We are passionate about empowering people and the community
The future of support work is here. Ascend Health connects you with motivated health students, providing innovative support solutions with compassion and a focus on your goals.
We're committed to challenging the traditional approach to support work. We believe support work should be more effective, more engaging, and more focused on achieving real outcomes. Ascend Health is redefining the industry by investing in passionate people, innovative practices, and a collaborative approach that puts you at the centre of your care journey.
Your journey begins with understanding. We provide a therapist and a team leader to gather information about your needs and goals to ensure we provide the best start.
We create a tailored support plan designed around your individual needs and goals, with guidance from our experienced therapists.
We provide you with some options for support workers who are the right fit, ensuring a smooth introduction to your support team.
We provide consistent support and manage any changes to your team to ensure continuity of care and minimise disruption to you and your family.
Member Engagement is the first point of contact if you are enquiring about joining Ascend Health. Their role is to collect as much information about your NDIS information to ensure that we can make informed decisions about how best we can meet your needs.
Our therapists play a significant role in our members support work team. Unlike other providers, they are responsible for conducting your initial assessments, finding appropriate support workers, and developing a comprehensive plan to help you meet your goals and make the most of your NDIS funds.
Our Team Leaders are experienced support workers that coordinate small, local teams of support workers. They have a diverse range of tasks, including training new support workers, reviewing progress notes, communicating with support workers, and providing regular training.
When we take on new members, we coordinate with new and existing students that can help you meet your goals. They are also responsible for helping our team leaders and therapists replace existing support workers as they transition of out university, ensuring minimal disruption to your services.
The Initial Assessment fee starts at $537.49.
It includes a 1-hour face to face assessment with a therapist and a support worker team leader, collaborative NDIS documentation activation, as well as profile activation and goal setting.
Most providers don't put much resources into finding good quality support. That's why we send one of our therapists to meet you to understand your individual needs. With a better understanding of you and your family's needs, we can find the best support workers that will set you up for NDIS success.
If more than 5 hours of support work is required each week, there may be an additional establishment fee of $654.70 to cover recruitment and admin costs.
Our team of therapists are responsible for your support work services. Their NDIS experience and allied health qualifications ensures that you get the best outcomes. We don't believe onboarding to a NDIS registered provider should be rushed.
Support Workers provide practical and emotional support to individuals and their families. This can include help with daily tasks, personal care, medication, and paperwork, as well as building life skills. They also support people to explore new hobbies, boost confidence, and strengthen informal support networks, helping individuals live more independently and stay connected.
Assistance in the home, including cleaning, showering, toileting, meal prep and more.
Confidently access the community for shopping, outings, entertainment and socialising.
All our support undergo vehicle inspections to ensure travel is safe and convenient for you.
Session scheduling, service activity organisation, communication, feedback, research and team organisation.
Our therapy students are capable of helping you find suitable living arrangements.
Increasing the meaningful social activities is what we are known to do best.
Need help finding a job? Our support workers have experience with getting our members meaningful work.
We have psychology students and counsellors that provide support with improving relationships.
Physiotherapy and Exercise Science students can help you improve health and welling being through prescribed exercise.
We engage Occupational therapy students to help with learning skills such as handwriting and reading.
Our therapy students are experienced in guiding and mentoring to facilitate better life choices.
There's no waitlist for support work at Ascend Health! We have both experienced support workers looking for more work and a growing waitlist for new students looking to join out team.
Search the map to find a support worker with availability near you.
If there is someone near you, click on the profile image.
To check availability, hover over the calendar at the bottom of their profile.
Enter your details into our referrals form, accessible via the "submit enquiry" button below.
We will be happy to discuss any of your specialised requirements, so please contact us today. We can develop a personalised care plan that is unique to your needs.