The allied health assistants constitute an essential part of the workforce and making use of this part of the workforce is one way to improve the capacity of the system to meet the community’s health needs. The Health Department adopts an approach for the implementation of the assistant workforce by focusing on trial and implementation of such roles in their operations.
There are various resources to support allied health assistant roles, including the Supervision and delegation framework for allied health assistants, AHA Supervision Training, the tASK Allied Health Assistant Delegation Application, and Case studies on Supervision and delegation framework for allied health assistants.
The Allied Health Assistant Implementation Program aims to help community and health services position themselves strategically so they can develop the capacity of their allied health assistant workforce sustainably.