Referral Partners

We are FunctionAbility, a holistic Occupational Therapy practice that provides a wide range of progressive therapy services.

All our therapists are HCPC & RCOT registered, DBS checked, insured and vetted.

What we can do for your patients

At FunctionAbility, we offer a variety of services to individuals as well as families referred to us by medical practitioners or members of the multidisciplinary team. Our services are offered in areas including physical health and mental health. We can offer our services in these areas to babies, children and adolescents, young and working adults as well as seniors. We also offer vocational assessment and rehabilitation as well as functional capacity assessments and reports for legal purposes.

We pride ourselves on offering quality assessments, reports and intervention in a reasonable time frame with no waiting lists. We are able to assist with urgent cases in Berkshire, Surrey and surrounding areas to assist your clients at home or via telehealth tools.

How we work with medical practitioners

Should you have a client that may benefit from our services, please complete the contact form in detail and one of our therapists will get back to you as soon as possible to discuss how we can assist.

Following assessment of the referred client, we will complete a detailed report with background information, assessment results, conclusion and recommendations. Where further intervention is undertaken by the FunctionAbility team, we can provide you with regular feedback and updates on progress made through progress reports. Our team is highly experienced in working with a multidisciplinary team and value the input, feedback and discussion with other professionals to ensure best practice is offered to your client.

How we work with Case Managers & Employers

Our team of experienced Occupational Therapists can prepare a proposal with a fixed fee structure tailored for each individual case depending on the needs of the case. We offer expert advice and collaborate with you as case manager to ensure we meet the needs of you and your client.

How we work with care homes

We can assist on an individual case basis or a locum type structure where an Occupational Therapist is placed at the care home for a fixed period to deliver weekly services. We also offer training, education and support to care workers and can assist with individual sessions contract basis training.

What we can do for care home residents

At FunctionAbility, we offer a variety of services to individuals in care homes as well as services to the care home as an organisation. Our services are offered in areas including physical health and mental health. We offer services including mobility and accessibility, assistive equipment, cognitive assessment and intervention, assessment and intervention of activities of daily living, palliative care, dementia care, telehealth and advice on pressure care.

We also offer group therapy and activities to care home residents to improve participation in self-care and daily activities as well as meaningful leisure participation.

Training for care workers

FunctionAbility offers training and advice to care home workers, including education on palliative care, facilitation of meaningful occupations, pressure care and management and manual handling training.

What we can do for solicitors and insurers

Our team of Occupational Therapists are experienced in delivering evidence based Functional Capacity Evaluations as well as medico-legal reports. We offer assessments in both physical as well as mental health cases where assessment of functional abilities are required for legal or insurance purposes. Following these assessments, our Occupational Therapists prepare a report detailing the outcomes of the assessment, analysis of the case, conclusion and recommendations with evidence based outcomes.

How we work with charitable organisations

We can assist with tailored proposals and volume-based pricing. We also work closely with charitable organisations to forge partnerships and discuss the offer of pro bono work where possible. Through our partnerships with charitable organisations we hope to improve exposure and awareness of the organisation as well. We also offer training, education and support to care workers and can assist with individual sessions contract basis training.

Social inclusion groups in the community and caregiver training

FunctionAbility can work together with charitable organisations to organise and facilitate social inclusion groups in the community for all ages. This will assist in improving social skills as well as facilitate a sense of belonging while participating in meaningful occupations together with others, ultimately improving well-being.

FunctionAbility also offers training and support to caregivers in the community. This includes training on frail care, palliative care, facilitation of meaningful occupations, pressure care and management and manual handling training.

We follow evidence based practice

At FunctionAbility we focus on evidence based practice to ensure valid and reliable work and feedback to the NHS and health board.

FunctionAbility strives to provide high quality work within short timelines and over a diversity of cases. We will also provide you with clear costs ahead of time and include costing estimates within our recommendations for further planning following an assessment.

What we can do for local government and councils

At FunctionAbility, we offer a variety of services to local governments and councils. This can include but is not limited to reduction of waiting lists, urgent cases when short staffed, support with training in specialist areas and completion of EHCP assessments and reports.

We can offer our services in these areas to babies, children and adolescents, young and working adults as well as seniors. We offer services including mobility and accessibility, assistive equipment, cognitive assessment and intervention, assessment of activities of daily living, preparation for independent living and services in mental health such as day planning, home management and participation in meaningful activities.

Temporary capacity to reduce waiting lists

We pride ourselves on offering quality assessments, reports and intervention in a reasonable time frame. We are able to assist with urgent cases in Berkshire, Surrey and surrounding areas, making use of telehealth tools to assist your clients where home visits or contact consultations are not possible.

We can therefore assist by providing temporary capacity and reducing waiting lists.

Our qualifications & evidence based practice

Our team includes qualified Occupational Therapists with extensive experience in the field as well as highly experienced Occupational Therapy Assistants. Our team members are all registered with the HCPC and Royal College of Occupational Therapy (RCOT), enhanced DBS checked, insured and vetted.

At FunctionAbility we focus on evidence based practice to ensure valid and reliable work and feedback to you as a medical professional.

Our areas of expertise

Our team has extensive experience in especially mental health and cognition with a special interest in sensory intervention for children and adults alike.

At FunctionalAbility, we also have team members with extensive experience and interest in vocational rehabilitation for both clients with physical or mental health difficulties. These team members are able to assist your client in returning to work following injury or mental health diagnoses or assist with improving and maintaining productivity in order to stay at work despite physical or mental health difficulties.

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