A section of the email I, an OT, sent to SW Railway responding to their public consultation re closing ticket offices. SWR Help SouthWesternRailway Royal College of Occupational Therapists - are you writing a statement pushing against the de-staffing of train stations? Public transport is an occupational right.

Nearing the end of my final placement & a service user who I’ve been working with the last ten weeks created a book for me full of her stencil work and left me the loveliest message. Words can’t express how happy this made me #occupationaltherapy 💚Cardiff University OT Society 🌻 School of Healthcare Sciences

Working within a social enterprise and working on a project to measure our co-production is proving difficult with the majority of audits looking at statutory services and commissioning - anyone experienced a similar situation? #occupationaltherapy #coproduction #outcomemeasure

Our Adult Social Care executive team today welcomed Occupational Therapists from the West of Berkshire area for a conference during Royal College of Occupational Therapists #OTweek23 The conference was to shine a light on the essential work of OTs and enhance skills through sharing knowledge.

Has anyone had experience (specifically in social care) working with management to change referral forms/ax etc to have options for pronouns, different titles, to make forms more inclusive? New to the role but eager to help put positive changes in place LGBTQIA+OT UK

Loved reading this today! Currently working in England within social care and excited to refer my colleagues to this piece to help aid education within the team alongside my CPD talk next year 🏳️‍⚧️

I was #NotASchoolSkiver I was a child struggling to cope with the grief of loosing a friend at 12. I was dyslexic with the only support being “use a dictionary”. I had undiagnosed ADHD, I wasn’t lazy and unorganised. This messaging is damaging #DoBetter

4 months into my NQOT role and had an apprentice shadow me today. Really helped to boost my confidence about my abilities in this role and my understanding of the processes. Looking forward to the day I can take a student on! 💚

Here's one easy hack which could improve teenage mental health. Stop telling teenagers that their GCSEs are the most important thing they'll ever do and that if they don't do well, their future life will be blighted. People say this to motivate teenagers but for many it has

We need to stop with fluffy “meaningful things people want to do” and “tips and tricks”. We know that. But people don’t know OT is analysis, evaluation and a scientifically based profession whose specialist skills assess, create treatment plans and aid recovery. 2/3

This image says it all tbh.

Occupational therapists working in social care will be essential in 2035, just as they are now! 💚 Positioning them to focus on prevention and early interventions will minimise the need for crisis intervention and dependency on care services. #CelebratingSocialCare 1/3

Spoke with reablement leader from Devon this morning. Tells me that all the day centres have closed where older people used to go. Gave them a reason to leave the house and be active. Now hardly leave home, minimal steps, very little functional activity

Occupational therapists offer incredible support for people with Motor Neurone Disease. Learn more in the guide we created alongside the MND Association: loom.ly/3ARTh7g