The Occupational Therapy Service announces new Project Lead Occupational Therapist

The Occupational Therapy Service, a respected independent practice, is delighted to announce its associate Sarah Jane Rowlands will now be fulfilling a new role as Project Lead Occupational Therapist, for proportionate care and service development projects.

Sarah Jane is a highly experienced occupational therapist who has worked extensively in housing. She excels in supporting people to adapt their homes and environments to enable them to live positively. Her work spans environmental adaptations, assisted equipment provision and complex housing related decision making, with a strong focus on enabling meaningful occupation.

Alongside this, Sarah Jane has developed extensive expertise in manual handling and single handed/proportionate care. Her work in this field has been recognised nationally, including receiving an innovation award for practise that has helped shape safer, more proportionate approaches to care delivery. She has spoken at a national level on this subject, contributing to improved standards of occupational therapy practise beyond her own services.

Sarah Jane also brings a wealth of experience in reablement. She takes pride in delivering occupation-focused and graded approaches that prioritise individuals’ goals and holistic recovery. She has led multidisciplinary reablement teams since 2019 and now mentors and supports clinicians across a range of settings – bringing her accomplished leadership style to complex services.

Known for her attention to detail, strong clinical reasoning and high-quality reporting, Sarah Jane is a valued contributor to rehabilitation and transformation projects. Lucy Leonard, Director for The Occupational Therapy Service, concludes by saying: “Sarah Jane’s appointment as Project Lead Occupational Therapist reflects the experience, consistency and credibility required to support proportionate care initiatives at scale. She has always been a valued asset to our business, and we are delighted to continue working closely with her as we move forward with more proportionate care and service development projects.”

Sarah Jane is delighted to be taking up the new position of

Project Lead Occupational Therapist at The Occupational Therapy Service.