Samantha Mayer

Clinical Case Manager

Professional Summary

Samantha specialises in adult neurology, neuro-psychiatry, and mental health, with a particular focus on acute neurological rehabilitation, assessment, neurological community rehabilitation and social integration for individuals facing neurological deficits. Samantha’s expertise lies in working with clients dealing with various cognitive disorders and injuries, including traumatic and acquired brain injuries, Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, psychosis, and early onset dementia. Samantha excels in facilitating clients' rehabilitation goals through a multi-disciplinary team approach, which includes identifying suitable support workers and creating personalised support packages. As an experienced team leader, Samantha provides supervision and manage therapy plans within budget constraints. Samantha approaches interactions with empathy, a non-judgemental attitude, and warmth, ensuring that clients feel supported and understood throughout their rehabilitation journey.

Experience

Associate Case Manager

Key Case Management Ltd - 06/2024 - present

Associate Independent Case Manager Alongside OT Role

06/2023 - present

  • Providing goal orientated and client focused assessments and rehabilitation programmes.

Specialising in neurological rehabilitation with a special interest in neuropsychiatry.

  • Working collaboratively with family members and carers to help increase the client’s functional independence and overall quality of life.
  • Working in all community settings from homes, schools, colleges, workplaces and social environments to ensure that clients achieve their maximum potential and fulfilling their roles, routines and occupations.
  • Fulfilling a case management role alongside the independent OR work offering effective coordination on support for clients who have experienced catastrophic injuries.

Specialist Occupational Therapist

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Neuro Psychiatry Community and In-Patient
12/2017-06/2022

  • Working in a senior role in an NHS Neuro-psychiatry service based within the community and on a neuro-behavioural unit and in Neurology and a Neurological Surgical Ward within a Major Trauma Centre.
  • Supporting clients with a wide range of physical, psychiatric, and psychological symptoms because of a neurological injury or illness.

Specialist Neurological Occupational Therapist

Moorlands Rural PCN, Staffordshire - 2022

  • Responsible for introducing OT to the primary care network and developing a new neurological service. The service was designed to provide preventative care to people with cognitive or neurodivergent deficits, early interventions to people who have a new diagnosis of a long-term neurological illness and to support them to perform in their roles, routines and occupations. This service supported a reduction in crises and the need for GP appointments, requests for fit notes, hospital admissions and carer breakdown.

Senior Occupational Therapist

Royal Stoke Hospital Neurology & Neuro-surgery - 01/2013- 12/2017

  • Working with clients with a wide range of physical, psychiatric and psychological symptoms as a result of a neurological injury or illness both in the community and as in-patient.
  • Assessment, treatment and provision of complex treatment plans in order to achieve safety and independence in fulfilling and meaningful activities and occupations.
  • Assessing for and implementing adaptive and specialist equipment, social skills training, anger and anxiety management, manual handling training, complex risk assessments and group work.
  • Common injuries and illnesses worked with include, Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Korsakoff’s dementia, traumatic and non-traumatic head injuries and stroke.

Professional Registration

  • Health & Care Professionals Council (HCPC) Registration number: OT61209
  • British Association of Occupational Therapists (BAOT) Registration number: BT0802827
  • ICO Registration Registration reference: ZB508581

Qualifications

  • Postgraduate Course Occupational Therapy - Bsc Hons 2:1

Areas Covered

  • Cheshire
  • Northwest
  • Midlands

Key Skills

  • 2023 New and Would be brain injury case manager training.
  • 2021 Montreal cognitive assessment training.
  • 2019 Tai Chi for rehab.
  • 2018 Bond Solon Excellence in report writing.
  • Effective case management
  • Neuro rehabilitation
  • Effective MDT rehab coordination

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