What is Occupational Therapy?

Would you like to work with:

• A child with a learning disability
• A person with a mental health problem
• An elderly person recovering from a hip replacement
• A homeless person
• An older person with dementia
• An adolescent with an eating disorder
• A young adult recovering from an accident
• A person recovering from a stroke

Occupational Therapy is a healthcare profession.  Occupational therapists work with patients and clients such as those described above and with many others.  They aim to facilitate independence in their daily 'occupations'.  'Occupation' is the term used to describe those tasks and activities with which we fill our daily lives - at the most basic level, washing, dressing, feeding and moving around, to the more complex areas of working, leisure and managing finances and home.  Any illness, trauma or disruption can result in difficulties in these areas due to problems with moving, thinking or carrying out the tasks.  Occupational therapists design and deliver intervention programmes to address these difficulties.

Occupational therapy is a broad career and qualified therapists have a wide variety of options regarding employment.

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