Croydon is in the process of establishing a standing Occupational Therapy (OT) service for education that provides consistent, timely and outcomes-focused support to schools and children and young people with occupational therapy needs.

At present, where education-based OT provision is not available through a standing commissioned arrangement, it is currently being done via spot purchasing which is secure specialist Occupational Therapy input for individual children.

Commissioners are currently undertaking a service review, to include demand and capacity modelling which will establish a dedicated Education Occupational Therapy service. This will be commissioned on a multi-year basis and aligned with the borough's wider SEND and therapy commissioning arrangements.

The service would provide a combination of:

• EHCP-related Occupational Therapy
• Individual assessment and intervention
• Group-based intervention
• Classroom and school-based consultation
• Environmental and access recommendations
• Staff advice, coaching and training
• Equipment and functional recommendations
• Support for participation and independence
• Contribution to EHCP outcomes and annual reviews
• Whole-school and targeted approaches to occupational participation