My Allied Health Space

Publisher: Victorian Government Department of Health and Human Services

Purpose

The framework provides information to organisations and managers to assist them in providing safe and effective allied health services for people with a disability. It includes:

  • models for delegating, identifying and training in allied health tasks
  • guidance for when it is appropriate to delegate, assign or allocate responsibility for allied health tasks
  • guidance for accountabilities associated with delegating, assigning or identifying and allocating allied health tasks
  • the elements allied health professionals should consider when training allied health assistants and disability support workers.

Additional Information

This framework aims to support allied health professionals in disability services to work with allied health assistants and disability support workers. It will support both experienced practitioners and new graduates entering the workforce. The framework provides practical information on ways of working with allied health assistants and the support workforce to support allied health professionals