Occupational Therapy

Young people are active and creative individuals however often face challenges as a result of illness or disability. Our Occupational Therapy Service aims to restore their potential to participate in daily tasks by regaining lost skills or developing new ones.

What we do

Our team of occupational therapists and support workers, work with children from birth until they leave full time education, to reach their optimum level of performance in self-care, leisure, and educational tasks. Our approach is holistic, outcome focused, and graded to meet the needs of the individual child.

Thorough assessment will take into account their physical, cognitive, perceptual, social and emotional needs, to highlight their current strengths and areas for intervention and development. Specialist treatment plans are subsequently formulated with the child’s personal goals being carefully considered and implemented.

We work with children from across the region, and therefore liaise closely with local community teams to provide advice and plan supported discharge from hospital services. We will also assist in planning and facilitating transition into school and nursery settings.

Children will be seen in the most appropriate environment for their needs which may include the ward, therapy department, clinics, their home or educational setting.

Our Occupational Therapy Team supports children and young people across inpatient and outpatient services including:

Cardiology & cardiac surgery
Chronic pain
Cleft lip and palate service
Gastroenterology
High Dependency Unit
Liver Unit
Medicine
Neonatal service
Neurosciences
Oncology & haematology
Orthopaedics
Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
Renal medicine
Rheumatology
Surgery
Long Covid Service

Contact us

Child Therapy Department
A Floor Clarendon Wing
Belmont Grove
Leeds General Infirmary
Leeds
LS2 9NS

Meet the team

We are team of highly trained Occupational Therapists with many years of experience in supporting children and young people. Some of our team focus on specific areas such as pain management, others work across a variety of specialities. You will find us on wards across the children’s hospital as well as in outpatient clinics. We also visit patients at home and in school settings where necessary.

We work closely with community-based occupational therapy teams in Leeds to provide a seamless transition as patients move on from hospital care.

Clinical Service Manager

Beth Elias

Occupational Therapists

Lisa Smith
Claire England
Leanne Brain
Hannah Gormley
Lorraine Wickham
Rachel Rogers
Lilia Corrigan