Children’s Occupational Therapy

Address:
Hackney Ark,
Down Park Road,
Hackney,
London,
E8 2FP

E-mail: huh-tr.childrensotreferrals@nhs.net
Telephone: 020 7014 7025
Website: http://www.homerton.nhs.uk/our-services/services-a-z/c/childrens-services-in-the-community/integrated-childrens-occupational-therapy-service/

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Description

Who we are:

The Children's Occupational Therapy (OT) team assess children aged 0 - 18 who are experiencing functional difficulties with everyday tasks due to a physical and or neurological disability.

Difficulties may include:

self-care – such as dressing, using cutlery
school activities - using scissors, changing for PE classes
play activities

The team also assess for the following difficulties:

co-ordination difficulty
sensory difficulty
learning difficulty
developmental delay

What we do:

The service undertakes assessment and depending on the identified needs of the child, the family are then offered either:

advice from professionals within the team
a series of treatment sessions and advice to work towards an agreed goal/ outcome

For children with physical disabilities the service assesses and makes recommendations about equipment and adaptations in the school and home environment.

Children’s Occupational Therapy - monthly drop in sessions 2018

Children’s Occupational Therapy - Teaching Packages / traded services offer

Autism information and advice sessions for parents and carers

Parent / Carers advice and information workshops for families of children with autism are run at Hackney Ark.

Next Steps - Sessions for families with a child or young person who has a NEW diagnosis of autism. These family workshops are run at Hackney Ark. You may be referred to this service when you receive a diagnosis for your child but can contact the service for dates and more information.

Autism Parents Coffee Mornings - Sessions where parents and carers known to services at Hackney Ark currently or in the past. can come together to discuss autism related issues. Meet other parents. Get ideas for helping your child

There will also be opportunities to meet with an Occupational Therapist and a Clinical Psychologist individually for 20 minutes to discuss anything specific concerning their child.

Autism Parents Coffee Mornings are run at Hackney Ark

No referral is needed for these sessions so please just come along.

Dates of these sessions are available from:

the download / documents section of this page
the What's On? page or
by contacting the service

Supporting Parents of Young People with Autism - A series of regular groups for parents / carers of young people with high functioning autism.

These sessions allow a space for parents to share ideas or concerns regarding particular topics and are facilitated by professionals from the following services:

Previous sessions topics have included:

social and emotional regulation in autism
talking about a diagnosis with your child
managing puberty and social functioning
communicating with schools
anxiety and anger management
developing independence skills

When: First Friday of the Month

Time: 9.30am to 11.30am

Where: Specialist CAMHS - City and Hackney, 15 Homerton Row, E9 6ED

No referral is needed for these sessions so please just come along.

Dates of these sessions are available from:

the download / documents section of this page
the What's On? page or
by contacting the service

The Childrens Occuational Therapy team also provide services to:

Short Breaks
Short Breaks Hit Squad

Notes

Parents / carers can also find useful tips to help their child develop independence skills here: Children's Occupatiponal Therapy - Independence Skills - Blue Class Flyer

Record Last Updated on: 29/09/2017

Time / Date Details

Time of day

Afternoon
Morning

Session Information

Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm

Other Details

Costs

Free

Referral required?

Yes

Referral Details

Families can self-refer to the service. Referrals are also accepted from education, health and social care professionals.

Referral Criteria:

The child/ young person must be:

Aged 0 –18 years
Resident in City or Hackney and/ or attending a school in City or Hackney. If children attend an independent school in City and Hackney then they must also live in City and Hackney to access the service. For children who live in City and Hackney but attend school out of borough, school input needs to be provided by the local service in that area.
Experiencing functional difficulties with everyday tasks (e.g. in self-care, school activities, play activities) due to a physical/ neurological disability, co-ordination difficulty, sensory difficulty, learning difficulty or developmental delay.

Referrals for children with difficulties only with handwriting/scissor skills are not accepted – instead traded services are offered to schools to provide support for these children.

Children with learning difficulties/delay are offered assessment and advice.

Criteria for Assessment of the Home Environment Service

The child/ young person must:

Be experiencing permanent physical disability (12 months duration)
Be under 18 years old
Live in Hackney. This includes respite/foster carer’s homes in Hackney.
The young person’s disability is restricting access to and freedom to move around the property and access essential facilities e.g:

- To get into and out of the dwelling

- To access the living room, bedroom, bathroom including toileting and washing facilities

- To access the garden

Referrals may also be made for safety issues to ensure safety of the disabled person and other occupants, where commercially available equipment would not solve the issue. This work is carried out in conjunction with input from physiotherapy, social care and psychology.
For children resident in the City, the Corporation of London has its own therapists who provide this service (Tel: 020 7332 3046)

What to do if you have a complaint

Complaints can be made to a clinician or manager in the service or alternatively through the Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS).

The service can be contacted on 020 8510 7315 or homerton1.pals@nhs.net

How to Get Here

Buses: 30, 56, 276, 149, 67, 76, 243

Train: Dalston Kingsland, Hackney Downs

Parking: limited parking for patients

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