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Lyes Farm Office, Cuckfield Road, Burgess Hill, West Sussex
RH15 8RG
United Kingdom

01444 616162

Occupational Therapy for children and young people living in the South East of England. Our dedicated assessment and sensory integration therapy centre is the first and only one of it's kind in Sussex.

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Covid-19 Safety Update (September 2020)

Dominic Simpson

Hello! We hope the start of the new academic year has meant your loved ones have been able to return to school in a positive manner. We continue to monitor the latest UK Government guidance to ensure we are doing the best to safeguard the Jigsaw OT centre against the spread of the Covid-19 virus.

We are particularly conscious of the recent rise in cases and with this in mind we wanted to reiterate our existing measures, continue to encourage all visitors to adhere to the steps we have put in place and urge you to self monitor ahead of any appointments. 

Please see below for full details of all the measures in place at the centre for all visitors: 

  • We continue to ask all visitors to self-screen before visiting the Jigsaw OT centre to help lessen the spread of the virus. We ask that you do not visit if you or any member of your household have any symptoms of the Coronavirus, specifically if you have had a fever of 37.8C and respiratory problems with at least 2 of the following symptoms; cough, sore throat, runny nose, nasal congestion. We also ask that you do not visit if you have had any contact with any possible source of the virus. If you have met any of the above criteria please do not visit and contact NHS 111 for advice. 

  • There is clear signage at our entrance highlighting this point and we reserve the right to refuse entry to any visitor we feel has not adhered to this guidance. We have the facility to take visitors temperatures, via an electronic forehead thermometer, and will apply this facility to check any visitors who may be visibly displaying symptoms.

  • Where necessary OT’s and reception staff will wear face coverings/shields for circumstances where any direct contact is required, closer than 2 metres distance, with visitors. Despite the space within our centre and it’s therapy rooms enabling safe social distancing, we are recommending that all adult visitors wear a face covering when inside the centre and we have signage at the entrance to the centre highlighting this requirement. We understand that for many children these face coverings will bring up negative connotations so please be assured that we will be mindful of this and will make accommodations where necessary. As per the UK Government guidance we will not be requesting children to wear face coverings. 

  • Communal areas of the centre will remain closed and we are operating a drop off system only for sessions. All parents/carers will be asked to either drop their child/young person off at the entrance when greeted by their treating OT and then return to their vehicles or join the session with child/young person. Assessments will require both children/young people and their parents/cares to be present in our therapy rooms. It will not be permitted to sit and wait inside the centre under any circumstances. 

  • Upon entry all visitors will be requested to wash their hands before entering the therapy room and before leaving the centre at the end of the session. Hand washing facilities will be available for this purpose in addition to hand sanitiser where hand washing is not possible. We will have clear signage throughout the centre highlighting the importance of hand washing. 

  • Clear floor markings are in place and continue to promote 2 metre distancing at the entrance/reception area of the centre and in the few remaining communal areas (i.e. hallways, hand washing areas etc). 

  • All communal food and drink will remain unavailable from the kitchenette area at the centre. We ask that all visitors bring a personal bottle of water to their session should they require a drink. 

  • Our therapy rooms will continue to have limitations in relation to the amount of equipment and resources that will be available to help maintain the required levels of hygiene. Each room is being thoroughly disinfected and sanitised following each and every session. General communal areas throughout the centre are disinfected and sanitised at regular intervals throughout each day. All staff are instructed to wash their hands at least every 2 hours whilst at the centre and OT’s between every session.

We have done our very best to safeguard our visitors, staff and the centre as a whole to allow us to provide our services to those in need. If you have any queries regarding any of our measures please just let us know.

Thank you. 

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