Allied Health Assistant
Hands-on, supervised support that turns the program your therapist wrote into something you actually practise each week.
The gap between a therapy plan and daily life
Therapy sessions are usually fortnightly or monthly. Almost everything that makes the difference happens in between, and that is where good plans quietly fall apart. An allied health assistant works under the direction of your occupational therapist, physiotherapist or speech pathologist, and works through the program with you far more often, for less of your funding.
That might be the exercise routine your physio set, the communication cards your speech pathologist introduced, the shower routine your OT built, or the sensory plan a child needs before school. The therapist keeps clinical oversight and reviews progress. The assistant is the person in the room with you, doing the work.
- Therapy programs delivered between sessions
- Exercise and mobility routines
- Communication and AAC practice
- Daily living skill building
- Progress notes back to your therapist
- Support at home, school or day program
How we help
More repetitions of the right thing, in the place where it needs to work.
More practice, less cost
Assistant hours cost less than therapist hours, so the same funding buys far more repetitions, which is what actually builds a skill.
Always clinically supervised
Your assistant follows a written program from your therapist and reports back after each block of sessions. Nobody is improvising on the spot.
Where the skill is needed
Practice happens in the kitchen, the bathroom, the classroom or the gym, so the skill transfers into real life instead of staying in a clinic.
Who it's for
Allied health assistant hours come from the same Capacity Building supports as therapy, at a lower hourly rate. Your therapist does not have to be from Crescent Care.
What to expect
One plan, one team, and no gap between what was agreed and what gets practised.
We listen
We start with your therapist's program and your own honest account of what has been hard to keep up with week to week.
We co-design
We set the schedule, the setting and the tasks with you and your therapist, so everyone is working to the same plan.
We deliver
Regular sessions with clear notes back to your therapist, and adjustments to the program whenever it is reviewed.
Good to know
Frequently asked questions
Does my therapist need to be from Crescent Care?
No. Our allied health assistants work under the direction of your existing therapist, whoever that is, as long as they are willing to provide the program and the supervision.
Is this the same as a support worker?
No. A support worker helps with daily tasks. An allied health assistant delivers a clinical program written and supervised by a therapist, with progress notes going back to them.
How does this affect my therapy budget?
Assistant time is billed at a lower rate than therapist time, so most participants get more contact hours from the same funding. We map it out with you before we begin.
Related services
Already have a therapy plan you cannot keep up with?
That is exactly what this service is for. Send us the program you are working to and we will explain how assistant hours could stretch it further.