Meet the Team

Our Team Meet some of the People at Links Therapy Company

Elaine Haynes

Business Support

I joined the Links Therapy team as their business support in April 2022. I am the go to person for any general admin enquiries. I enjoy developing new relationships with our clients and within our team. Working with Links has sparked my interest into Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and SALT and all it entails. It is a pleasure to work for a company where you feel valued and supported.

ANN HUC

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST

Ann qualified in 1985 and has worked as an OT in many differing specialities in the UK and Romania. In 2003, after 7 years as Head of Children’s OT Services in Coventry, she took a career break to raise her 2 children, one of whom has complex needs.

During her break from formal OT employment Ann worked very closely with different agencies supporting families and providing training in Disability Awareness on a local and national level.

BECKY DARNTON

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST

Becky qualified in 1995, she has worked as a Children’s Occupational Therapist for 18 years both in the school system in the USA and in the NHS community setting (Coventry).

Her special interest is working with children and young people with learning disabilities, complex physical needs and challenging behaviour.

LINDSEY MITCHELL

Occupational Therapist

BEA MOON

Occupational Therapist

Qualifying as an Occupational Therapist in 2017, I began working with Links Therapy Company as an assistant during my studies. I have been with the company in various capacities for almost 7 years (I think).. I have a passion for improving peoples engagement in everyday activity, education and their experiences of the world. I am hugely fascinated in how people interact and live life to the fullest. I currently fulfil a role within children’s social care, working within educational settings as well as families homes. Previously I supported the management of adaptation delivery for adults and children, providing support to young people transitioning to adult services and the provision of comprehensive therapy assessments within the home for adults.

Key Interests;

Sensory Processing
Moving and Handing
Major Adaptations (in a variety of settings)

I am a HCPC registered professional, an active member of the RCOT Regional Committee, also retaining memberships in a number of specialist section groups and links with universities as a practice educator.
I am currently completing a Masters in advanced Occupational Therapy Practice where I hope to further expand research for the benefit of the children, young people and adults we support.

CAROL HARDY

PHYSIOTHERAPIST

Carol qualified in 1988 and has specialised in paediatrics since 1990. She has worked in Kent, Surrey, Manchester and Coventry, in Children’s Hospitals and in the community. She enjoys working with children and young people with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities, and with complex physical difficulties in both mainstream and specialist schools.

Carol has a wealth of experience working with children and young people undergoing multi-level or complex surgery, requiring pre-surgery planning and post-surgery rehabilitation. She has an excellent knowledge of postural management care and equipment.

Carol has been actively involved in hydrotherapy sessions and Riding for the Disabled groups for a number of years, and thoroughly enjoys working with the children in these environments.

Jayne Foxley

Speech and Language Therapist

I have over 20 years’ experience of working within the Speech and Language Therapy profession. I currently work with a range of adults and children to assess and support communication and eating and drinking difficulties. My experience includes those who have learning disability, autism, brain injury and those who have sadly experienced developmental trauma.

I love working with those who have behaviours that may challenge (I prefer to think that they are distress/communication behaviours). I love this work, particularly when there are breakthrough moments with those who have been deemed 'hard to reach' or who have not had clear communication before. I believe in advocating for the individual and doing all I can (with the team involved) to get their true voice heard. I enjoy working in the child or adult's environment to develop communication systems that work and to support staff to support the individual. I believe that multidisciplinary working, to include parents and staff is vital- we don’t always have all the answers but so often end up with a plan when we all ponder upon things together. I believe in functional goals led by the person or their representatives.

I really enjoy learning and believe that we can learn new things all of the time - I have learned so much from the voices of those with personal experience and this continues. I offer training in many different areas of communication and learning disabilities/autism/ eating and drinking to include strategies and resources that are beneficial. In addition to my own work, I work with colleagues as an associate. I have experience of working with case managers.

Jackie Edwards

Occupational Therapist

Julie Booth

Occupational Therapist

Julie qualified as an occupational therapist from Coventry University in 1992. Julie has NHS clinical experience in a number of Occupational Therapy practice areas, including working with children, young people and adults with learning disabilities. Over the past 22 years Julie has lectured at Coventry University and part of her teaching role has been to teach on an undergraduate occupational therapy module, which focuses on the role of the occupational therapist working with people with learning disabilities.

Julie has also carried out collaborative applied research in clinical practice, working with a clinical colleague in a school for young people with severe and profound learning disabilities. Julie has recently gained a doctorate in philosophy and is committed to seeking opportunities to work and research in clinical practice, whilst also retaining a lecturing role.

Danielle Martin

Occupational Therapist

Ann Boyle

Occupational Therapist

Having qualified as an Occupational Therapist BSc (Hons) over twenty plus years ago, time has flown in a blink of an eye. Over this time, I have worked in a range of clinical setting from Children and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) to an Early Intervention Projects for young people with emerging mental health needs, through to working within a community physical disability setting to assess and treat children and young people with a wide range of complex neurological conditions, neurodiversity/autism diagnosis, developmental coordination delay, and functional challenges with daily occupation and activities. I have completed a Postgraduate Certificate and more recently an Advanced SI Practitioner status-level 4 in Sensory Integration (SI), which had been successfully integrated, where appropriate, into my clinical practice when working with individuals experiencing sensory processing difficulties. I have special interest in how our senses impact participation in everyday life, especially when such practical engagements are influenced by a trauma experiences.

This rounded breadth of experience across our physical and mental wellbeing affords me a rich skill base to draw from when assessing and developing intervention programmes to support individuals to reach their full potential in a fun and friendly manner.

Laura Jones

Occupational Therapist

Laura qualified as an Occupational Therapist in 2016 and since this time she has worked with people with Learning Disabilities and/or Autism within NHS community teams. Laura is extremely passionate about supporting people with learning disabilities/autism to be independent, achieve their goals and be able to engage in the meaningful activities they want and need to do in their daily lives as well as promoting the individuals' rights, choice and inclusion and ensuring the best quality of life for the people she works alongside.

Prior to becoming an Occupational Therapist Laura was a support worker for eight years which led her to her career in Occupational Therapy. Other than being passionate about her work Laura loves animals (especially cats!), watching wrestling, rock music and watching documentaries.

Our Team Meet some of the People at Links Therapy Company

Elaine Haynes

ANN HUC

BECKY DARNTON

LINDSEY MITCHELL

BEA MOON

CAROL HARDY

Jayne Foxley

Jackie Edwards

Julie Booth

Danielle Martin

Ann Boyle

Laura Jones

Admin

ELAINE HAYNES

Business Support

Occupational Therapy

Ann Huc

Occupational Therapist

Becky Darnton

Occupational Therapist

Lindsey Mitchell

Occupational Therapist

BEA MOON

Occupational Therapist

JULIE BOOTH

Occupational Therapist

JACKIE EDWARDS

Occupational Therapist

DANIELLE MARTIN

Occupational Therapist

ANN BOYLE

Occupational Therapist

LAURA JONES

Occupational Therapist

Physiotherapy

Carol Hardy

Physiotherapist

Speech and Language Therapy

JAYNE FOXLEY

Speech and Language Therapist