Occupational Therapy Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Social Care

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Occupational Therapy Skills List in Social Care

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Occupational Therapy role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Occupational Therapy job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 50% of Occupational Therapy job descriptions contained occupational therapy as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

occupational therapy
50%
learning support assistant
34%
sen
34%
special education needs
34%
ta
34%
teaching assistant
34%
mental health
28%
health and social care
23%
nursing
23%
psychology
23%
occupational therapist
17%
crisis intervention
12%
support worker
12%
team leader
12%
hybrid work
12%
hybrid working
12%
ot
12%
young people
12%
care assistant
12%
complex care
6%
disabilities
6%
hospital discharge
6%
review
6%
safeguarding
6%
assessment
6%
community care assistant
6%
older people
6%
vulnerable people
6%
social work assistant
6%
community
6%
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