Key Worker Services
Offering one trusted point of contact for families with children 9-years-old and under to help navigate the therapy journey.
Enhancing Your Quality Of Life – Only For Children 9 And Under
Registered NDIS Provider
Allied X supports clients through eligible NDIS plans, Medicare referrals, and private funding options.
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Our passionate team of Key Workers across Australia work with families of children under 9 with disabilities or developmental delays.
What is the Key Worker model?
Whether you're looking for paediatric, teen or adult support, our practitioners can help guide you
In line with national guidelines for best practice in Early Childhood Intervention, a key worker is a dedicated therapist who becomes the primary point of contact for your child and your family.
They are an early childhood intervention professional, specialising in a collaborative, holistic and personalised approach to therapeutic intervention for children and their families.
The key worker model has numerous benefits such as:
Focusing on capacity building and evidence-based approaches to meet goals in your child's environment.
Working together with you to understand your child's development and needs. Capacity building with your child's adults to build their skills to support your child's needs and goals in all their environments.
Having a primary point of contact allows for smoother communication.
Reducing multiple appointments with multiple therapists, saving time and costs.
Empowering you to actively participate in your child's therapy and build a team around your child by focusing on the strengths and needs of your child and family
Building the capacity of the people in your child's life in their naturalistic settings, from kindergarten to home and beyond.
Your key worker will collaborate across different disciplines to combine therapy strategies for comprehensive support.
Your key worker will develop a customised plan to address your child's specific goals and challenges, walking with you along your early intervention journey.
Providing education, information and support to services and community, advocating for and supporting inclusion.
How can your Key Worker support you?
Your Key Worker uses an integrated intervention approach to provide personalised support to address your child's unique needs, founded on four key quality areas:
| Family | Inclusion | Teamwork | Universal Principles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family-Centred And Strengths-Based Practice That Is Culturally Responsive | Inclusive Participatory Practice Which Engages Your Child In Their Natural Environments | Collaborative Teamwork And Capacity-Building Practice | Evidence-Based And Outcomes-Based Approach Which Adheres To Best Practice Standards And Ensures Accountability |
| Providing Emotional Support | Providing Integrated Therapy Intervention | Coordinating And Linking With Relevant Services | Identifying And Addressing Child And Family Goals And Priorities |
| Providing Individualised Information And Advice To The Family | Using A Collaborative Framework That Builds The Team Around Your Child. | Practitioners Integrate The Latest Research With Family Advice To Provide Evidence-Based Practice. | |
| Providing Culturally Responsive Care | Adhering To Standards Based On Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) Best Practices Ensures Practitioners Are Accountable To High Quality Service. | ||
| Supporting The Family To Advocate For The Child | Practice-Based Outcomes Approach Which Focuses On Achieving The Outcomes That Parents Want For Their Child And Family. |
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