How to set up in Occupational Therapy Private Practice

Hear from OTs who have set up independently in areas such as Paediatrics, Mental Health, Housing and Adult Services. Learn about the practical tools and resources that will get you set up and running your own service.

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How to set up in Occupational Therapy Private Practice - Everything you need to know
- Introductions to the facilitators and the course
- Understanding different business structures (E.g. Sole Trader Vs Company)
- Business practicalities: Insurance, Tax & Accountancy
- Business practicalities: Developing your idea
- Marketing your business
- Legal and ethical issues for private practitioners
- Resourcing yourself in private practice
- Optimising your time in private practice
- How much experience do you need to set up in private practice?
- Questions
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Experiences of Occupational Therapists Working in Private Practice
- Maureen Ryan - SOAR Therapy
- Josephine Dolan _ The Well-being Atelier
- Emma Connolly - Full Potential Occupational Therapy
- Jessica Kennedy_ My OT and Me
- Clarifying Scope of Practice - Jessica Kennedy My OT and Me
- Corinna Keaney_ Occupational Therapy NI
- Katie Caspero_ OT Graphically
- Why did you set up in private practice?
- What are some of the challenges of self-employment?
- What are the benefits of working in private practice?
- Business supports/ CPD to help sustain you in practice
- Software and technology to support your business
- Lessons Learnt
- What advice would you give to someone who is thinking about setting up in private practice?
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Business Resource Toolkit
- How to set up in private practice OT - Presentation Slides
- Business practicalities prompt worksheet
- Developing your business idea worksheet
- Financial Planning Tool
- Document Checklist_Policy Templates
- Marketing your business worksheet
- Occupational Therapy Private Practice Helpful Resources
- Tools and Applications to Support Operations
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Articles
- Hudgins et al (2018) Opening a Private Practice in Occupational Therapy
- CORU (2019) Occupational Therapists Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics

Excellent and very reassuring

Mary Hennessy

This course could not have come at a better time for me, I had just gave up my job and decided I was going to start my own practice so the course has been in...

This course could not have come at a better time for me, I had just gave up my job and decided I was going to start my own practice so the course has been incredibly reassuring for me, having a little checklist to know I was not missing out on important steps gave me huge piece of mind. It was lovely to hear other private practitioners speaking and how open they are to being contacted was lovely, to know there is a supportive community out there helped calm any anxiety I had about taking on this venture. Thank you and well done to everyone involved in setting this up and for those participating in it. Thank you.

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Fantastic course

Maureen Ryan

A very worthwhile 2 hours; with the type of support I wish I had starting out. Aine & Jen make the journey into private practice less daunting. I look fo...

A very worthwhile 2 hours; with the type of support I wish I had starting out. Aine & Jen make the journey into private practice less daunting. I look forward to their next endeavour!

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