Speak Out June 2021

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Moving to new geographical locations without support networks was a concern for Meg when she started working remotely. “It’s been a surprise for me that telehealth has been able to offer such a generosity of time of clinicians and the resources. I’ve never worked anywhere before where I have felt I have had the most access to individuals and their extraordinarily diverse clinical skill sets, and also the resources which are widely available and continuously being updated." Kirstyn O’Rourke is a speech pathologist and lead practitioner at Therapy Connect. She lives in southern Queensland. Meg Tasker is a dual qualified teacher and speech pathologist living on Victoria’s west coast. Sue Cameron is a speech pathologist and co- founder of Therapy Connect. She lives on a farm in western Victoria.

Therapy Connect learnings Telehealth suits an autonomous

experienced practitioner who is often seeking specific part-time clinical work.

There are significant practitioner benefits to the flexibility of selecting work hours and working from home within our telehealth model. While this brings great operational challenges, it is a priority for the organisation to maintain. Connection and support for an Australia wide remote and part-time team across different time zones is really important to our practitioners. The selection of a range of tools and programs in real time and on demand to suit the team needs has required deliberate planning and co- design. Meg’s story Meg started working with Therapy Connect when she lived in a rural location in northern Victoria. Meg was in a transitional stage of her life and career and she wasn’t sure where she wanted to live. She was able to take her job at Therapy Connect with her when she moved to the Victorian coast. Meg now has an 8 month old son and has been able to determine her own hours of work during a staged return to work.

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Speak Out | June 2021