OUR PERSPECTIVE
VISION:
Equitable and sustainable access to allied health services for rural and remote Australian communities.
PURPOSE:
Leaders in rural and remote allied health workforce and service development
VALUES:
- Inclusiveness
- Fairness
- Equity
- Advocacy
- Respect
SARRAH is a national, grass‑roots, member‑based professional association founded in 1995 to advance equitable and sustainable access to allied health services for rural and remote Australian communities.
SARRAH represents, supports, and strengthens the rural and remote allied health workforce by delivering targeted workforce development initiatives that help organisations attract, develop, and retain a fit‑for‑purpose allied health workforce.
SARRAH has specialist expertise in:
- Allied Health Rural Generalist training pathways
- Building allied health assistant workforce capacity to support service sustainability
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