Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapy helps people live more productive lives. It enables people with disabilities to carry out essential activities, with the aim of maintaining or improving independence.  Occupation means any way in which people spend their time from personal care (washing, dressing, toileting) to productivity (paid or unpaid work, housework, education); to leisure (games, sports, hobbies, social activities).

Examples of essential activities may include:

• managing personal care, e.g. getting to the bathroom and transferring on/off toilet.
• safe mobility around your home to enable you to prepare meals, get in/out of bed, manage the steps and stairs.
• enabling an individual to take up or stay in paid or unpaid work.
• enabling your carer to care for you.

OTs could help, or provide information about:

• raising the height of the bed/chair so that standing is much easier if a person has stiff, painful hips and knees.
• making a home safer for getting around by the installation, for instance, of hand rails and ramps.
• reducing anxiety and helping people raise their confidence about getting around or managing their disability.
• information on ways of obtaining appropriate support and helping people to connect to other relevant agencies.
• assisting carers to continue to maintain their caring responsibilities.

For people able and wanting to fund their own equipment or adaptations, advice and information is available by contacting the Access Team or a guide on basic equipment can be downloaded from Equipment and Adaptations.  Others may receive services directly from us following an assessment of need.  Financially assessed grants may be available for major adaptations work. 

If you would like to initiate a routine Occupational Therapy assessment please either contact the Access Team or download, complete and return the self-assessment form below.  After your form has been processed you will be contacted by a member of the Occupational Therapy team.  Return the form to:

Principle Officer/Occupational Therapy
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
York House
Sheet Street
Windsor
Berkshire
SL4 1DD

If you think you, or someone in your family might benefit from any service provided by Social Services and you would like us to contact you by phone or email, please click the following link and complete the Social Services Contact Us/Self Referral Online Form and someone will be in touch with you as soon as possible.

Occupational Therapy Self-Assessment Form

Download, complete and return this form to initiate a routine Occupational Therapy assessment.

•   Occupational Therapy Self Assessment Form (pdf 29KB)