Blogs

Models of supervision and PBL (Practice Based Learning) environments – online training module for AHP’s (Allied Health Professions) across Scotland. Callum (Occupational Therapy Lead) & Francesca (Occupational Therapist) at bOunceT recently filmed themselves speaking about hosting multiple occupational therapy students for their academic placements at bOunceT. Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) placement These videos have been...Read More

Inclusive & Meaningful Play for Wellbeing “bOunceT have been the most supportive service to us during these times and don’t get enough recognition for the work they do. THANK YOU”“It’s wonderful that people like yourselves and Plus are out there coming up with new ways of doing things to support kids.”“I spoke to Francesca about...Read More

Our logo for our Weekend Wellbeing & Independence project Our project ‘Weekend Wellbeing & Independence’ has been developed to move beyond our initial COVID response projects: Therapy at Home project (launched in May 2020 – funded by Foundation Scotland’s RRR Fund) & Inclusive & Meaningful Play project (launched in June 2020 – funded by Scottish...Read More

Introduction – Callum (Founder & Occupational Therapy Lead)Here at bOunceT, we have two new students on placement from Queen Margaret University (QMU). Cadhla & Andraya are both in their final year of BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy and have their final placement with us for 8 weeks. To help meet their learning outcomes, and squeeze in some extra CPD, both...Read More

Introduction – Callum (Founder & Occupational Therapy Lead)Here at bOunceT, we have two new students on placement from Queen Margaret University (QMU). Cadhla & Andraya are both in their final year of BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy and have their final placement with us for 8 weeks. To help meet their learning outcomes, and squeeze in some extra CPD,...Read More

Callum MacKinnon (Occupational Therapy Lead) at bOunceT reflects on his experience of leaving high school with no idea ‘what to do’, participating in Camp America, then switching university courses from International Business to Occupational Therapy. Finally, he explains what we loves about being an Occupational Therapist! “…when you strip the profession and people back to...Read More

Highlight: September 2020 –“bOunceT” Occupational Therapy (OT) model of rebound therapy. Callum MacKinnon (Founder & Occupational Therapy Lead) at bOunceT Innovative Occupational Therapy CIC reflects on his journey from learning about rebound therapy, to setting up a rebound therapy service, then developing this into a specialist occupational therapy service. Definition Rebound therapy is not a...Read More

There are other ways you can support us, with or without ‘taking on responsibility’ (e.g. officially becoming a Director in the company).To find out more about each post, read here: Non-Executive Directors – https://bouncet.com/2020/09/20/recruiting-non-executive-directors/ Parent Partner’s – https://bouncet.com/2020/09/20/recruiting-parent-partners/ bOunceT buddy – https://bouncet.com/2020/08/07/bouncet-buddy/ If you would like to know more about how you can use your skills to...Read More

Are you a parent, or unpaid carer of a child or adult who accesses support from bOunceT? Could you help bOunceT by becoming a parent partner? Here at bOunceT, we always treat parents as partner’s in our practice. In fact, we pride ourselves in doing this compared to other services – including some statutory services...Read More

Could you help bOunceT by joining our Board of Directors? The need to prioritise building a strong senior management team to govern the organisation, support our operational and leadership teams – and developing bOunceT into a sustainable, yet impactful, organisation is becoming increasingly important during these challenging times. The creation of new vacancies on our...Read More

Introduction – Callum (Founder & Occupational Therapy Lead)Here at bOunceT, we have two new students on placement from Queen Margaret University (QMU). Cadhla & Andraya are both in their final year of BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy and have their final placement with us for 8 weeks. To help meet their learning outcomes, and squeeze in some extra CPD,...Read More

Introduction – Callum (Founder & Occupational Therapy Lead)Here at bOunceT, we have two new students on placement from Queen Margaret University (QMU). Cadhla & Andraya are both in their final year of BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy and have their final placement with us for 8 weeks. To help meet their learning outcomes, and squeeze in...Read More

bOunceT buddy We are looking for a range of people from various backgrounds to help us blog about all things social enterprise, healthcare, social care, learning disabilities, family life, and so much more! Would you like to participate in CPD, support a non-profit organisation AND earn the right to use the image below on your...Read More

bOunceT Innovative Occupational Therapy CIC is a registered Community Interest Company in Scotland – and we exist to promOTe independence one bounce at a time! I (Callum – BSc Hons OT graduate from GCU) founded the social enterprise in 2017 after registering as an Occupational Therapist. I changed the focus of the business from using...Read More