Training to Support the Supervision of Victorian Allied

Health Assistants

House Keeping

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Introductions

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Carmen Baroni

Tilly Waite

1990

Who is sitting at your table?

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What colour were you given and where is your table?

Take a moment to get to know your fellow participants and …….

Write a name-tag for the person on your right

Spokesperson to provide a summary of who is at their table to the rest of the group

Training Session Objectives

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Our objectives for this training session

Formulate three (3) questions / topics you

would like to see discussed http://uip.urbanunit.gov.pk/

Objectives.asp

Introduction to the Framework

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Definition of an AHA

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The role of an AHA

AHA Grade 1, 2 & 3

Certificate III / IV in Allied Health Assistance

Multi-/interdisciplinary team vs. discipline specific

Job description – working within scope of

delegation

Organisational Governance

Knowledge and skill base of an AHA (Training)

AHA Scope of Practice

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AHAs support and assist the work of AHPs by

undertaking a range of less complex tasks (both clinical and non-clinical)

enabling the AHP to focus on more complex clinical

work (that cannot be undertaken by others) and provide care to a greater

number of patients.

http://www.lrh.com.au/home/orginfo/departments/alliedhealth/Physiotherapy.html

Grade 1, 2 & 3 in AHA

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See Figure 3.1 in Framework

AHA Qualification

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Certificate III / IV in Allied Health Assistance

- Multidisciplinary/Interdiscipli

nary vs. specific allied health stream

HLT32412http://training.gov.au/TrainingComponentFiles/HLT07/HLT32412_R2.pdf

HLT42512http://training.gov.au/TrainingComponentFiles/HLT07/HLT42512_R2.pdf

Delegation

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work-responsibly /

What is delegation?

&Aspects of an

effective delegation

process

Delegation Flow Chart

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Need to consider:

The task

Competency of AHP

Competency of AHA

Monitoring

Specific context

AM / PM Tea Break

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http://heatherscoffeebreak.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/embracing-my-inner-old-person.html

Supervision

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What is supervision

Mode of supervision

Types of supervision

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Types of Supervision

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Effective Supervision

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The Role of the AHP as Supervisor

Characteristics of Effective

Supervision

Multidisciplinary Teams and Supervision

Bringing it all together

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Communication &

Partnership

Questions / Evaluation

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