Supported Assessments 101 for the new ACC contract
An interactive online workshop on preparing and providing Supported Assessments for ACC Sensitive Claims
(PLEASE NOTE: This is not ACC endorsed training – it is a senior clinician’s take)
This webinar will address the changes in the new ACC contract and where a Supported Assessment will still be required for clients with complex needs, as well as where a diagnosis and treatment recommendations for longer term therapy will be indicated.
This workshop is to assist those quite new to completing Supported Assessments, as well as being a refresher for those more experienced.
Presented by Diane Clare, an experienced clinical psychologist who has been an ACC provider since the 1990s, and who has been providing Supported Assessments since the start of the Sensitive Claims service, this interactive workshop will address what works and what can hinder you in your practice for delivering these assessments.
This webinar also covers the new contract with ACC which still includes Supported Assessments, the changes to the process and the new two pathways:
- Pathway A (no supported assessment): The 80 hours maximum for sensitive claims clients who will have no option to repeat. This includes all their therapy with their lead provider and any other services also covered e.g. Rongoā (Māori healing) or Group based therapies like DBT and EMDR groups. Many will only have a year of therapy and related services.
- Pathway B (for this the client must have a supported assessment): The client can have 120 hours a year for their psychological therapy and related services (which can be repeated). This is for those who need longer term therapy and a range of services. This group will require the traditional Supported Assessment where a diagnosis and treatment recommendations are provided by the assessor. It is this pathway covered in Supported Assessments 101.
Other topics covered:
- What/why/who: What is an ACC Supported Assessment, why are they needed, and who delivers them?
- ABCD: Preparing and things to check before you begin: Approvals, Booking in, Core information, documents you will need.
- The 4Rs in Mapping the journey – rapport, roles, risks, requirements.
- The 3 Fs to the Finish line: Follow up session, formulation and feedback.
- Handling hiccups e.g. delay of medical notes, remote working, accuracy checking.
- Conclusions and issues arising.
Diane Clare will facilitate this workshop using ZOOM. Participants will be able to do exercises in separate (virtual) break-out rooms. If you have specific questions, we also encourage participants to email these to us prior to the workshop.
There is an additional follow-on workshop Supported Assessments 201.
When: 16 August 2024, 9.30am – 3pm
Where: Online via Zoom
Cost: $320 incl GST. The price stated is per person.
Contact: Faye [email protected]
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About Diane
BA, MA (Hons), Dip. Clin. Psych., AFBPS
Memberships: NZCCP, MNZAP, ISSTD
Accredited Practitioner in EMDR and is a member of the EMDRNZ Board.
Diane Clare is a registered clinical psychologist who trained at the University of Canterbury. Diane has worked in mental health and counselling services since 1981, first as a grief counsellor then as a psychotherapist, before becoming registered as a psychologist in 1993. She has worked in leadership and Director level roles across a range of services in both NZ and the UK including primary care, adult mental health, forensic, intellectual disability and tertiary student services.
While in the UK in 2005 she developed the Alternatives to Self-Harm programme and has presented her work internationally since 2012. Diane is a seasoned presenter and provides a range of workshop options with an emphasis on practical solutions for clinical staff. She has a specialist interest in working with people recovering from the effects of complex trauma.
Who Should Attend
This 5 hour online workshop is to assist those quite new to completing Supported Assessments, as well as being a refresher for those more experienced senior clinicians.
It is suitable for ACC Approved assessors and those seeking approval from ACC to become assessors.
This workshop cannot guarantee ACC approval of you to become an assessor, but it does offer guidance in how to tackle the task once you are an approved assessor.
PLEASE NOTE: your attendance for this training is not a guarantee of ACC approval for you to become an assessor nor is it part of ACC's in-house training as it is a clinician's take on the challenges in this task.
July, 2024
Saturday
August 26,2019
- Tuesday
- 9:00am - 10:00am
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