people to the service.Access criteria Adolescents aged 11 – 19Adolescents with a home address in City & Hackney and/or a City & HackneyGP.Adolescents employed or educated in a City & Hackney establishment/organisationWebsiteCHYPS Plus has a dedicated website for young people and professionals toaccess regarding information on adolescent health and wellbeing. Please seewww.chypsplus.nhs.uk5.11 Occupational TherapyThe service sees children experiencing difficulty with everyday tasks due to a disability,coordination disorder, delay or sensory impairment. This includes but is not limited to cerebralpalsy, developmental coordination disorder, autism, developmental delay and sensory processingdifficulties. The service does not see children whose problems are purely due to an emotionaldifficulty.We see young people from 0 – 18 (or 19 if in special school) who reside in City and Hackney.Occupational Therapy (OT) is a child based service and children are seen within the most relevantenvironment e.g. home / school / nursery. The service operates 9 – 5 Monday to Friday. TheOccupational Therapy service is integrated with the London Borough of Hackney Social Care Team,providing an integrated service:1) Health OT (referral via any healthcare / educational / social care professional)Assessment and treatment to develop:• Skills for developing independence in everyday living skills (e.g. washing, dressing, feeding, mealpreparation, shopping and accessing the community).• Skills for learning (e.g. written communication, work layout, using scissors and rulers). We do not seechildren who only have problems with handwriting, however, we offer free training to schools and earlyyears settings.30Resource Guide for professionals | Updated January 2013
• Play and leisure skills (e.g. adapting play / leisure activities to meet the child’s developmental /physical / sensory needs, identifying activities to enable the child to develop their skills)• Skills for work (e.g. travel, time keeping, organisation and adapting work based activities)• Identification of equipment and splints to enable the child to be able to access activities (e.g. adaptedcomputer equipment, sensory equipment and splinting)2) Social Services OT (referral from any professional or self-referral)• Equipment and Adaptation service: for children with physical disabilities which aims to maximiseindependence, access and safety at home though recommendations around equipment provision,adaptations and re-housing.• Staff within the service are not manual handling trainers and will only offer specific therapy advicearound the manual handling needs of children known to the service and give instructions/ adviceregarding the safe use of any equipment supplied through the service.• Safe Environments: this service works with children with severe learning and communication difficultiesand associated challenging behaviour. The occupational therapist works with the family and otherprofessionals to make the home environment safer for children who may be at risk in their home.The family should have already tried to address the difficulties using age appropriate behaviouralapproaches or by purchasing standard safety equipment. There is usually close joint working withmembers of the Multi Disciplinary Team, including psychology.• Intervention can be in the form of hands-on treatment, group sessions, advice to home/school orprovision of equipment and home adaptations. Workshops and training sessions for parents are alsoprovided.• Occupational Therapy work closely with other professionals including physiotherapy, speech andlanguage therapy and clinical psychology.The service also sees babies within the neonatal unit at Homerton Hospital and offers input into thedevelopmental clinic and bouncing babies group. There is also an OT working in the Looked AfterChildren’s (LAC) team as part of the virtual school (London Borough of Hackney).Occupational Therapy also run a number of workshops and training packages for relevant settingse.g. schools and early years settings as part of a universal service. Other training packages can bedeveloped and priced to meet the needs of the setting.ContactHeather Scott, Clinical Lead Occupational TherapistTel: 020 7014 7025Sharon O’Reilly, Occupational and Physiotherapy administratorTel: 020 7014 7025Resource Guide for professionals | Updated January 2013 31
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• Play and leisure skills (e.g. adapting play / leisure activities to meet the child’s developmental /physical / sensory needs, identifying activities to enable the child to develop their skills)• Skills <strong>for</strong> work (e.g. travel, time keeping, organisation and adapting work based activities)• Identification of equipment and splints to enable the child to be able to access activities (e.g. adaptedcomputer equipment, sensory equipment and splinting)2) Social <strong>Services</strong> OT (referral from any professional or self-referral)• Equipment and Adaptation service: <strong>for</strong> children with physical disabilities which aims to maximiseindependence, access and safety at home though recommendations around equipment provision,adaptations and re-housing.• Staff within the service are not manual handling trainers and will only offer specific therapy advicearound the manual handling needs of children known to the service and give instructions/ adviceregarding the safe use of any equipment supplied through the service.• Safe Environments: this service works with children with severe learning and communication difficultiesand associated challenging behaviour. The occupational therapist works with the family and other<strong>professionals</strong> to make the home environment safer <strong>for</strong> children who may be at risk in their home.The family should have already tried to address the difficulties using age appropriate behaviouralapproaches or by purchasing standard safety equipment. There is usually close joint working withmembers of the Multi Disciplinary Team, including psychology.• Intervention can be in the <strong>for</strong>m of hands-on treatment, group sessions, advice to home/school orprovision of equipment and home adaptations. Workshops and training sessions <strong>for</strong> parents are alsoprovided.• Occupational Therapy work closely with other <strong>professionals</strong> including physiotherapy, speech andlanguage therapy and clinical psychology.The service also sees babies within the neonatal unit at Homerton Hospital and offers input into thedevelopmental clinic and bouncing babies group. There is also an OT working in the Looked After<strong>Children</strong>’s (LAC) team as part of the virtual school (London Borough of Hackney).Occupational Therapy also run a number of workshops and training packages <strong>for</strong> relevant settingse.g. schools and early years settings as part of a universal service. Other training packages can bedeveloped and priced to meet the needs of the setting.ContactHeather Scott, Clinical Lead Occupational TherapistTel: 020 7014 7025Sharon O’Reilly, Occupational and Physiotherapy administratorTel: 020 7014 7025<strong>Resource</strong> Guide <strong>for</strong> <strong>professionals</strong> | Updated January 2013 31
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