Children's OT in Hammersmith
Home visits in Hammersmith, London
This is a specialist service offered where your local occupational therapist's training and scope of practice cover paediatrics - check availability for your area on the county page.
Every child in Hammersmith is different, and so is every family's daily routine - this service starts by understanding both, at home rather than in a clinic. Your local occupational therapist works alongside families in Hammersmith on the goals that matter most.
What to expect in Hammersmith
- A conversation with parents or carers about priorities and daily routines
- Observing the child in familiar surroundings, at their own pace
- Practical strategies and activities families can build into everyday life
- A written summary, and - where appropriate - liaison with school or other professionals involved
Who this helps
- Children finding self-care tasks such as dressing, eating or toileting harder than expected for their age
- Children with sensory processing differences affecting daily routines
- Children with a developmental delay affecting motor skills, self-care or participation
- Those working on fine or gross motor skills for handwriting, play or school tasks
Your Occupational Therapist in Hammersmith
Your local occupational therapist
Book directly with the qualified occupational therapist covering this area. Services shown are matched to their confirmed scope of practice and local travel area.
Shail Shah
Occupational Therapist
Qualifications: HCPC OT091139
Phone: 07741 397 865
Please mention Mobile Occupational Therapist when you call.
Email: shailshah0221@gmail.com
If your child is finding a particular daily activity difficult, get in touch to check current availability of children's OT in Hammersmith and what a first visit would involve.
Whether you live in the centre of Hammersmith, towards Brook Green or Ravenscourt Park, or in one of the villages surrounding the town, your local occupational therapist can travel to your home for an occupational therapy assessment.
Hammersmith is a vibrant area in West London, located along the River Thames. It is known for its bustling high street, cultural venues like the Lyric Theatre, and excellent transport connections.
Areas around Hammersmith covered
- Hammersmith town centre
- Brook Green
- Ravenscourt Park
- Brackenbury Village
- Fulham Reach
- King Street
- Hammersmith Broadway
- Stamford Brook
- Barnes
- Chiswick
- Kensington
- Fulham
If your village or part of Hammersmith isn't listed, please still get in touch – your local occupational therapist may well be able to travel to you.
If you're just outside Hammersmith, get in touch anyway - your local occupational therapist covers the surrounding villages and rural addresses too.
How much does this cost?
Your local occupational therapist confirms their fee before you book - see our prices page for current guide pricing for Children's OT and other services.
See PricesFrequently asked questions
My child does not have a diagnosis. Is that a problem?
No. Occupational therapy works from what a child is finding difficult in everyday life, not from a label, and many families come with nothing more than a specific worry about dressing, handwriting or mealtimes. It does work the other way too: an OT assessment cannot give you a diagnosis, and cannot rule one out, because that sits with paediatricians and specialist teams.
Will an occupational therapy report get my child an EHCP or support at school?
No report can secure an Education, Health and Care plan. That decision belongs to the local authority and follows its own statutory process, and a private report is one piece of evidence among several that may be considered. What a well-written report can do is describe a child's functional needs in specific, concrete terms that a school or a panel can actually act on. It also describes what the therapist found, which may not be what a family hoped for. Your school's SENCO is the right first conversation about school support.
My child is completely different at school and at home. Which is the real picture?
Both are. Plenty of children hold themselves together through the demands of a school day and let go of it the moment they are somewhere safe, which is why parents and teachers can describe two apparently different children. It is not evidence that a family is imagining things, or that a school is. An assessment is usually more useful when information from both settings is gathered, which needs your consent before anyone contacts the school.
Should I stay in the room during the visit?
Usually yes, particularly with younger children - you are the main source of information, and a child is more themselves with a parent present. With older children and teenagers there is sometimes a case for part of the session happening without a parent in the room, so they can be honest about what they find hard. It is a fair thing to raise at the start of the visit and agree between you, rather than something that has to be decided in advance.
Who carries out the Children's OT visit?
A qualified, HCPC-registered occupational therapist covering Hammersmith carries out the assessment and any follow-up visits in person, at your home.
How is Children's OT priced?
Your occupational therapist confirms their fee for Children's OT before you book - see our prices page for current guide pricing.
Will I get anything in writing?
Where relevant, you'll receive a written summary or report of the visit, agreed with you at the outset - particularly for equipment recommendations, adaptations or reports for a third party.
What happens after the first visit?
Your occupational therapist will agree next steps with you directly - this might be a follow-up visit, a set of recommendations to action yourself, or referral on if something falls outside their scope.