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DirectOT
  • Home
  • Manual Handling Training
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Resources & Guidance
  • Testimonials
  • Contact

 Direct OT delivers essential, engaging, and high-quality staff training, alongside comprehensive service user assessments and occupational therapy services across schools, nursing homes, care homes, private residences, and a broad range of health and social care settings.


All assessors and trainers possess appropriate clinical expertise and hold full professional qualifications within the NHS Allied Health Professions.

Services

Manual Handling for People Handlers Training

 Staff training for schools, care facilities, and health and social care settings on the safe and effective use of all moving and handling equipment commonly found within these environments, including hoists and associated person-handling slings. 

Manual Handling for Qualified Professionals

 Designed for OTs, Physiotherapists, and Nurses, this training enhances analytical and equipment prescriptive skills, focusing on safe techniques, correct equipment use, and practical strategies to optimise patient and service user handling. 

Manual Handling Service User Assessment

Service user assessments for individuals with complex disabilities across schools, care, home and health settings. Occupational therapists identify and trial specialist equipment and adaptations including hoists, providing risk assessments, professional reports, and practical guidance to support safe and effective moving and handling support. 

Organisational Guidance

Provides expert guidance on MHOR 1992 and LOLER 1998 compliance, including risk assessments, policy development, staff training, safe working procedures, and sling inspections. Supports organisations in maintaining safety and legal compliance across health, social care, and educational settings. 

Occupational Therapy Assessment

Comprehensive Occupational Therapy assessments are offered in the home, school, or community, providing a holistic understanding of the person’s daily environment. Recommendations may include adaptive equipment, environmental modifications, and practical strategies to support independence, participation, and overall wellbeing. 

Case Management

 Flexible case management tailored to individual needs, ranging from full assessments and short interventions to ongoing treatment or consultant-level guidance, ensuring coordinated, person-centred care across health, social care, and educational settings. 

Organisations we work with

Please contact directly with any questions, comments, or scheduling inquiries you may have. 

 

Email: Christian@directot.co.uk

Phone: 07772609058

Direct OT LTD

Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Praciticing in Central and Greater London, Surrey and Sussex, areas further afield will be considered. 


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