A diligent, passionate professional with over 20 years of experience as an Occupational Therapist. She provides specialist services for adults for Medico-Legal cases, Private Clients and families, Businesses, Charities, Local Authorities and Housing Associations
" Karen joined The OT Centre in 2023.
I was delighted to have Karen join the team as she brings over 20 years experience as a Neurorehabilitation specialist with a corresponding skill set working with a broad spectrum of needs including Physical, Cognitive and Vocational Rehabilitation."
Helen Spencer
Clinical Director
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Warrington
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Ellesmere Port
Macclesfield
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Blackburn
Burnley
Preston
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Lancashire
Greater Manchester
Karen is a diligent, passionate professional with over 20 years of experience as a Neurorehabilitation specialist. She provides assessment and intervention for clients with a broad spectrum of complex needs across Traumatic Brain Injury, Stroke and degenerative conditions including Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson’s Disease.
Karen’s peers describe her as friendly, personable and approachable, and an asset to the team. She has exceptional communication skills enabling her to build a good client rapport and an effective working relationship with the professional team. She particularly enjoys working with complex cases, drawing on her experience to provide therapy, advice and education.
With a special interest in Cognition and Cognitive rehabilitation, she is committed to understanding how her clients' difficulties impact their day to day functioning and quality of life, tailoring her approach and interventions to address individual challenges and goals. She adopts a client centred approach to therapy and is keen to enable clients to work on what matters to them. Working closely with her clients and those around them, her passion lies in improving their overall quality of life engaging with their individualised goals.
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Karen is also highly experienced in completing upper-limb assessment as well as assessing for adaptations and small aids. She has completed a course on Postural Management and is also Bobath trained. She also has experience in seating and wheelchair assessment. The breadth of her experience allows her to be a versatile and flexible OT, confident across a range of clinical settings.
After qualifying in 1994 Karen went on to specialise in Neurorehabilitation, spending several years in a Community Neuro Rehabilitation team. As a Neuro Clinical Specialist she has attained a high level of skill and compassion working with clients with acquired neurological conditions. Â
Karen also has experience within vocational rehabilitation, supporting and enabling those with a range of cognitive difficulties to return to work in varying capacities to suit their individual needs. She keenly attends conferences and training courses and has previously presented at conferences herself within the field of neurorehabilitation.
Aids & Equipment, Cognitive Rehabilitation, Fatigue Management, Functional Skills Training: Independent Living Skills (ILS), Activities of Daily (ADL) Living, Community Access, Housing Adaptations: Minor, Manual Handling, Mobility, Neurorehabilitation, Orthopaedic Injuries, Physical Rehabilitation, Postural Management, Sleep Hygiene, SMART Goal Setting & Reporting, Spasticity Management, Specialist Seating, Training, Upper Limb Rehabilitation, Vocational support: Return to Work or Education, Wheelchair Assessments, Work-Site Assessments
Cognitive Rehabilitation, Neurorehabilitation, Vocational support: Return to Work or Education
Neurorehabilitation OT
Neurological
Acquired Brain Injury (Stroke, Concussion, Aneurysm, Hypoxic or Anoxic Brain Injury, Tumor, Brain haemorrhage, Encephalitis), Progressive Conditions: Multiple Sclerosis MS, Motor Neurone Disease MND, Huntington's Disease, Spinal Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury
Physiological
Catastrophic Injury, Orthopaedic Injury, Fractures
Other
Elderly
Case Managers & Medicolegal, Private Clients, Individuals & Families, Local Authorities/Statutory Services, Businesses & Charities
HCPC Registration: OT23129
RCOT Membership: BT0207758
Occupational Therapists vetted by our Clinical Director as specialists in their field.
Working with Case Managers, Solicitors and the Client MDT since 2010
Remaining a family owned, family run practice putting clinical services, quality and integrity before profit.
Direct access to your OT via Mobile Phone and online Call-Back Booking Service.
Secure Online Access to all aspects of our work, including Professional Reports, SMARTAAR Goal Plans, Goal-Scored Client Sessions and Client Appointment Schedules.
Fully Costed Proposals for fixed periods of SMARTAAR goal-driven outcome focused therapy.
Quantifiable clinically justifiable interventions through Session by Session scored Outcome Reports and End-Term Treatment Review Reports.
Best use of tools and technologies to provide a first-class service for our clients and our customers.
Custom built Apps make it easy for your OT to manage your client case, documentation, goal plans and reports, providing a clear framework for their clinical work.
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