Westcountry Case Management

Rachel Jenkins

BSc(Hons)OT

Career History

Rachel qualified as an occupational therapist in 1994. Rachel initially worked with adults and adolescents with challenging behaviour in a specialist assessment unit. She moved into community work and her area of expertise is working with children with complex learning and physical disabilities. Rachel was lead occupational therapist working in a special school for children with severe learning disabilities. Rachel has extensive experience of working in multi disciplinary teams and liaising with social services and education authorities.

Rachel has successfully completed an intense 8-week training course on the assessment and treatment of children with cerebral palsy and associated neurological conditions.

Current Work

Rachel now works as an independent occupational therapist undertaking case management work for Westcountry Case Management. Rachel also prepares rehabilitation cost reports for claimants and defendants in respect of medico-legal claims. She has a particular interest in the integrating children with disabilities into mainstream schools.

Key Skills

• Long term experience of working with families and carers caring for children with complex needs.
• Experienced in care planning for children with physical and learning disabilities.
• Extensive experience of specialist equipment for children with special needs.
• Experience of working within a multi agency environment .

Professional Affiliations & Additional Qualifications

• British Association of Occupational Therapists (BAOT)
• National Association of Paediatric Occupational Therapists (NAPOT)
• British Association of Bobath Trained Therapists (BABTT)
• Sensory Integration Network, UK and Ireland