ALLIED HEALTH CLINICIANS
Welcome to this Allied Health page. This page is available for clinicians within the region to add to with reports on their new and interesting projects and programs.
There are quite a lot of Allied Health clinicians in the Grampians region who are funded by either the:
- Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) or the
- Home and Community Care Program for Younger People (HACC PYP)
The original Home and Community Care Program (HACC pre 1 August 2016) was very enthusiastic to ensure that Allied Health clinicians were welcomed to the community program and encouraged to see themselves as community clinicians.
Every opportunity was taken to engaged HACC funded clinicians in the community and draw effective working links between Community Support Workers and clinicians.
A number of ‘Guiding Principles’ were developed (with assistance and proof reading from the clinician) to promote effective working relationships between personal care providers and referring parties. You will note that the tools were all written prior to Transition to the CHSP – therefore the HACC references remain but the guiding principles are still appropriate to the clinicians no matter who funds them:
What can an Occupational Therapist do within their role, March 2013
What can a Physiotherapist do within their role, March 2013
What can a Speech Pathologist do within their role, September 2014
Flexible and enabling delivery of Personal Care services, July 2013
Increasing consumer participation in HACC services, March 2013
What can a Dietitian do within their role, April 2015
What can a Diabetes Educator do within their role, April 2016
Grampians Region Allied Health Forum:
Held on the 17th October 2017 at the Gum San Heritage Centre in Ararat
This forum was for allied health clinicians and promoted an open approach to sharing information and innovation
We had a number of speakers and they have generously allowed us to include their presentations below:
Agenda for the day – hosts for the day:
Emma Beer, Physiotherapist, West Wimmera Health Service and
Kristen Kelly, Manager, Allied Health, Ballarat Community Health
Presentations:
Kylie McKenzie, Clinical Manager, Psychology Department, Ballarat Health Services
Prevention and Health Promotion –
Rosie Thomas, Project Officer, Prevention and Health Promotion, Department of Health and Human Services AND
Megan Clifford, Active and Healthy Ageing Advisor, Grampians Region, Department of Health and Human Services
Elizabeth Rhook, Podiatrist and Allied Health Coordinator, Hepburn Health Service AND
Bianca Jones, Senior Podiatrist, West Wimmera Health Service
Eating for Independence (NB takes a long time to download) and the ICAN Screening Tool –
Natalie Sutton, Dietitian, Wimmera Health Care Group
Alicia Shirley, Dietitian, West Wimmera Health Service
Grampians Region Allied Health Workforce Strategic Plan 2017 2020 –
Dean Taylor, Rural Workforce Development officer, Grampians Region, Department of Health and Human Services
Robyn Salt, Regional Development Coordinator, Grampians Sector Support and Development Team
Michelle Graffeo, Volunteer and Student Coordinator, Ballarat Community Health
Fiona O’Loughlin, Student Social Worker, Ballarat Community Health