Allied Health Workforce Reform Project

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TO ACCESS THE PROJECT WEB PAGES, go to: www.aha-sa.asn.au

Project Overview

Allied health assistants play a key role in delivering allied health services to the SA community.  As demand for allied health services continues to rise with an ageing population, allied health assistants have the potential to increase capacity and/or flexibility within allied health teams.

The Allied Health Workforce Reform Project aims to explore and promote the use of the allied health assistant role in SA within the broader context of national and international workforce reform initatives.  In addition, the project aims to work towards creating a common framework for the role across organisations in SA.

Commencing in February 2008, the project is a collaborative initiative involving several government and non-government organisations in the health & community services sector in South Australia.

The project runs until the end of November 2009.

Project Activities

SA Health has been leading project activities.  Project activities include the development of a model to integrate the allied health assistant role into existing allied health career structures and an allied health assistant career pathway ; traineeships ; a school to work transition model ; a literature review ; case studies, and an upskilling program for 45 allied health assistants to complete a Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance.

Collaborative action

Several organisations across the public and non-government sectors are participating in the project as project partners.  Project partners include SA Health, Novita Children’s Services, ACHA, Southern Cross Care, Eldercare and several regional aged care service providers amongst others. 

Who's involved?

The project's Steering Committee includes representatives from: SA Health, Business SA, Disability Alliance, the Department for Families & Communities, unions and the Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology.

Project funding

The project receives State and Federal Government funding.

The Allied Health Workforce Reform Project is funded by the Government of South Australia through the South Australia Works Initiative.  The Australian Government has also contributed to the Allied Health Workforce Reform Project through the Council of Australian Governments Skills Package – Regional Initiatives (Targeting Skills Needs in Regions Program).

Link to project web pages

To access the web pages of the Allied Health Workforce Reform Project, go to www.aha-sa.asn.au.

SA Health’s involvement in this project is outlined at: www.health.sa.gov.au/alliedandscientifichealth

Questions? Comments?

Please contact:

SA Health & Community Services Skills Board

Ph : 8362 9311.