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Experience

• Case management of children with cerebral palsy and acquired brain injury
• Writing clear concise comprehensive needs assessments
• Writing Clear Update Cost Reports
• Writing comprehensive witness statements
• Developing rehabilitation plans to action identified recommendations
• Liaising with multi-disciplinary team members coordinating excellent client care and experience
• Developing relationships with care agencies to ensure care provided is excellent
• Direct recruitment and managing of care teams and professionals
• Assessing for and providing specialist equipment and adaptations for children in their own homes
• Experience of the clinical treatment of children with neurological conditions.
• Experience of working within the community and acute settings

Key Skills

Emma has many years’ experience of working with children who have a wide variety of complex medical and physical conditions. She is a client focused practitioner who uses her excellent organizational skills to work efficiently to meet her client’s goals and enable them to achieve their long term aims.

Professional

• Member of BAOT
• Member of the Children, young people and Families specialist section of the BAOT
• Registered with the HCPC
• Member of BABICM
• Member of CMSUK

Areas of Work

Case Management of children with complex needs, Occupational Therapy.

Geographical Areas Covered

Hampshire, West Sussex, Dorset, Wiltshire and Surrey.

Employment

2012 – Current Case Manager/Occupational Therapist with Independent Living Solutions.

March 2012 – July 2013 Lead Occupational Therapist for the Children’s occupational therapy service at Southampton Children’s Hospital. Managing the day to day running of the occupational therapy service and intervention with children with a wide range of disabilities and health needs. Clinically responsible for the treatment of children with neurological conditions.

May 2008 –March 2012 Specialist paediatric Occupational Therapist in neurology, providing assessment and treatment to children with acquired brain injury and neurological conditions in both the hospital and community settings. This includes assessment and equipment provision and manual handling advice for children with complex multi-factorial needs at home and school.

September 2004- April 2008 Senior paediatric Occupational Therapist working with children from Birth to nineteen, providing specialist equipment, adaptations and manual handling advice for children in their own homes.

June 2002 – August 2004 Community Occupational Therapist, providing specialist equipment and adaptations to both children and adults with a wide range of disabilities.

Maintaining Excellence

Emma is committed to maintaining her skills and abilities and engages readily in a varied training supported by Independent Living Solutions covering the following areas:

• Recruitment and Employment
• Moving and Handling
• Litigation Training
• Emergency First aid at work
• Managing the complexities of running a care team
• Safeguarding
• Management of Risk