British Association of Occupational Therapists
College of Occupational Therapists

Careers Handbook 2009/10

June 25, 2008 9:10 AM

The Careers Handbook is a comprehensive guide to studying occupational therapy in the United Kingdom. It contains valuable information about the profession, working life and how to choose the right course.

Download the Careers Handbook

Saving the day centre

June 16, 2008 10:45 AM

Peter Beresford and BAOT member Wendy Bryant have written a piece for The Guardian on the role of day centres within mental health services.

Visit The Guardian and read 'Saving the day centre'

News and issues from Annual Conference 2008

June 12, 2008 10:45 AM

Each day we are publishing updates on the latest news from Annual Conference including summaries of key speeches and discussions.

• Maxmise new opportunities, members told
• Self promotion: are we doing enough?
• Health service commissioners' priorities are dominant
• Occupational therapy rooted in our shared humanity
• Members urged to use blogs and social networks
• When is an occupational therapist not an occupational therapist?
• Palliative care referrals occurring too late
• Take the bill by the horns, OTs told
• OTs will work with more HIV+ patients
• Palliatice care: a postcode lottery?
• CPD - your responsibility to stay registered
• Is sexuality part of the OT's role?
• Big challenges working abroad - and returning home
• OTs should not feel threatened by the introduction of the trusted assessor role
• OTs suited to case management

Read the latest news from Annual Conference

UNISON health members vote to accept pay offer

June 06, 2008 10:45 AM

64.91% of UNISON health members have voted in favour of accepting a 3-year pay offer worth 8.1%. The union carried out an individual postal ballot of its 452,000 members working in the NHS including nurses, paramedics, occupational therapists, porters, midwives, health care assistants, technical, admin, cleaning, security and catering staff over the deal that will establish a new NHS minimum wage of £6.77 in year 2. This result means that UNISON and the RCN, the two largest NHS Trade Unions, have now endorsed the multi-year agreement.

Allied Health Professions make unique contribution to health and well-being

May 29, 2008 10:45 AM

The Allied Health Professions (AHPs) met Professor the Lord Darzi KBE, Parlimentary Under-Secretary of State for Health, to contribute towards 'Our NHS, Our Future'. This event provided an opportunity for Allied Health Professionals to promote their unique contributions to health and well-being service delivery.

'AHPs as Integrators of Care' is the report which resulted from this event. It is a composite of the conversations and exemplars of innovative AHP practice discussed on the day. Additionally, it identifies the key messages about the substantial contribution that all the AHPs already make and the untapped potential within this highly skilled workforce to deliver a much greater impact across the whole health and well being economy.

Download AHPs as Integrators of Care (379KB*)

Position Statement on Transforming Community Equipment Services

April 28, 2008 11:35 AM

A review of equipment services has been carried out by the Care Services Efficiency Delivery programme (CSED). Transforming Community Equipment Services (TCES) was developed as a result of this review. It aims to give everyone more choice and control over the services they receive and to give people who pay for themselves (i.e. self-funders) the help, advice and information they need when selecting and using equipment. TCES will not change the way users and carers who need state support are assessed. It will, however, provide greater opportunities for occupational therapists to support and enable people, especially those who are not entitled to help from the state sector. The College has produced a position statement in response to the TCES.

Download the Position Statement on Transforming Community Equipment Services (88KB*)

New Publication - Health Promotion Sample Download

April 9, 2008 11:35 AM

The College is pleased to announce the publication of Health promotion in occupational therapy, a valuable new resource highlighting the links between occupation and health and between occupational therapy and health promotion. For a sample of what to expect please download the Health Promotion Extract. (754KB*)

College of Occupational Therapists Pre-registration Education Standards

March 5, 2008 15:05 PM

The College is pleased to announce the publication of a revised edition of its Pre-registration Education Standards, which have been developed to serve as dynamic quality indicators against which the College of Occupational Therapists can judge an individual programme’s suitability for professional body accreditation. The standards support and facilitate the development of an occupational therapy curriculum, leading to approval by the World Federation of Occupational Therapists, and are suitable to meet the requirements of the regulatory and statutory bodies in the United Kingdom. They cover four main areas:

• Programme management and resources standards;
• Curriculum standards;
• Learning, teaching and assessments standards;
• Quality assurance and monitoring standards.
  

New Ways of Working in Mental Health

January 11, 2008 09:45 AM

This Department of Health initiative provides the future model of service provision for all members of the multidisciplinary team. This PowerPoint presentation explains the background to the project and the implications for Occupational Therapy.
Download a powerpoint presentation about NWW and Occupational Therapy (135KB)

New publication: Vocational navigation for occupational therapy staff

January 4, 2008 17:40

Work matters: vocational navigation for occupational therapy staff is the result of a collaboration between the College of Occupational Therapists and the National Social Inclusion Programme. It is aimed at occupational therapists and other allied health professionals and provides good practice guidance to support their work with people on their journeys to employment. It outlines some of the barriers and how occupational therapists can work with people to identify and tackle these. It also introduces some ideas on engaging with people around work issues and signposts readers to useful sources of information and potential partner organisations.

Exhibition, Exhibitor Workshop and Sponsorship Opportunities at Harrogate 2008

January 3, 2007 10:14

If you would like to reach senior managers, practitioners, a large number of occupational therapists and students at Annual Conference 2008, please download the Annual Conference and Exhibition prospectus (1.17MB PDF). The prospectus outlines details about the exhibition, sponsorship opportunities and exhibitor workshops at the College's 32nd Annual Conference and Exhibition at Harrogate.

Annual Review 2006-2007

December 19, 2007 5:30 PM

The Annual Review 2006-2007 is now available to either view online or download. Covering the period from the 1st October 2006 to 30th September 2007 the Review charts our progress against five key strategic aims.