Our Workforce Strategy roundtable brought together people with real influence in health, social care and education to realise our ambitions for the occupational therapy workforce. 💚

Brilliant insights from Letisha Foster, MSc Pre-Reg Occupational Therapy Student at @UClanOT. #RCOT2024 [Video description: A quote read 'Many therapists feel they lack the resources to implement play as effectively as possible']

'This is blowing my mind! 🤯' - how we all feel after Professor Michael Rowe's eye-opening plenary on using Generative AI. A tool that can be powerful but only in collaboration with us (humans!) - don't ask AI to do the work for you, ask it to help you do better work. #RCOT2024

Voting is a right. 🗳️ But many feel excluded or encounter obstacles such as transportation issues, language barriers and the complexities of the voting process itself. Here's some expert advice from our members: loom.ly/dag_Jv8 #UKGeneralElection #AccessibleVoting

Calling children's OTs! I looking for someone with experience in supporting children/young people with paediatric feeding disorder/ARFID. If this is you, please get in touch as I have some questions I hope you can answer. Thank you!

Children’s OTs - have you supported practice placements in a social care or criminal justice setting? Please get in touch so we can learn more about the opportunities & challenges these present. Thank you!

Powered wheelchairs are expensive. But, if you live in the UK and your son or daughter is 14 months and up, you can apply for one for FREE! You can find out more and apply for a fun, Wizzybug powered wheelchair on our website: designability.org.uk/assistive-solu…

We've appointed Dr Lisa Ledger Assistant Director-AHPs NIHR as our first ever Assistant Director of Allied Health Professions! Dr Ledger, who's a qualified occupational therapist, will provide leadership for #AHPs who lead, support or deliver NIHR research. nihr.ac.uk/news/nihr-appo…

Great to see the school-based OT service in Neath Port Talbot highlighted in this report as a model for expansion & testing elsewhere. Ensuring every school has access to OT expertise is a key ambition for Royal College of Occupational Therapists RCOT Welsh Policy

Please share widely across your networks 💚 we can all learn so much from FICare (including the challenges in implementing it within healthcare & AHP practice) your input can help make a greater impact 💜NENC AHPs Boost Learning and Improvement Community NENC Child Health & Wellbeing Network Healthier Together North East and North Cumbria Jordan McKenna Professional Adviser Sally

NICE is consulting on a guideline on maternal and child nutrition. If this is an area of interest to you, you can review the guideline and register your interest in commenting (by 11/9/24) here: bit.ly/4dtKx4y

📋 Complete this survey and help improve placements for all learners: loom.ly/mjctoQg We want to better understand the enablers and barriers to practice-based learning education, so if you're involved in practice–based education, we want to hear from you!

Really important survey here

I'm writing about 'making great OT referrals' & wondered how people have used our recent advice. What impact has this had on your service? Has it helped you access timely advice as a referrer? Please share your experience! rcot.co.uk/sites/default/…

Ages & Stages questionnaires - do any children’s OTs use this as part a referral process? Please get in touch if you do so I can learn more. Thank you!

Children’s OTs - please complete this survey (whether you are involved in practice education or not) to help us understand enablers & barriers to practice-based education. Survey link below ⬇️

OTs working with children with cerebral palsy - invitation to take part in a Delphi study to develop management guidelines for the use of Botulinum Toxin with CYP. Closes 29/9/24. bit.ly/4cDGFwU RCOT CYPF

RCOT CYPF Professional Adviser Sally