OUR PERSPECTIVE
SARRAH exists so that rural and remote Australian communities have allied health services that support equitable and sustainable health and well-being.
VISION:
Rural and Remote Australian communities have Allied Health services that support equitable and sustainable health and well-being."Leaders in rural and remote allied health workforce and service development"
PURPOSE:
To lead rural and remote allied health workforce and service development
VALUES:
The articulation of the fundamental values that distinguish SARRAH as an organisation is important to underpin the achievement of SARRAH’s primary objective and the prioritisation of organisational activities and resource allocation. This articulation of values we call 'our' perspective includes actions such as:
- Inclusiveness
- Fairness
- Equity
- Advocacy
- Respect
SARRAH provides individual rural and remote allied health professionals with opportunities to inform and influence by contributing 'our' perspective to policy and planning processes that govern service delivery to rural and remote communities with the ultimate goal being enhanced community health outcomes. 'Our' perspective is demonstrated by qualities such as:
- Valuing the individual grass roots allied health professional
- Consultation
- Achievement orientation
- Connectedness to community
- Can-do attitude.
About TAHRGETS
If you are passionate about rural and remote workforce development, and work for a private or non government organisation that provides allied health services in MMM 3-7 areas, then read on.
For eligible organisations SARRAH will provide
- education fees assistance for early career allied health professionals wishing to commence on the allied health rural generalist pathway. These fees will cover the Rural Generalist Program (JCU) for new graduates commencing on the Level 1 AHRG Pathway, or the Graduate Diploma of Rural Generalist Practice (JCU) fo early career professionals.
- work place training grants paid directly to the organisation. These grants can be used to cover backfill/and or support the rural generalist trainee to complete education, supervision and project components of the program
Your organisation will provide:
- support for the trainee to complete the formal education
- structured supervision
- allocated development time
- a service development project and project support and guideance
More information can be found in the program guidelines
About BRAHAW
The purpose of BRAHAW is to assist rural and remote AHPs working in private and non government orgnaisations to build their allied health assistant workforce, roles and models of service delivery promoting viability and reach of their practices.
Through BRAHAW, SARRAH will work with each organisation assisting them to build a local skilled AHA workforce, and providing a tailored package of practice and workforce support . Combined this approach will assist organisations to develop operational capacity to deliver services and improve community access to allied health by implementing an allied health assistant service delivery model.
SARRAH was established in 1995 to represent allied health professionals (AHPs) and students who work in rural and remote communities. We thrive on delivering a range of programs and initiatives that enable our members to improve health outcomes for rural and remote Australians.
SARRAH believes that every Australian has the right to have equitable access to health services regardless of where they live. This is a key component of a world-class health system and essential for supporting the health and wellbeing of all Australians