Occupational therapy - community and intermediate care
Occupational therapists provide assessment and treatment to clients who receive a service from the following multidisciplinary teams. For more information about each of these multidisciplinary teams and how to refer to them please select an option below:
- Home rehabilitation service
- Day hospital and falls service
- Cazaubon Unit (inpatient rehabilitation unit at East Ham Care Centre)
- Community disability service
- HIV service
- Community stroke service
In addition to these multidisciplinary teams occupational therapy assessment and treatment in the community is also provided by a Community Rehabilitation Health Team, a Community Hand Therapist and an End of Life Care Occupational Therapist.
Community rehabilitation health team
This occupational therapy team works with adults (aged 16 and over) who would benefit from rehabilitation and who have both short and/or long term health needs. The occupational therapist will set treatment goals with the individual and help practice, learn or re-learn ways of managing at home, at work, in educational and other settings.
This team strongly encourages self referral in additional to referrals from health and social care professionals. The team is accessed by a single point of referral shared with the London Borough of Newham Adult Social Care Occupational Therapy Team.
To make a referral please call the Newham Contact Centre on 020 8430 2000 ext 35790 and request a referral to the Health Occupational Therapy Team (PCT OT).
Community hand therapist
The occupational therapy hand specialist provides assessment and treatment for clients whose hands have become painful, deformed or damaged due to illness or injury. Treatment aims to enable each client to self manage his/her condition and maximise functional skills and independence at home, at work and in educational and other settings. Treatment may include splinting, exercises, and advice and education in relation to joint protection and lifestyle management.
Referral forms are available by contacting 020 7363 8139.
End of life care occupational therapist
This specialist occupational therapist works closely with the multidisciplinary teams providing care for adults (over 16) with incurable or progressive illness including the St Joseph’s Community Palliative Care Team. Treatment aims to help people to stay independent for as long as possible and maintain a good quality of life. Treatment may include learning anxiety management and fatigue management strategies; learning new ways to manage everyday tasks such as bathing, dressing and cooking and being provided with equipment to maintain or increase independence.