College of Occupational Therapists join TLAP

Published: 8 Oct, 2015

The College of Occupational Therapists (COT) have become the latest organisation to join the TLAP partnership.

Occupational therapy takes a whole-person approach to both mental and physical health and wellbeing, enabling individuals to achieve their full potential.

Their commitments to TLAP for 2015-2016 include:

Promote the work of TLAP via their media and members network.
Promote to members the Occupational Therapists (OT) contribution in support of the TLAP focus on early interventions and support to enable people to remain independent and active citizens.
Continue to champion the need for OT services user to have choice and control over the services they receive and take an active role in the assessments of their needs.

We are delighted to welcome them to the TLAP partnership and look forward to working with them.

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An assessment is a way of understanding or judging something.

In social care, there are various different assessments, including a needs assessment, supported self-assessment, carers assessment, young carers assessment, child’s needs assessment, transition assessment, combined assessment, joint assessment, financial assessment, risk assessment

Social workers complete assessments to find out information so they can decide if a person requires care and support to help them live their day-to-day life and do the things that matter to them, and how this support should be funded.

The law (Care Act 2014) says that local councils must undertake an assessment for any adult with an appearance of need for care and support, even if the council thinks the person might not have eligible needs, and regardless of their financial situation.

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Actions that aim to slow down or reduce people’s needs for care and support, or prevent other needs from developing. Early intervention includes things like falls prevention clinics, adaptations to people’s houses to make them easier to get around, or support for carers.

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The needs a person has for care and support, that their local council is required by law to meet.

The Care Act 2014 says that local councils are required by law to meet people’s eligible needs.

Councils have to carry out a needs assessment if a person appears to need care and support, and follow the national minimum eligibility threshold to determine people’s eligible needs.

Under the Act, local councils also have a duty to prevent or delay the development of needs for care and support, and reduce needs that a person already has. Councils also have a duty to provide advice and information about support available in the community that help people to meet needs that are not determined to be eligible.

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A person who is qualified to help people of all ages to overcome any permanent loss or lack of physical, sensory, mental or communication function.

Their aim is to help people improve their ability to function as independently as possible so that they can participate in whatever activities are meaningful and important to them. Occupational therapists do this mainly by identifying and removing barriers to independence and participation in daily life.

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A healthcare profession that focuses on developing, recovering or maintaining the daily living and working skills of people with physical, mental, or cognitive impairments.

Occupational therapy aims to enable people to take part in everyday life. Occupational therapy services are available free of charge from the NHS and local councils, but independent occupational therapists will charge a fee for their services.

Independent occupational therapists usually provide services that are not available from the NHS or local councils, and/or have no waiting lists.

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