Occupational therapy

Access resources and information for occupational therapists who are working in social care, with a particular focus on professional development. We work in partnership with the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT).

Occupational therapy placements guide

This guide will help occupational therapists to identify placement opportunities within the organisation and demonstrate how you and your team can plan, implement and sustain practice placement opportunities to support our future workforce. It showcases how practice-based learning maps to professional standards and what experience occupational therapy learners can gain in a social care setting. 

Occupational therapist degree apprenticeship

The apprenticeship standard and assessment plan has been approved and published by the Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA). Learn more on the IfA website. 

Key points

• The apprentice will complete a BSc (Hons) degree in occupational therapy or level 7 qualification approved by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and accredited by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) where the apprentice already holds a level 6 degree.
• A minimum of 20% of the apprentices paid working hours must be spent on off-the-job training.
• The training will typically take 48 months.
• Levy paying organisations will be able to use their apprenticeship levy to fund the occupational therapist degree apprenticeship training and end-point assessment cost.
• Non-levy organisations will pay 10% of the agreed cost, with the Government paying the rest (as long as the total cost is no more than the government-assigned cap).

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