Rebecca Parr

Occupational Therapist and Moving and Handling Practitioner

Leeds, UK 

Senior Occupational Therapist and Independent Consultant with 11 years’ experience delivering complex functional assessments, risk management and rehabilitation planning across local authority, brain injury and independent case management services. I specialise in complex moving and handling, equipment provision, postural management and environmental adaptation for people with neurological injury, cognitive impairment, frailty and orthopaedic trauma. I am routinely asked to work in situations involving unsafe care practices, family conflict, refusal of equipment, fluctuating capacity and high falls risk, where clear, defensible clinical judgement is required to balance autonomy, safety and legal responsibility.

Key Specifications

• Complex moving & handling and high-risk transfers.
• Falls risk management in cognitive and neurological impairment.
• Equipment, seating and postural support.
• Environmental adaptation and housing suitability.
• Mental capacity, risk acceptance and best-interest decision making.
• Safeguarding and escalation in community settings.
• Rehabilitation planning following brain injury and catastrophic trauma.
• Care package design and review