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.
Occara works with registered providers and commissioning leads across adult social care. Not sure if Occara is right for your service? Get in touch — we will tell you honestly.
Wanting a consistent, structured approach to reablement across the rota — not theory, but practice that sticks.
Looking to embed independence-focused practice and the do with, not for principle into daily support.
Who need a shared method and shared language across staff with varying experience levels.
Supporting people to maintain independence at home — with staff who understand what graded assistance looks like in practice.
Applying independence principles in daily living support, with structured observation and plain-language recording.
Who want staff practice and documentation to already reflect the registered approach — not assembled before inspection.
OT-informed means drawing on the knowledge and frameworks of occupational therapy — without any clinical practice.
Your team learns to understand what a person can do, spot what they could try next, support independence safely, use graded assistance instead of doing tasks for people, and build confidence — not dependence.
An HCPC-registered occupational therapist
An Occara-trained care worker
Planned in advance with each provider to ensure the right fit for your service and your team.
Many care teams are asked to deliver reablement without a shared method, shared language, or safe structure. Following Occara training, providers often find that:
Records become more consistent across the rota — structured, plain-language notes that stand up to CQC scrutiny.
Staff feel more confident making observations and communicating what they see — without going beyond their scope.
People receiving care are supported to do more for themselves — gradually, safely, and with dignity.
Staff have language and frameworks to use when talking to families about the reablement approach.
Inspection preparation feels less effortful — because evidence of changed practice is already in the records.
A consistent method begins to form across the whole team — not just individuals, but as a shared habit.
These are not outcomes we can promise. But they are what OT-informed thinking, applied consistently, tends to create — and what the post-training practice review is designed to support.
Both 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.
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 individually.
Staff know how to support people to reach their potential — the gap most CQC inspection reports identify.
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 actionable.
Training that feels safe to engage with honestly — so delegates learn rather than perform.
Occara reviews real delegate work and provides written feedback within 7 working days — with CPD certificate, signed register and CQC reference statement.
The benefits of OT thinking, applied safely within a defined non-clinical scope. HCPC-compliant titling throughout.
Across occupational therapy practice, reablement, supported living, coaching and training design, the same gap kept appearing.
Care workers were being asked to deliver reablement — by commissioners, by CQC, by their own managers — without a shared method, shared language, or safe structure to do it from. They were expected to support independence without anyone explaining how. Or they were doing it instinctively, but had no way to record it, demonstrate it, or replicate it across the rota.
Occara exists to fill that gap — designed from scratch for the way care workers actually work: on visits, in people's homes, often alone, always within scope.
Occara is a new business. We do not have a client list, a case study, or a testimonial page — yet.
What we do have is a programme designed with the same rigour we would want applied to any training that sits close to clinical practice: clear scope, professional compliance, HCPC-compliant titling, and a post-training review built in from day one.
If you would like to speak with us directly about whether Occara is the right fit for your service, we will be honest with you — including if the answer is no.
No booking portals. Training dates are arranged in advance to ensure the right fit. Start with a conversation.
30 minutes by phone or video. We learn about your service, team and priorities. No obligation — we will say so if Occara is not the right fit.
We agree the programme, group size and dates. A written outline is sent before any commitment is made.
Full-day delivery at your venue. CPD certificates and manager implementation guide within 48 hours.
Post-training review of real delegate work. Written feedback within 7 working days — included in every booking.
No. Occara programmes are non-clinical throughout. Care workers learn to observe, describe, support and record — never to diagnose, prescribe or make clinical decisions. The scope boundary is made explicit in every session.
No. Recommending or prescribing equipment is a clinical function requiring HCPC registration. Occara training covers what staff can and cannot do — including when and how to signpost appropriately.
Occara programmes include CPD hours and a CPD certificate for each delegate. We do not currently claim external CPD accreditation. All programmes are designed by an occupational therapy degree-qualified practitioner (non-practising) and are HCPC-compliant in titling throughout.
Yes. Occara is based in London but delivers training across the UK at your venue. Delivery costs and logistics are always confirmed before any commitment is made.
Our tiers go up to 16 delegates per day. For larger teams we can discuss structuring delivery across multiple sessions — get in touch and we will find the most practical approach.
Our current programmes are designed for in-person delivery. If online delivery is something you are exploring, get in touch — we are happy to discuss what might be possible.
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.