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Children’s Occupational Therapist

London
Joined June 2018
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Well done to all those involved in the Community Children’s Garden Club. A fantastic effort transforming a dead space into a garden for staff and patients to enjoy and feel better in! @joconroy76 @RLHchildren @FIONAPARKER5
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🎉It’s #AHPsDay 2024🎉   A very happy #AHPsDay to each and every #AHP whether registrant, support worker or student. Thank you for your dedication, passion and innovation, making a difference every day. #AHPs definitely deliver!   @WeAHPs @NHSEngland #AHPsDeliver
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I love coming to THe Bridge, especially when greeted with this beautiful display. Planted by the Children's services Gardening club as part of staff well-being activities. Great stuff 🌻#wellbeing @KathEvans2 @RLHchildren
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas 🎄🎶🎶 huge thanks for all you do @THchildrenThrps ❤️🎄✨ #YoungBartsHealth @NHSBartsHealth @NHS_NELondon @bcyp_nhsldn
Big THANK YOU to @sainsburys who generously donated these goodies to our Children’s Community Team at Mile End Hospital. @RLHchildren @KathEvans2
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🎉Children’s Community Specialist Services end of year Celebration! 🎉 Wow- what a team! So many things to celebrate. Hardest job so far judging the bake-off! 😏 😋thanks @joconroy76 @SuzyLaird for inviting me & Fran. @NHSBartsHealth @RoyalLondonHosp @CAlexanderNHS
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The cost-of-living crisis makes accessing the necessary OT services harder for children and young people. ⬇️ Read about the challenges that paediatric OTs are facing and the impact that’s having on children and their families in our new report. loom.ly/KdT-T9s
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Another study for paediatric OTs through ethics 🤩🤩🤩 Consider completing this survey of usual practice. For all OTs working with CYP in NHS, schools, private, social care, from neonates to transition age @RCOT_CYPF huddersfieldbss.eu.qualtrics…
**Calling Paediatric Occupational Therapists ** We need your help to understand what assessments and interventions we deliver in the UK. This will help us and will help you with discussions with commissioners and research bodies. huddersfieldbss.eu.qualtrics…
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🌟🌟Places still available🌟🌟 Are you a paediatric therapist? Or a child neurologist? Paediatrician? Come go East London on the 25th of July and hear Professor Novak talk to us about affordable rehabilitation!!
**RIGHT LINK NOW *** Thanks @RobTheOT Professor Iona Novak will be with us for a whole day talking about rehabilitation and harnessing plasticity at low cost. An in-person meeting, in London, early bird £55 for clinicians, £25 for students. eventbrite.co.uk/e/615534649…
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We have a great opportunity for a Band 5 speech and language therapist to join our friendly and supportive schools team. Perfect for any new qualified therapist, or existing Band 5 looking for a change. Come and join us! bartshealth.nhs.uk/jobs/#!/j…… #SLTjobs #SpeechTherapyJobs
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Have a child in Year 8 or 9 with handwriting difficulties? Are they being considered for a laptop for GCSEs?We have a study looking at handwriting versus typing in this group. We will assess your child’s skills on both as part of the study: more info here brunellifesc.eu.qualtrics.co…
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Today we’re launching our first workforce survey findings with recommendations 👉🏿 loom.ly/rfQUczg Over 2,600 occupational therapists made their voices heard, with 86% reporting increased demand for services. 📈 #OccupationalTherapists
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🚨Launch event for our first ever #GreenerAHP week in England 👀👉england.nhs.uk/ahp/greener-a…   📆 Mon 17 April, 12 noon – 13.00   Looking forward to joining fab speakers & the #AHP community in signalling importance of #sustainability👇   @WeAHPs @GreenerNHS @NHSEngland @The_HCPC
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A lovely discussion this am with cohort 10 of the @NHSBartsHealth NMAHP Ashridge leadership programme - so proud of you all. Thank you for being so kind. Some important insights 4 me 2 take away about what gets in the way & how we listen more & in different ways @shanedegaris
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Suzy Laird retweeted
After the Green Paper, the New Improvement Plan on Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and Alternative Provision is OUT! Essential reading for any OT services wishing to understand future National plans for SEND services. ow.ly/VfP450Na3ow
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Are you a parent or caregiver of a child or young person with a complex neurodisability? Do you live in East London? We would so value your opinions and lived experience to guide our research project! Please see the link for a short video about the project encompassresearch.org/call-f…
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Suzy Laird retweeted
Sharing our 6Fs framework with the Integrated Primary Schools Team. Thanks to Barts Design Team @THchildrenThrps #youngbartshealth
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Check out a quick visual summary of our conference sessions so far here - fantastic illustrations to bring home key messages from #CYPF22 Annual Conference below 👇
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Therapists who use CO-OP anywhere in the world, we need you! Help us understand how CO-OP is being used. Link and QR code below! @ElspethFroude1 @RebeccaLoo_ @RobTheOT @houtvinck @RCOT_CYPF @academy_coop @katyperreaultOT @DebbieLevyUK @sharontuppenyot acu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/S…
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🧮 Share your feedback on our new practice guideline 'Occupational therapy and play' to make it as useful and accessible as possible for OTs working with children and young people. 🗓️ Download the document and send your comments by Mon 7 Nov. @RCOT_CYPF loom.ly/rsHpNcg
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