• Health Care Professions Council Registered.
• Royal College of Occupational Therapy.
• Specialis tSections: Independent Practice, Housing.
• Member of Multidisciplinary Association of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals.
• Member of Posture& Mobility Group.
• Member of British Association of Brain Injury & Complex Case Management.
• Member of Case Management Society UK.

Prior to working as a Case Manager, Karen has practiced as a highly experienced and senior Occupational Therapist. She graduated from Brunel University in 2014 with a Masters (pre-registration) in Occupational Therapy; Karen also has a Bachelor’s in Psychology.  Karen has worked in the Public Social Care sector, mainly working with adults and older adults who have had a range of physical disabilities (neurological/brain/cognitive, musculoskeletal/rheumatological, cardiac, cancer and obesity). Karen has worked at a senior level, training and supervising non-qualified and qualified staff. Prior to commencing case management, and whilst working as an independent practitioner, Karen has worked with multiple spinal cord injury, brain injury and amputee clients working closely with case managers and solicitors and preparing reports for litigation. Karen has extensive adult basic and complex equipment needs (including seating and postural management), moving and handling, adaptation, and functional rehabilitation experience. She is particularly skilled in providing advice on a range of equipment needs to people with complex physical and neurological disabilities and especially enjoys specifying major adaptation work, to make the home environment meet the clients’ and their family's needs.

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Professional Experience

• OT/Director- Occupational Matters (April – date).
•  Associate Case Manager - CCM Services Ltd (May 2022 – date).
• Associate Case Manager - COOCI Associates LLP (August 2021- date).
• Associate OT - SHA Disability Ltd (April 2020 – July 2021).
• Associate OT - The OT Practice (January 2020 – June 2023).
• Locum OT -Tripods Partners (March 2016 – February 2020).
• OT – Serco Global Services (September 2014 – February2016).