Children and Young People’s Occupational Therapy Service (CYPOT)

We are a team of Local Authority Occupational therapists providing support to children and young people across the city of Birmingham.

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Children and Young People's Occupational Therapy Service

How Can we Help?

Occupational Therapists work with all kinds of people, looking at their everyday ‘occupations’.

How Can we Help?

What Can I Expect?

Occupational Therapists are trained to assess difficulties that are affecting the child’s activities in everyday life.

What Can I Expect?

Who are we?

We are a small team which support children within their homes and across a variety of other projects in the city.

Who are we?

Resource Hub

The practical help that we can offer.

Resource Hub

Contact and Referral

How to reach us and how to refer someone.

Contact and Referral

We work with children and young people with Occupational Therapy needs around self-care, motor skills or sensory sensitivities.

We can provide settings with support and advice to enable them to support children and young people with SEND. We can also signpost parents, schools and settings to services and resources and check if a child is under a Community Health Service.

How to access the service

Schools and settings can access the service by:

  • Booking an advice meeting
  • Liaise with your Pupil and School Support teacher

Parents and carers can access the service by: