- Title or Description
- Occupational Therapists
- FOI Number
- 2024316
- Date Received
- 14/03/2024
- Type of Request
- FOI
- Request or Question
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1. How many whole-time equivalent (WTE) registered OTs do you have that are directly employed by your local authority, and how many WTE Occupational Therapy Assistants are directly employed by your local authority? 2. And of these numbers, how many are employed in the following roles; a. Social Work Service (both WTE and head count) b. Housing c. Education
3. How many requests for assistance/enquiries did your Social Work Service receive in the years 2022 and 2023, and of those RFA/enquiries, how many were directed to Occupational Therapy?
4. Do the Occupational Therapists in your local authority work on a case management basis, assessing and providing social work services that go beyond their core Occupational Therapy professional role and remit? - Response
- 16 x Care Manager Occupational Therapist 14.90 FTE FTE Headcount 22 Zero 1 FTE 1 Headcount All Occupational Therapists in adult and children s services work as Care managers undertaking a range of care management and other operational duties in relation to a number of legislative requirements.
