We are delighted to announce that we are the official media partners for the Occupational Therapy Excellence Awards!
The Occupational Therapy Excellence Awards have been launched to recognise individuals, teams and suppliers across the whole OT sector, and they are open for entries now. They are UK-based, impartial and independent and look to reward relevant, appropriate, innovative, excellent and effective initiatives, treatments and techniques, and products and services, across a variety of settings.
The Awards are open to in-house teams and services, to external professional practitioners and to suppliers to the sector. There are 36 categories to enter and there is a fee to enter – but only for the first entry – at four levels: OT individual, smaller OT practice, larger OT practice or OT supplier company. Thereafter any second or subsequent entries are free of charge. Charities can also enter completely free of charge.
The category list has been developed and co-ordinated with the help of OT professionals and the categories cover a wide scope of practice across the profession. They are open to any company or provider of OT services, as well as open to suppliers to OT practices, OT professionals or their clients.
Take a look below to decide what categories you would like to enter:
Professional Practice categories
Excellence in paediatrics
Excellence in adult practice
Excellence with older adults
Excellence in major adaptations
Excellence in rehab and reablement
Excellence with mental health
Excellence with neuro
Excellence with learning disabilities
Excellence with long term conditions
Excellence in generic roles
Best COVID or other infection intervention
Excellence in vocational rehab service
Excellence in community services
Best partnership
Excellence in integrated service
Best rapid response
Excellence in emerging roles
Excellence in charity sector
Expert witness
Best start-up (March 1 2022 – February 29 2024)
Supplier categories
Best equipment provider
Excellence in equipment innovation
Excellence in telecare
Excellence in software and software development
Excellence in technology
Best manual handling trainer
Best specialist trainer
Most effective social media influencer
Effectiveness categories
Effectiveness in online resources
Effectiveness in research
Best OT university course
Effectiveness in recruitment, training or motivation
Best employer
Bright new star
Most innovative practice
Most effective independent practice
Occupational Therapy Excellence Grand Prix
A gold award presented to the most outstanding OT practice in this year’s Awards. The final winner will be chosen by the judges from among the category winners.
How to enter
Entries for the awards opened on 1 November 2023 and they close on 29 February 2024. This gives you four months to choose the awards you want to enter and prepare your submission. The fees for the awards are as follows:
· The first entry made by an individual OT professional will always be £50.00.
· The first entry made by a practice of no more than 5 OT professionals will be £100.00
· The first entry by a practice of 6 or more OT professionals will be £150.00
· The fee for a first entry from a supplier company to the OT sector will be £250.00
Visit OccupationalTherapyAwards.com to enter online.
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