Vicky is an exceptional Occupational Therapist and Sensory Integration practitioner, providing specialist services for children and adults for Medico-Legal cases, Private Clients and families, Schools & Colleges, Local Authorities, Statutory Services, Businesses, Charities and Housing Associations.
" Vicky joined The OT Centre in 2025.Â
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Helen Spencer
Clinical Director
Specialist skills for a Client's specific needs
Established in 2010 to provide high quality OT and SI Services
Clinical Excellence and Client needs Before Profit
Cheltenham (Gloucestershire)
Cotswolds (Gloucestershire)
Gloucester (Gloucestershire)
Stroud (Gloucestershire)
Hereford (Herefordshire)
Wye Valley (Herefordshire)
Kidderminster (Worcestershire)
Redditch (Worcestershire)
Worcester (Worcestershire)
Bristol (Bristol)
Newport (Newport)
Cardiff (Cardiff)
Brecon (Powys)
Vicky is dual-skilled Specialist Occupational Therapist working across both adult and paediatric services with a proven track record in supporting individuals with complex mental health, sensory, and learning difficulty needs. She brings nearly a decade of diverse clinical experience, combining deep empathy with evidence-based practice to deliver person-centred, meaningful interventions that create lasting impact.
Vicky has extensive experience supporting individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), ADHD, sensory processing differences, learning disabilities, and mental health conditions.
Having spent over five years as a lead Learning Disabilities OT within her Health Board, she developed and delivered specialist provision for both children and adults with complex needs.
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In education settings, she has developed and utilised her specialist OT skills to support children with a variety of neurodivergencies and sensory needs; producing detailed reports to support EHCP applications and guide inclusive practices. Her work within foster care contexts demonstrates her ability to support children and families navigating trauma, attachment, and behavioural challenges.
Vicky’s expertise spans a wide range of settings including family homes, schools, supported living, foster placements, mental health wards, and forensic rehabilitation. Her adaptable and compassionate approach ensures she meets clients where they feel safest, working collaboratively with families, educators, and care teams to build trust and achieve shared goals. She integrates a range of clinical approaches including trauma-informed care, neurodiversity-affirming practice, functional skill development, and interactive, play-based techniques to meet the individual needs of her clients.
Vicky is a confident Level 3 Sensory Integration Practitioner, and is able to use sensory integration assessment tools. She is certified to undertake assessment for both adults and children with potential sensory needs, and is trained to use standardised assessment tools to produce detailed assessment reports, personalised recommendations and tailored advice.Â
In addition to direct clinical work, Vicky designs and delivers bespoke training sessions for families, schools, care teams, and fellow professionals. These sessions are engaging, practical, and responsive to the unique needs of each audience, supporting wider systems to provide high quality care to clients. In addition to this Vicky engages with clinical research to support her clinical professional development, focussing on learning disabilities and neurodivergencies to further build on her expertise.
Vicky sees Occupational Therapy not simply as a service, but as a partnership. Her work is rooted in the belief that therapy should support autonomy, emotional wellbeing, and participation in everyday life. Through her clinical insight, creative thinking, and unwavering dedication, she’s making a lasting impact not only on the individuals she supports, but also on the families and communities who walk alongside them.
Anxiety Management, Capacity Assessments, Challenging Behaviours Management & Support, Deprivation of Liberty Assessments (DLA), Functional Skills Training: Independent Living Skills (ILS), Activities of Daily Living (ADL), Community Access, Mental Health, Motor Skills - Fine or Gross, Sensory Integration Practitioner Level #3: can Assess & Treat, Sensory Integration Practitioner, Sleep Hygiene, Social Difficulties, Social, Emotional & Mental Health, Special Educational Needs (SEN): EHCP (Education Health & Care Plan), Individual Education Plan (IEP), Additional Learning Needs (ALN), Individual Development Plan (IDP), Individualised Educational Programme (IEP)
Challenging Behaviours Management & Support, Functional Skills Training: Independent Living Skills (ILS), Activities of Daily Living (ADL), Community Access, Mental Health, Motor Skills - Fine or Gross, Sensory Integration Practitioner Level #3: can Assess & Treat, Sensory Processing, Social, Emotional & Mental Health, Special Educational Needs (SEN): Additional Learning Needs (ALN)
Learning Difficulties OT, Learning Disabilities, Mental Health OT, Neurodivergence OT, Paediatrics OT, Sensory Integration Practitioner
Developmental
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ADHD, Autism/Autistic Spectrum Disorder ASD, Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) / Dyspraxia, Down Syndrome, Global Developmental Delay GDD, Learning Disability, Profound Multiple Learning Disabilities PMLD
Psychological
Anxiety Disorders including, Panic, Separation Anxiety, Social Anxiety, Phobia, Bi-polar, Depression
Sensory
Sensory Processing Disorder SPD, Sensory Modulation Disorder SMD, Sensory-Based Motor Disorder SBMD, Sensory Discrimination Disorder
Case Managers & Medicolegal, Private Clients, Individuals & Families, Schools & Colleges, Housing Associations, Local Authorities/Statutory Services, Primary Care, Businesses & Charities
HCPC Registration: OT73683
RCOT Membership: BT0814281
" Vicky is a compassionate and skilled Occupational Therapist. She excels in problem-solving, tailoring treatment plans to meet each client’s unique needs, has excellent communication skills and exemplary knowledge of legislation and evidence based practice relevant to her role within Learning Disabilities.
Sensory Integration is a passion and focus of Vicky's work as an Occupational Therapist. She has achieved incredible and positive outcome measurements using Ayes Sensory Integration with her patients to meet their goals and complex needs.Â
Vicky is a strong advocate for people with Learning Disabilities and always pushes herself to become a better Occupational Therapist for the patients she is working with."
MAS
OT Team Lead, NHS ServicesÂ
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Occupational Therapists vetted by our Clinical Director as specialists in their field.
Working with Case Managers, Solicitors and the Client MDT since 2010
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Secure Online Access to all aspects of our work, including Professional Reports, SMARTAAR Goal Plans, Goal-Scored Client Sessions and Client Appointment Schedules.
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Quantifiable clinically justifiable interventions through Session by Session scored Outcome Reports and End-Term Treatment Review Reports.
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