One Page –About us
Who we are:
Oxfordshire Children’s Integrated Therapy Services: Occupational
Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech & Language Therapy as part of
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.
What’s important to us (our values):
To provide high quality, evidence based integrated Services that are
valued by service users, delivered by a safe, competent and skilled
workforce in partnership with children, young people and their families
and other agencies.
What we do:
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Occupational Therapists (OTs) enable children and young people to take part as fully as
possible in activities that are part of their daily lives. OTs work with children and young people who have
learning, physical and /or sensory difficulties which impact their ability to participate in normal everyday
activities.
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Physiotherapists (PTs) work with children and young people who have a wide range of
physical disabilities of neurological origin or developmental orthopaedic conditions. Some examples
include Cerebral Palsy, Muscular dystrophy, Spina Bifida, Syndromes which have associated physical
difficulties, Acquired brain injuries, Meningitis, Developmental delay, Hypermobility, Plagiocephaly and
Torticollis.
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Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs) work with children and young people of all ages with
a range difficulties that impact on communication including: listening, understanding, putting ideas into
words, making sentences, speech development, stammering, voice problems, social interaction skills
and eating and swallowing difficulties. The service helps children and young people to develop speech,
language or alternative means of communication.
Referral Pathway – Single point of access for therapies.
 1 form for Early Years 0-5 years (form is also used to access specialist support services within
the local authority)
 1 form for School Age 5+ years / Year 1 and above
Referral forms & additional information about each therapy are accessible on the Oxford Health
Website.
Who we offer this service
to:
Children and Young People
0-19 years.
Across Oxfordshire, we will
facilitate a supportive
transition to adult services
when the young person
reaches 18. The transition
process can be started at the
Year 9 review in partnership
with Education Services.
How and when we do it: Monday - Friday
Therapists will work with you / your child / young person to assess their
strengths and needs. This will be done through activities, exercises,
observation and assessments. Following assessment, the therapists
work with settings and schools to develop goals for you, the child or
young person. Therapy support may then continue in a range of ways
including advice/ activity recommendations, therapy / exercise
programmes, direct therapy, therapy groups, training for others.
Support is offered in the most appropriate environment for the child /
young person and family e.g. schools, nurseries, own homes,
community clinics, children’s centres.
Therapy Teams work in an integrated way as part of the Team around
the Child and family and in close partnership with Advisory Teachers
within Education and Colleagues in Health and Social Care.
Children’s Integrated Therapies work within three integrated area
teams. Some countywide Specialist Support Services work across the
county e.g. Hearing Impairment, Dysfluency etc.
South Oxon:
Childrens Integrated
Therapy Services
Abingdon Hospital, Marcham Road,
Abingdon, OX14 1AG
Tel 01235 205735
Fax 01235 208732
Central Oxon:
Childrens Integrated
Therapy Services
Community Paediatrics,
LG1 Childrens Hospital,
Oxford, OX3 9DU
Tel 01865 231988/82
Fax 01865 231985
North Oxon:
Childrens Integrated
Therapy Services
Orchard Health Centre,
Cope Road, Banbury,
OX16 2EZ
Tel 01295 819179/80
Fax 01295 819119
E-mail: oxonchildrens.therapies@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk