Professional Experience

Transferred from consulting role to staff role; working within an interdisciplinary framework providing child and adolescent Occupational Therapy assessments and post diagnostic supports including administering ADOS (autism) assessments and feeding into clinical discussions around diagnoses. Specialist in trauma-informed OT assessments.

• Providing a Paediatric OT service, carrying out assessments and interventions with regard to motor skills (including DCD/dyspraxia assessment), handwriting (including assessments for assistive technology), sensory processing and self-regulation skills, organisational skills, support and advice with regards to independence skills for home, school and beyond.
• Providing a housing assessment and advice service, working with individuals in their own homes and advising how the built environment can be adapted to suit their current and future needs, based on their medical diagnoses, functional abilities and projected progression of their conditions.
• Commenced senior consulting role with Key Assets Consulting in July 2021; providing child and adolescent occupational therapy assessments, ASD assessments (within MDT) and specialist trauma informed assessments.

• Working as Senior Occupational Therapist with Wicklow Early Intervention and School Aged Disability team, providing an assessment and intervention service to children from 0–18, taking part in diagnostic assessments for ASD, working closely with psychology and speech and language disciplines to provide multidisciplinary care to children with complex needs and their families. Providing intervention regarding development of fine motor skills, handwriting, bilateral co-ordination, sensory processing and self-regulation skills.

• Working as Senior Occupational Therapist within Primary Care Paediatric service, providing an assessment and intervention service to children from 0–18, running intervention groups and 1:1 sessions, supporting children and families Providing intervention, support and advice regarding development of fine motor skills, handwriting, bilateral co-ordination, sensory processing and self-regulation skills.

• Working as Primary Care Occupational Therapist, providing an assessment and intervention service to children from 0–12 in socially diverse inner-city area. Facilitating groups, carrying out 1:1 work with clients and parents, liaising with, visiting and advising schools as well as wider multidisciplinary team. Developing familiarity with standardised assessments of motor skills, sensory processing, handwriting and visual-motor integration. 

• Providing an assessment and therapy service to paediatric clients primarily with diagnoses of autism and presenting with sensory processing difficulties. Developing own awareness and understanding of sensory integration approach. Researching key skills for engagement, for example Greenspan’s Floortime approach and Ayre’s sensory integration theory.

• Providing a community-based occupational therapy service to clients in County Wicklow, from birth to old age, with a range of physical and psycho-social conditions. Prescribing equipment and aids to maximise clients’ independence in all aspects of daily living, advising on care plans and client’s holistic needs. Working as a member of team, advising and supporting clients, carers and families in dealing with disability, illness, mental health, care and mobility issues. Providing advice to clients and local council regarding accessible environments for clients with a range of conditions, completing housing reports. Providing a wheelchair and seating service. Liaising with other members of the primary care team.

• Providing a community-based occupational therapy service to clients in County Wicklow, from birth to old age, with a range of physical and psycho-social conditions. Prescribing equipment and aids to maximise clients’ independence in all aspects of daily living, advising on care plans and client’s holistic needs. Working as a member of team, advising and supporting clients, carers and families in dealing with disability, illness, mental health, care and mobility issues. Providing advice to clients and local council regarding accessible environments for clients with a range of conditions, completing housing reports. Providing a wheelchair and seating service. Liaising with other members of the primary care team.

• Providing an occupational therapy service to adults over the age of 65, serving the stroke ward within a sub-acute rehabilitation hospital. Assessing clients’ sensory, motor and perceptual skills following stroke, providing a rehabilitation service based on the Bobath (neurodevelopmental) approach, planning for future discharge considering the individual’s valued roles and occupations.