Team Meeting

  • How do I maintain contact with the client’s AHP? How closely will I work with them?

    According to NDIS regulations, Fora's allied health assistants need to be linked with their clients' therapists on an ongoing basis. Your first therapy assistant session after the meet-and-greet should be a team meeting between you and the client’s AHP. You cannot work independently with the client until this handover occurs. From then on, at the [...]

  • What is a Team Meeting?

    Therapy assistants can only start working on therapy goals after they participate in a Team Meeting. Read about what happens during a Team Meeting here. It is an opportunity for therapy assistants to be provided with a clear therapy plan and guidance on how to implement therapy interventions in a safe and effective manner. The [...]

  • Are telehealth team meetings ok?

    Yes, therapy handovers are acceptable if participants feel that it is unsafe to conduct in-person sessions, and/or all parties agree. These sessions can be conducted via Google Hangouts or your preferred software, i.e. FaceTime, Zoom, etc. If you would like assistance setting up telehealth, please feel free to give us a call on 1800 921 [...]

  • I’ve met the client and we both want to proceed, what’s next?

    Firstly, great job! Now that both you and the client are committed to working with each other, we’ll need to organise for the client's Allied Health Professional (AHP) to delegate some tasks for you to help your new client practice. We call this a Team Meeting. Usually, this occurs by having you attend and observe [...]

  • What is involved in a Team Meeting (also sometimes referred to as a therapy handover)?

    We work with the client and their family to get you linked with their AHP. Once linked, a therapy handover from the client's AHP should provide you with a clear understanding of the client's current goals, the interventions prescribed and any strategies employed to get the most out of the client. This can occur in [...]