About Occara

Occupational therapy informed training for care teams who want to do better

Helping care teams support people to do more for themselves — safely, confidently, and with dignity.


Our purpose

To help care teams support independence through clarity, structure and confidence

Because many care teams are asked to deliver reablement without a shared method, shared language, or safe structure.

Occara fills that gap — calmly, clearly, and with care.

Our training is practical, non-clinical, and grounded in how care workers actually operate on visits. We do not teach theory for theory's sake. We teach one new habit at a time — until those habits become the way the team works.

Our approach

We use an occupational therapy informed (OT-informed) approach that draws on OT knowledge, stays fully non-clinical, teaches structured observation, supports graded assistance, and builds confidence — not dependence.

OT-informed is not a shortcut. It is a careful, deliberate way of bringing the best of occupational therapy thinking into a non-clinical setting — so more people benefit from it, safely.

Our background

Designed and delivered by a practitioner with an occupational therapy degree (non-practising)

Occara's programmes are designed and delivered by an occupational therapy degree-qualified practitioner (non-practising) with experience across a deliberately wide range of practice areas.

Occupational therapy (non-practising)
Adaptations and housing
Reablement and functional assessment
Inclusive practice and neurodiversity
Coaching and adult learning
Digital product design
Service transformation
Training design and facilitation

This blend creates a training style that is warm, calm, psychologically safe and grounded in real practice — not adapted from clinical settings, but built from scratch for homecare and supported living. Everything delivered stays within a clear, non-clinical scope.

Our values

What guides everything we do

Clarity

Plain language, clear scope, honest communication — always.

Safety

Non-clinical. Boundaried. Documented. HCPC-compliant titling throughout.

Dignity

Do with, not for — in how we train as much as in what we teach.

Consistency

A shared method, shared language, shared outcomes across the rota.

Confidence

Delegates leave with one new habit — not a folder they will never open.

Care

For the people being supported, and for the teams supporting them.

Standards & compliance

Built with professional boundaries at the centre

Occara programmes are designed within a clear, non-clinical scope. The notes below explain how that works in practice.

occupational therapy degree-qualified design

All content designed by an occupational therapy degree-qualified practitioner (non-practising). Reviewed for HCPC compliance. Non-clinical in scope throughout.

HCPC-compliant titling

No protected titles used for delegate roles. OT-informed titling used consistently. The distinction between OT practice and OT-informed training is clearly maintained.

CQC-aligned documentation

Every training day produces a signed register, CPD certificate for each delegate, evaluation summary and Care Quality Commission (CQC) reference statement mapping training to quality statements. Every programme also includes a post-training practice review of real delegate work. Occara does not claim external CPD accreditation.

Professional Boundaries

Occara provides occupational therapy informed (OT-informed) training only. Our programmes draw on OT knowledge about daily activities but remain fully within non-clinical scope.

We do not provide clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment or equipment prescription, and we do not replace occupational therapists or any regulated professional.

Protected titles are used only for individuals who hold active HCPC registration. The title "Occupational Therapist" is legally protected under the Health and Care Professions Act 2001.