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Occupational Therapy Rehabilitation

Speciality Framework Occupational Therapy Support Workforce

Topic

Occupational Therapy Rehabilitation: Support Workforce 

Alignment

Direct alignment with the NMAHP Development Framework.

Purpose

  • To promote a national approach to support workers working within Occupational Therapy rehabilitation teams across Scotland, which will provide structure for the knowledge and skills that are required. 
  • To enable individuals and their managers to explore knowledge and skills required to support them to benchmark their knowledge and skills and prepare for career progression within services.
  • To enable organisations developing their services to use the framework to help define the knowledge and skills required for current and future services in Scotland and consideration of service models in other areas that may be transferable to their own service.

Audience

Senior Support Workers and Assistant Practitioners across health and social care.  Managers and educators.

Published by

NHS Education for Scotland (NMAHP) 

Date of publication

April 2025

Components (e.g., pillars/ SCQF levels/roles)

Pillars of practice
SCQF Levels 7 and 8

Career framework levels

Levels 3 and 4.

User recommendations

Learning from this framework is directly aligned to the NMAHP Development Framework.

Where can I find it?

Occupational Therapy Rehabilitation Framework: Support Workforce