For people seeking assistance
An allied health professional is a qualified professional that has completed their training and is a certified practitioner with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) or their relevant professional peak body. They often have specialist knowledge within their domain. Most often, our allied health assistants are not qualified therapists. They are either: studying or [...]
To ensure that we can find an allied health assistant that is suitable for you, we will ask you to provide your therapy goals, your Allied Health Professionals’s details, your location, your availability and any other preferences for therapy assistance. We also ask if there are any challenging behaviours that an allied health assistant needs [...]
In order to be linked with a Fora allied health assistant: You need to have an ongoing relationship with an Allied Health Professional (AHP). Your AHP must be willing to provide a handover to the selected therapy assistant and provide support and guidance every 4 to 6 weeks to ensure the therapy plan is up-to-date. [...]
An allied health assistant's role is to help you build your capacity and increase your independence. They do this by: Helping you to implement your therapy plan and strategies created by your allied health professional (AHP). Seeing you in-between your appointments with allied health professionals. Helping you practice and reinforce what you've learned with your [...]
To start your Fora journey, you will need to sign up and create an account, agree to our Terms of Use and fill out a New User Form which will ask you questions about the person seeking allied health assistance. Please make sure you provide as much relevant information as possible as this will assist [...]
Previously known as Ally Assist, Fora is a service for NDIS participants who are seeking additional support alongside their Allied Health Professional (AHP) through an allied health assistant (AHA). We aim to find a suitable allied health assistant based on location, availability and experience level. Learn more about Fora Here.
The account creator will be the one who: receives notifications about matches with allied health assistants reviews profiles when assistants apply to work with the client books a meet and greet with the selected candidate
Once both you and your allied health assistant have decided to proceed, you can contact each other directly (via phone or email) to organise ongoing sessions. You will not be required to book sessions through Fora.
This is decided at the Team Meeting. Everybody has different needs, so the frequency of check-ins between an AHP and the therapy assistant will vary. We do recommend check-ins to occur every 4 to 6 weeks to ensure the allied health assistant is supported, guided and has the most up-to-date therapy plan on how to best [...]
Fora assumes all responsibility for the actions of our allied health assistants and provides all the necessary insurances (Professional Indemnity, Public Liability and WorkCover Insurance). Your Allied Health Professional (AHP) is not liable for the actions of Fora’s allied health assistants. Allied health assistants do not fall under the professional indemnity insurance of client's therapists, they [...]
Yes. We screen applicants based on their previous experience, performance during a phone interview and reference checks. All our allied health assistants undergo the following checks: Proof of identity check Working with Children’s Check National Police Check Disability Workers Exclusion List check NDIS Clearance Phone interview Professional Reference checks Fully vaccinated from COVID-19 Upon being [...]
There are 3 ways we notify you about your allied health assistant matches: The Fora account creator receives an email notification when a allied health assistant applies to work with you. The Fora account creator receives a text notification about your matches when these matches are about to expire. The Fora account creator finds the [...]
To ensure that we protect your privacy, when an allied health assistant is shown your profile the information is de-identified. Here is an example of what a potential allied health assistant might see: "9 year old female in Brighton, living with Autism Spectrum Disorder, looking for assistance twice a week with Speech Therapy." As you [...]
A Team Meeting is an opportunity for your allied health assistant to be provided with a clear therapy plan and guidance on how to implement therapy interventions in a safe and effective manner. The allied health assistant can observe how the AHP conducts sessions and clarify anything in the plan that they are unsure about [...]
We will aim to reach out to you - however, it would be great if you could email info@foratherapy.com to let us know how it went! If both parties are happy to proceed, we will organise a Team Meeting for the allied health assistant to receive a handover from your Allied Health Professional. Please refer to [...]
During the meet and greet, both parties should discuss as much as possible to ensure they will be a suitable fit. Topics to cover should include availability, expectations, experience and ongoing sessions. Please refer to our meet and greet guide for more information about what happens and what should be discussed.
With your permission, Fora contacts your AHP directly to check that they are happy to provide guidance to your allied health assistant (and in what capacity). To do this, we require their full name, email and the name of their organisation. This will need to be provided to us when you fill out an application [...]
To ensure you are achieving your best outcomes and complying with NDIS guidelines, all allied health assistants must be linked with your allied health professional. With your permission, we will contact your allied health professional, to ask a few questions: Do they think it is appropriate for you to work with an allied health assistant [...]
The allied health assistant will be required to call you or the client’s parent/main carer a day before the scheduled meet and greet to conduct a pre-therapy screening. This call will be a quick introduction with each other as well as making sure the meet and greet is safe to go ahead. Please refer to [...]
You can meet with more than one allied health assistant. However, given the high demand from families for therapy assistants, you will only be able to organise one meet and greet at a time. We found that allowing clients to book multiple Meet and Greets slows down the matching process significantly for other clients and [...]
