British Association of Occupational
Therapists,
106-114 Borough High Street,
London SE1 1LB.
Beryl Steeden
| Phone Fax Web Site |
+ 44 207 450 2353
+ 44 207 450 2350 cotec@cot.co.uk www.baot.co.uk www.cot.org.uk |
| Phone Fax |
Simon Hannaford
| Phone Fax |
for the higher directive
For the recognition of professional qualifications, please apply to the Health Professions Council
http://www.hpc-uk.org
email international@hpc-uk.org (see also below)
For information about working in the United Kingdom please see:
www.cot.org.uk/public/practice/working_in_uk.htm
For information about immigration and work permits please see www.IND.homeoffice.gov.uk
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Housing
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HIV/AIDs, Oncology and Palliative Care
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Neurological Practice
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Children, young people and families
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Rheumatology
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Independent Practice
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Older People
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People with Learning Difficulties
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Trauma and Orthopaedics
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Work
The British Association and College of Occupational Therapists is the professional association and trade union for all occupational therapy students and staff in the UK. It also offers membership to qualified occupational therapists from other countries.
It has 5 strategic aims:-
- Provide efficient and effective services to all its members;
- Improve services to users of occupational therapy;
- Educate, develop and support all its members;
- Promote research and innovation in the profession;
- Facilitate the involvement of all members in decisions about the profession
It currently has approximately 29,000 members. The Association and College’s activities are wide ranging and full information can be found via www.cot.org.uk
Working in the UK
Occupational Therapists in the United Kingdom are now regulated by the Health Professions Council (HPC), previously the Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine (CPSM). This new organisation has been set up to provide a modern regulatory framework for the protection of the public. The professions it covers are:
- Arts Therapists , Music Therapists, Drama Therapists, Art Psychotherapists
- Chiropodists/Podiatrists
- Clinical Scientists
- Clinical Scientists and Medical Laboratory Technicians (Biochemical Scientists)
- Dieticians
- Occupational Therapists
- Orthoptists
- Paramedics
- Physiotherapists, physical therapists
- Prosthetists and Orthotists
- Radiographers, Diagnostic Radiographers, Therapeutic Radiographers
- Speech and Language Therapists
The HPC role is to: ·
- Establish standards of education and training, conduct and performance for these professions
- Produce a register of people qualified to these standards
- Ensure registrants meet the standards including those who wish to register from overseas and take action when they do not
- Take action against people claiming to be registrants when they are not
- Set up a complaints procedure for the public
Rules and regulations for the new organisation being become operational on 1st April 2003. All OT colleagues coming from other countries must register with the HPC before they can work in the UK as an occupational therapist. Full information can be found via www.hpc-uk.org
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