Rachel is an asset to any team she works with, providing specialist services for children and young people for Medico-Legal cases, Private Clients and families, Schools & Colleges, Local Authorities, Statutory Services, Businesses, Charities and Housing Associations.
" Rachel joined The OT Centre in 2025."
Helen Spencer
Clinical Director
Specialist skills for a Client's specific needs
Established in 2010 to provide high quality OT and SI Services
Clinical Excellence and Client needs Before Profit
Watford (Hertfordshire)
Stevenage (Hertfordshire)
Welwyn Garden City (Hertfordshire)
Bishop's Stortford (Hertfordshire)
Hertford (Hertfordshire)
Milton Keynes (Buckinghamshire)
London (Central & North)
Luton (Bedfordshire)
Southend-on-Sea (Essex)
Chelmsford (Essex)
Harlow (Essex)
Peterborough (Cambridgeshire)
Cambridge (Cambridgeshire)
Rachel is a dedicated Occupational Therapist with over a decade of experience working with adults and children across NHS and private sector settings. Her expertise lies in Paediatric Occupational Therapy, supporting children with diverse conditions. She is skilled in enhancing daily living skills, fine and gross motor development, handwriting, and anxiety management, fostering meaningful relationships to help clients maximise their potential.
With a caring and personable disposition, Rachel works with clients to create meaningful relationships, supporting them to achieve their goals. Currently qualified as an Advanced Special Yoga Practitioner, Rachel is pursuing Advanced Sensory Integration Practitioner status to further develop and target her therapeutic approach. She is committed to providing the most effective support for her clients, and she regularly participates in professional development activities to ensure she is up to date with the most relevant and evidence-based treatments.
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Rachel is proficient in administering standardised assessments, including the Sensory Profile and Movement ABC, and is able to synthesize assessment information, relevant evidence base and clinical reasoning to plan interventions suitable for her clients.Â
Rachel thrives on creative problem-solving, efficiently managing workloads and achieving impactful outcomes for her clients. In her most recent role, Rachel led a team of therapists and support staff to embed therapeutic provision across services for the benefit of clients and their families. This included the creation and delivery of a pilot project for young people, offering weekly group and individual sessions to support emotional wellbeing.Â
With experience at a senior level, Rachel has advanced stakeholder management and communication skills. Having presented operational therapeutic information at Board level to a number of stakeholders, Rachel has excellent written and verbal communication skills with multidisciplinary teams and external services.
Aids & Equipment, Anxiety Management, Challenging Behaviours Management & Support, Cognitive Rehabilitation, Fatigue Management, Functional Skills Training: Independent Living Skills (ILS), Activities of Daily Living (ADL), Community Access, Housing Adaptations: Minor, Housing Assessment, Manual Handling, Mental Health, Mobility, Motor Skills - Fine or Gross, Neurorehabilitation, Orthopaedic Injuries, Physical Rehabilitation, Postural Management, Sensory Integration Practitioner Level #3: can Assess & Treat, Sensory Processing, Sleep Hygiene, SMART Goal Setting & Reporting, Social Difficulties, Social, Emotional & Mental Health, Special Educational Needs (SEN): EHCP (Education Health & Care Plan), Individual Education Plan (IEP), Additional Learning Needs (ALN), Individual Development Plan (IDP), Coordinated Support Plan (CSP), Individualised Educational Programme (IEP), Upper Limb Rehabilitation, Vocational support: Return to Work or Education
Cognitive Rehabilitation, Sensory Processing, Sleep Hygiene, Social, Emotional & Mental Health
Mental Health & Neurodivergence OT, Paediatrics OT, Sensory Integration Practitioner, Vocational Rehabilitation OT
Developmental
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ADHD, Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorder ASD, Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) / Dyspraxia, Down Syndrome, Global Developmental Delay GDD, Learning Disability, Profound Multiple Learning Disabilities PMLD
Neurological
Acquired Brain Injury (Cerebral Palsy CP), Acquired Brain Injury (Stroke, Concussion, Aneurysm, Substance Use/Drug/Alcohol, Hypoxic or Anoxic Brain Injury, Tumor, Brain haemorrhage, Encephalitis), Epilepsy, Erb's Palsy, Progressive Conditions: Parkinson's Disease, Dementia, Alzheimer's
Physiological
Arthritis, Catastrophic Injury, Orthopaedic Injury, Fractures
Psychological
Anxiety Disorders incl Agoraphobia, Panic, Separation Anxiety, Social Anxiety, Phobia, Bi-polar, Depression
Sensory
Sensory Processing Disorder SPD, Sensory Modulation Disorder SMD, Sensory-Based Motor Disorder SBMD, Sensory Discrimination Disorder
Other
Elderly
Case Managers & Medicolegal, Private Clients, Individuals & Families, Schools & Colleges, Housing Associations, Local Authorities/Statutory Services, Primary Care, Businesses & Charities
HCPC Registration: OT70558
RCOT Membership: BT0811335
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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