Having been a qualified OT for over 13 years, my various OT posts have given me a wealth of personal and professional experience and knowledge across the sectors of Learning Disabilities, Forensic Mental Health – medium, low and FICU settings with both male and female patients including those with a dual diagnosis, General Mental Health, Physical Health, Forensic and Assertive Community Outreach, and Prison settings. I am AMPS trained and regularly use this standardised assessment in my current role. I have also successfully completed Sensory Integration Module 1, 2 & 3. I have completed short CPD courses in, Practice Educator training, Recovery Values and Principles, Effective Performance and Valuable Communication, along with and Recruitment and Selection Training. I hold membership with the BAOT, HCPC and I am also a member of the Sensory Integration Network. I am familiar and competent in using a wide variety of standardised and non-standardised assessments, such as MOHO assessment tools and the Recovery Star, along with use of the AMPS to assist in forming baseline assessments. Use of these assessment tools has enabled me to then identify OT goals and formulate treatment plans. Following the completion of Sensory Integration I have begun using the principles learnt to identify the sensory needs of the clients seen particularly those with a Learning Disability and/or a mental health diagnosis. I have been involved in facilitating, developing, reviewing, and modifying group programmes to meet clients’ needs, along with devising visual timetables/aids to enable successful implementation and outcomes of interventions. I have had the opportunity to offer leadership and develop managerial skills through supervision of Band 7, Band 6 and Band 5 OT’s, Technical Instructors and Students. I have had the opportunity to be a part of developing an OT service within a prison setting. This required me to lead the promotion of the service, networking with other agencies within the prison, think strategically about resources and service provision, providing in-service training on what OT is and what services we can provide within the prison, develop a group timetable for the inpatient wing, develop a psycho-educational programme for the wider prison population, along with reviewing the OT input and adapting input to meet the needs of the inmates.