Allied Health Assistant Service Policy
Allied Health Assistants (AHA) are employed at Next Challenge and assigned or delegated work dependent on their specific training and competencies. AHAs may also operate as part of the Next Challenge support team and conduct indirect work such as booking appointments, liaison with families, resource preparation and maintenance.
AHAs employed by Next Challenge have:
AHA services are offered to families where a child will benefit from consistent and regular practice of a skill that does not need the regular support and adjustment by a therapist. Allied Health Professionals at Next Challenge are accountable for the direct program an AHA undertakes with a client at their direction. The Allied Health Professional is available to the AHA for clinical questions as they arise for the duration of the client’s program.
Next Challenge follows the delegation framework set by the WA Country Health Service - see diagram below.
AHAs employed by Next Challenge have:
- a current police clearance and working with children check
- experience interacting with children
- minimum qualifications of a Level IV Certificate in Allied Health Assistance or are currently studying a Bachelors level Allied Health degree (i.e. Speech Pathology, Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy).
- an understanding of the professions of speech pathology, physiotherapy, or occupational therapy.
AHA services are offered to families where a child will benefit from consistent and regular practice of a skill that does not need the regular support and adjustment by a therapist. Allied Health Professionals at Next Challenge are accountable for the direct program an AHA undertakes with a client at their direction. The Allied Health Professional is available to the AHA for clinical questions as they arise for the duration of the client’s program.
Next Challenge follows the delegation framework set by the WA Country Health Service - see diagram below.
Date written: July 2017
Date reviewed: October 2020
Date due for review: October 2022
Date reviewed: October 2020
Date due for review: October 2022
