Occara provides occupational therapy informed (OT-informed), non-clinical assessment and reablement training for homecare and supported living providers. Safe, structured, and built around the realities of frontline care.
OT-informed is one of those phrases that can raise questions. Here is a plain, honest explanation.
OT-informed means drawing on the knowledge and frameworks of occupational therapy — without any clinical practice.
Your team learns how to understand what a person can do, spot what they could try next, support independence safely, break tasks into achievable steps, use graded support instead of doing tasks for people, and build confidence, not dependence. This is the foundation of safe, effective reablement — applied within a fully non-clinical boundary.
"OT-informed is to occupational therapy what first aid is to medicine — structured, evidence-informed knowledge applied within a clear, safe boundary."
Planned in advance with each provider to ensure the right fit for your service and your team.
The foundation for safe, structured, non-clinical assessment of daily living.
Teaches staff to complete a structured, non-clinical assessment using OT-informed thinking. Observation, graded support, and plain-English recording — done safely and consistently.
From £750 — pricing varies by group size (8, 12 or 16 delegates). Full pricing on the Programmes page.
View programme detailsA complete, OT-informed reablement training day for consistent, independence-focused care.
Graded assistance, goal-setting, reablement in practice, documentation, working with families — everything your team needs to embed reablement consistently across the rota.
From £750 — full day, up to 12 delegates
View programme detailsBoth programmes map to the quality statements CQC inspectors use — built in from the start, not added afterwards.
Graded assistance and confidence-building techniques support people safely while preserving autonomy and dignity on every visit.
SMARTR goals create measurable, time-framed independence outcomes evidenced in every reablement-aligned daily note.
The do with, not for approach and plain-language documentation reinforce dignity. Language training removes task-based framing from every record.
Goals always in the person's own words. Collaborative goal-setting and family involvement are core to both programmes.
Team consistency, reablement handover language and supervision tools embed the approach at service level — not just individual level.
Staff know how to support people to reach their potential — the gap most CQC inspection reports identify. These programmes close it.
Everything is designed specifically for homecare and supported living. Nothing adapted from clinical settings.
All content grounded in OT knowledge, reviewed for HCPC compliance, and non-clinical in scope throughout.
Every session makes explicit what care staff can and cannot do. Observe, describe, record and signpost — never diagnose or prescribe.
Delegates leave with one new habit they can use on their very next visit — not theory, but something specific and actionable.
Training that feels safe to engage with honestly — so delegates learn rather than perform.
After every training day, delegates submit real work from their visits. Occara reviews it and provides written feedback within 7 working days. Every programme also includes a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) certificate, signed training register and Care Quality Commission (CQC) reference statement.
The benefits of OT thinking, applied safely within a defined non-clinical scope. HCPC-compliant titling throughout.
Start with a conversation. No commitment required. If Occara is not the right option for your service, we will say so.
Occara provides occupational therapy informed (OT-informed) training only and does not deliver clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment or equipment prescription. All programmes are non-clinical in scope. The title "Occupational Therapist" is legally protected under the Health and Care Professions Act 2001 and is not used for delegate roles. CPD: All Occara programmes include CPD hours and a CPD certificate for each delegate. We do not claim external CPD accreditation.