The HealthWork International group, which includes AHP Workforce, is focussed on improving global population health through a range of initiatives designed to enhance service delivery and accessibility, including allied health workforce planning, health workforce development and training, support for health practitioner regulation and peak body association management, and geospatial mapping of the health workforce against population need.
Led by CEO and founder Professor Susan Nancarrow, an international health workforce researcher and experienced clinician with more than 30 years’ experience, HealthWork International works with health care organisations, government, and professional associations to improve the quality and effectiveness of service delivery.
Partnering with HealthWork International provides access to global expertise, through a complete suite of services which place health workers, system improvements and workforce development, at their core.
HealthWork International recently hosted a workforce planning and capacity building webinar for primary care allied health stakeholders, providing an overview of the products and services on offer from the group:
The Allied Health Academy
Communities of Practice and Professional Development for Allied Health
The Allied Health Academy is an online community and learning management system designed specifically for AHPs, AHAs, health workers, policymakers, funders, and stakeholders to effect positive change in allied health and health care.
The Academy champions individual advancement and systemic improvement by offering a comprehensive range of high quality online training programs, supplemented by engaging communities of practice. These are tailored to build interdisciplinary skills and support the continuous growth of individuals and the organisations they work for.
The Academy is also a platform for facilitating collaboration on systemic or other issues for allied health, and the development of new and innovative solutions at local, regional and global levels. These are communities of practice on special interest topics, or designed for collaboration between members who represent a particular slice of our larger allied health community.
Membership is free, enabling professionals worldwide to connect, contribute to global health solutions, and advance their careers through continuous learning. Additionally, corporate clients (LHNs, PHNs) can leverage our specialised training packages to develop their teams or secure dedicated spaces within TAHA to facilitate their own training initiatives and professional development goals.
By joining The Academy, clients also gain access to unique opportunities for revenue generation, sponsorship and job advertising, placing your brand in front of the world’s largest interdisciplinary allied health learning community. Engage with us to start shaping the future of allied health with a unified voice and shared expertise.
Primary Care Allied Health Network
For Primary Health Networks (PHN) who want to enhance their approach to allied health engagement, improve data collection, increase allied health visibility and advocacy, and build greater capacity to meet the health care needs of their communities.
The Primary Care Allied Health Network (PCAHN) provides a platform for PHNs to collectively address the complex challenges of primary care, as highlighted in Australia’s Primary Health Care 10 Year Plan 2022–2032 and the Allied Health in Primary Care Engagement Framework.
Inclusions:
- National annual survey of primary care allied health practitioners
- Access to our proprietary geospatial workforce planning tool
- A national, interdisciplinary community of practice for allied health professionals and assistants working in primary care
- A local community of practice for your PHN to lead and drive local initiatives and change
- Monthly newsletter
- Online training tailored to the needs of your allied health primary care workforce
- Free advertising on The Allied Health Academy Jobs Board.
Join us at the Primary Care Allied Health Network, where your participation will bring us closer to a nationally cohesive, efficient, and responsive healthcare system.
Expressions of interest are welcome, or view our prospectus here.
Public Sector Allied Health Network
Public health providers are invited to join a groundbreaking national partnership to enhance allied health engagement, data-collection, training and innovation.
The Public Sector Allied Health Network (PSAHN) is a national online community of practice that connects allied health professionals employed in their respective state/territory public health sector.
Inclusions:
- National annual survey of public sector allied health practitioners
- Access to our proprietary geospatial workforce planning tool
- A national, interdisciplinary community of practice for public sector allied health employees
- Monthly webinar series
- State/territory and employer level communities of practice to lead and drive local initiatives and information sharing
- Monthly newsletters sharing allied health innovations
- Online training tailored to the needs of your allied health primary care workforce
- Free advertising on The Allied Health Academy Jobs Board.
Join us at the Primary Care Allied Health Network, where your participation will bring us closer to a nationally cohesive, efficient, and responsive healthcare system.
Expressions of interest are welcome, or view our prospectus here.
AHP Workforce
Allied Health Workforce Consulting: Planning, Strategy, Capability and Surveys
AHP Workforce work with a broad array of healthcare organisations to build capacity in allied health workforce planning, strategy and capability, helping to increase the quality and accessibility of allied health services, and create more sustainable and efficient workforces.
We have an international track record, leading World Health Organization-funded projects and assisting government health departments, public health networks and regional public health organisations identify and respond to their workforce needs.
Co-design a project, or outsource the project design to us based on your desired outcomes. We are uniquely placed through our interactive platform, enabling asynchronous and live engagement, to deliver on large, consultative projects.
Include our workforce surveys, honed over years of research and consultancy work, to help you make evidence-based decisions to improve workforce attraction, morale, retention, and quality of care.
HealthWork Mapping
Mapping Population Need to Allied Health Workforce Supply
HealthWork Mapping geospatially maps allied health practitioner supply against the population need for allied health services, to Statistical Area Level 3 granularity.
Need (versus demand) is defined using profession-specific population-demographic-based drivers of need for a profession’s services, weighted and synthesised into our novel algorithmic, the Allied Health Index of Need.
Need and Supply of Podiatrists by SA4 in 2022. Here colour indicates the relative geographical distribution of the rates of Supply and Need for podiatry services. Explore the magnitude of these distributions by selecting “Population Size” on the top-right corner. Sources1.
Clients can choose our Nexus dashboard for on-demand access to the required data in an intuitive, interactive dashboard.
Clients can also select/access:
- Area-Level Allied Health Workforce Planning Reports to support regional-level allied health workforce planning; or
- Allied Health Profession Workforce Reports, designed to provide health professional peak bodies with invaluable insights for lobbying government and driving peak body agendas, each featuring interactive mapping, graphics and analyses.
We also offer Profession Insights reports to help health businesses take the guesswork out of which region to target for a new or expanding business.
HealthWork Solutions
Health Workforce Professionals Peak Body Management, Governance and Policy Support
Self-regulating professional peak bodies and workforces seeking professionalisation, certification, and association management can access world-leading expertise through HealthWork Solutions to help them achieve these goals.
We offer association management and secretariat functions for peak bodies. Don’t manage the difficult job of governing a peak body and administering memberships alone. Let a dedicated health association management company, backed by international regulatory expertise, help you concentrate more on what matters to you most: furthering the interests of your profession.
HealthWork Solutions can translate your workforce and context expertise into best practice policies, or government proposals, with our drafting and regulatory expertise. Our team can position your peak body to better achieve its agenda, help you seek external recognition through the National Alliance of Self-Regulated Health Professions or work with you to secure government support for your initiatives.
Workforces seeking to professionalise can also work with us to understand what is required to become a self-regulating profession and design a certification framework, supported by appropriate governance and policies, which is fit to take your workforce to the next level.
HealthWork International Prospectus
Partnering with HealthWork International provides access to global expertise, through a complete suite of services which place health workers, system improvements and workforce development, at their core. Please review our attached prospectus, and contact us with any queries you may have.
