Funding Sources

How Is Therapy Funded?

How Is Therapy Funded?

Therapy can be privately funded, your child may also be entitled to funding via the Adoption Support Fund (ASF), the Local Authority, Direct Payments, Charities, Insurance or other sources.

Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP)​

An EHCP may be put in place for your child if their needs cannot be met through the special educational needs support (age up to 25). Parents, school staff or healthcare professionals can request an EHCP application be commenced. Our assessment report can be used as supporting evidence or help identify the need for a request to be made.

If your child has an EHCP in place containing Occupational Therapy as part of the provision we are able to offer this service.

Private Funded Therapy​

Clients are able to self-refer to our service and pay for therapy on a private basis. For assessments, an initial deposit is due at the time of booking and then the remaining balance is payable after the assessment session but before the report is sent out.

For ongoing services; invoices are sent at the end of the month for anything that took place in the previous month. Payment in advance is usually requested for group sessions over the summer holidays.

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF)

The ASGSF provides up to £2500 for a specialist assessment and up to £5000 per year for therapy input for adopted children and children living with special guardians. Applications to the fund can be made by a local authority social worker in the post adoption or kinship care team. Further information can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/adoption-support-fund-asf

Charity Funding

From time to time, families are able to access charity funding to contribute to their child’s therapy costs.

Health Insurance

If your private health insurance provider covers Occupational Therapy or Ayres Sensory Integration Therapy, we would be happy to work with them. We advise that you obtain written confirmation that the insurer will cover the therapy required before going ahead with the provision.

Medico-Legal

Medico-Legal referrals will be considered on a case by case basis. A child may be entitled to an assessment funding as part of a claim or follow up therapeutic response following a successful claim. This should be discussed with the child/young persons case manager.

Schools

Some schools have funding that they can use to access Occupational Therapy support for their pupils. This may be for an assessment, group therapy input in school or to access training workshops to upskill their staff team. This could be explored with the school head or SENco.

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