Allied Health Workforce Resource

NDS have developed a range of Allied Health Resource to assist the sector to meet the challenge of ensuring a sustainable Allied Health Workforce.

Resources Include:

• Skills and knowledge Benchmark – Developed using the NDS Workforce capability framework, this resource provides a guideline of the requirements for Allied Health staff entering the disability sector as new graduates or with experience in other sectors (eg. Health or Aged care). This guide is for staff with 0-2 years’ experience in the disability sector.
• Remote Supervision – This resource provides a range of strategies for supervising and supporting staff working remotely from their supervisors or colleagues. Remote may be interpreted as rural and remote where staff are long distances from supervisors or colleagues or it may be interpreted as remote due to different work locations. A supervisor, for example, may work in a metropolitan head office, whilst the supervisee may work on the road providing services in homes or workplaces in the same metropolitan area. The strategies in this resource may be useful to clinical supervisors, but also to Allied Health Professionals (AHP) working with and providing support to Allied Health Assistants (AHA) in separate locations.
• Student Supervision Models and Strategies – This resource provides a range of models and strategies for supervising Allied Health Professionals in the Disability Sector. University staff may find the resource helpful in facilitating student practicums. Services may utilise the resource to undertake new student placements or improve existing student placements.