Other regulated roles

Occupational therapists work with people with physical, mental or social disabilities to help them do everyday activities. You will spend time with individuals to find out what they do in their day to day life and what challenges they face. You will then help them to find ways of overcoming these challenges.

Your role might include:

• helping people to adjust to their disability
• providing specialist equipment to help with mobility
• supporting people to adapt their home or vehicle to make them more accessible
• helping people to cope with memory or sensory loss
• teaching someone who’s recovering from a stroke how to do things themselves
• advising housing departments on mobility issues.

Social Workers offer support and advocacy to individuals and families to improve outcomes in their lives, and intervene when vulnerable people need safeguarding. You could be working with people of all ages including older people, those with learning disabilities, physical disabilities and mental health conditions to maximise their independence.

The support you’ll provide is usually temporary to help people adjust to challenges or changes in their lives such as illness, age related problems, disability, safeguarding or bereavement. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team including, for example, the police, health services and schools.