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SCM5604 Specialist Allied Health and Behaviour Support Provider Scheme

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Suppliers on this scheme

27-Sep-2024

Last updated

Managed
Type Agency specific

Mandatory
Scheme category Healthcare
Scheme ID SCM5604
Scheme owner Rachel Frecklington
pstenders@det.nsw.edu.au
Start date:

27-Sep-2024 3:10 PM

Start intake date:

27-Sep-2024 10:00 AM

End date:

31-Dec-2029 11:59 PM

End intake date:

01-Nov-2024 3:00 PM

Description

Specialist allied health and behaviour support services for NSW Public Schools.

Scope

The Specialist Allied Health and Behaviour Support Provider Scheme is seeking suppliers to gain pre-qualification to provide the following services:

·       Exercise physiology 

·       Occupational Therapy 

·       Physiotherapy 

·       Speech Pathology

·       Behaviour Practitioner

Please refer to attachment – Specifications for full details of the scope. 

Instructions

The Specialist Allied Health and Behaviour Support Provider Scheme is seeking suppliers to gain pre-qualification to provide the following services:

  • Exercise physiology 
  • Occupational Therapy 
  • Physiotherapy 
  • Speech Pathology
  • Behaviour Practitioner

When completing an application for this scheme suppliers are required to demonstrate their capability to meet requirements by: 

  1. Demonstrating you meet the mandatory requirements and provide all required supporting documentation
  • Evidence of required insurance levels or confirmation that these will be obtained if successful
    Professional Indemnity Insurance - $2m
    Public Liability Insurance - $20m
    Workers Compensation Insurance
  • Confirmation that all practitioners are registered with relevant professional association accrediations.
  • Complies with the requirements of the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012 (NSW)
  • All personnel in child-related roles have a valid working with children check
  • Prior to commencement, all relevant staff will complete mandatory child protection training
  • Agreement to conduct health related training if and when required

2. Ensure you address all the required capability questions and demonstrate your supplier’s capacity

  • Provide details of proposed services and locations
  • Relevant organisational experience and past performance
  • Key Personnel

Scheme Requirements

SCM5604 Scheme specific questions

Professional indemnity insurance * (required)

Do you have and agree to maintain professional indemnity insurance (minimum cover of $2 million)?

Response type:

Radio button yes/no

Public liability insurance * (required)

Do you have and agree to maintain public liability insurance (minimum cover of $20 million)?

Response type:

Radio button yes/no

Workers compensation insurance * (required)

Do you have and agree to maintain workers compensation insurance or income protection insurance for sole traders?

Response type:

Radio button yes/no

Insurance document upload(s)

Please upload a copy of your current insurance certifications:

  • Professional indemnity ($2 million)
  • Public liability ($20 million)
  • Workers compensation or income protection for sole traders

Response type:

File upload

Future compliance with insurance requirements * (required)

If you do not currently meet any of the minimum insurance requirements, do you agree to meet these requirements prior to contract execution?

Response type:

Radio button custom (Yes, No, Not applicable)

Professional association accreditations * (required)

Are all practitioners in your organisation registered with relevant professional association accreditations?  Therapists must meet the following requirements relevant to their profession:

  • exercise physiologists are to be accredited with Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA)
  • physiotherapists, psychologists, and occupational therapists are to be unconditionally registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
  • speech pathologists are to be members of Speech Pathology Australia.

Response type:

Radio button yes/no

Future registration with professional association accreditations * (required)

If ‘No’ to question 5, is your organisation willing to work towards registration to deliver services under the prequalification scheme?

Response type:

Radio button custom (Yes, No, Not applicable)

Compliance with Child Protection (Working with Children) Act * (required)

Does your organisation agree to comply with the requirements of the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012 (NSW)? 

Response type:

Radio button yes/no

Working With Children Check * (required)

Do you certify that your organisation’s personnel in child-related roles are not prohibited persons and will undergo the “Working with Children Check” at the cost of either the individual or your organisation? 

Link to legislation: https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/acts/2012-51.pdf  

Note: The Department of Education and/or NSW public schools will need to verify Working With Children Check clearance for individual personnel for school entry. Photo identification is required for this purpose. 

Response type:

Radio button yes/no

Mandatory child protection training * (required)

Do you certify that, prior to commencement of services, all relevant staff will have successfully completed the department’s Mandatory Child Protection Training online (via MyPL) or a suitable alternative child protection training program delivered by the service provider for its staff?

Note: NSW public schools may require evidence of completion before services begin. This training is required to be completed on an annual basis. 

Response type:

Radio button yes/no

Health related training * (required)

For particular students or groups of students or environments, individual schools may require staff to undertake health related training such as anaphylaxis e-training or CPR training before services begin. Do you certify that if a school requires any relevant health-related training, staff sent to work in that school will have successfully completed that training prior to commencement of services?

Note: If training is required, schools may require evidence of completion before services begin.

Response type:

Radio button yes/no

Experience working with target population(s) * (required)

Please describe the target population(s) of school-aged children and young people your organisation works with. Please provide a list of disabilities and additional support need areas, for example: We work with primary school aged students with: Intellectual disabilities, genetic conditions, Autism Spectrum Disorder.

If relevant, include any expertise or specialisation in disability types or needs, cultural and linguistic backgrounds (including Aboriginal backgrounds), and complex support needs (see section 2. General information in the specification). 

Response type:

Text area

Delivery mode(s) * (required)

Please specify and describe the delivery mode(s) of your organisation’s services. A delivery mode may include but are not limited to: face to face, in class interventions, remote delivery professional development workshops. 

Response type:

Text area

Service area(s) * (required)

Please select the NSW geographical regions in which you provide services. By selecting a region below, you certify that your organisation has the capacity to provide services to any NSW public school within that region.

Response type:

Checkbox Multiple custom (NSW - Complete coverage (If selected, please do not mark remaining regions), Capital Region, Queanbeyan, Snowy Mountains, South Coast, Goulburn-Mulwaree, Young-Yass, Central Coast , Gosford and Wyong, Central West , Bathurst, Lachlan Valley, Lithgow-Mudgee and Orange, Coffs Harbour – Grafton , Clarence Valley and Coffs Harbour, Far West and Orana , Bourke-Cobar-Coonamble, Broken Hill and Far West and Dubbo, Hunter Valley excl. Newcastle , Lower Hunter, Maitland, Port Stephens and Upper Hunter, Illawarra , Dapto-Port Kembla, Kiama-Shellharbour and Wollongong, Mid-North Coast , Great Lakes, Kempsey-Nambucca, Port Macquarie and Taree-Gloucester, Murray , Albury, Lower Murray and Upper Murray, New England and North West , Armidale, Inverell-Tenterfield, Moree-Narrabri and Tamworth-Gunnedah, Newcastle and Lake Macquarie , Richmond – Tweed , Richmond Valley and Tweed Valley, Riverina , Griffith-Murrumbidgee, Tumut-Tumbarumba and Wagga Wagga, Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven , Sydney , Baulkham Hills and Hawkesbury, Blacktown, City and Inner South, Eastern Suburbs, Inner South West, Inner West, North Sydney and Hornsby, Northern Beaches, Outer South West, Outer West and Blue Mountains, Parramatta, Ryde, South West and Sutherland )

Organisational experience * (required)

Please provide two relevant and different examples of allied health services provided to or in relation to school-aged children and young people in a school setting in the last three years. 

Each example should demonstrate your organisation’s knowledge, skills and capability to provide allied health services similar to those described in Part B–Scheme Guidelines. This must include the following:

  • a description of the work undertaken and the outcomes and impact achieved
  • the client organisation name, contact name, position, and contact phone or email
  • contract duration, including the start & end date of the work.

The Evaluation Team may contact the clients as referees to assist in evaluating responses.

Response type:

Text area

Key personnel * (required)

Please provide information on key personnel in your organisation who are relevant to the scheme by completing the attached document  

Key Personnel.docx
Specialist-Allied-Health-and-Behaviour-Support-Scheme---Key-Personnel.docx

Response type:

File upload

Capabilities

Scheme Services

1 Exercise Physiology

Exercise Physiology 

Question 1:

Please broadly describe the specialist allied health and behaviour support services available to school-aged children and young people with disability through your organisation. You may want to break down your description by the service area, for example: assessments, interventions, professional development, etc. If relevant, include any areas of specialisation (e.g. assistive technology assessments and training, site assessments for property modification, etc.).

Question 1:

Response type:

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2 Occupational Therapy

Question 1:

Please broadly describe the specialist allied health and behaviour support services available to school-aged children and young people with disability through your organisation. You may want to break down your description by the service area, for example: assessments, interventions, professional development, etc. If relevant, include any areas of specialisation (e.g. assistive technology assessments and training, site assessments for property modification, etc.).

Question 1:

Response type:

Free text

3 Physiotherapy

Occupational Therapy

Question 1:

Please broadly describe the specialist allied health and behaviour support services available to school-aged children and young people with disability through your organisation. You may want to break down your description by the service area, for example: assessments, interventions, professional development, etc. If relevant, include any areas of specialisation (e.g. assistive technology assessments and training, site assessments for property modification, etc.).

Question 1:

Response type:

Free text

4 Speech Pathology

Physiotherapy

Question 1:

Please broadly describe the specialist allied health and behaviour support services available to school-aged children and young people with disability through your organisation. You may want to break down your description by the service area, for example: assessments, interventions, professional development, etc. If relevant, include any areas of specialisation (e.g. assistive technology assessments and training, site assessments for property modification, etc.).

Question 1:

Response type:

Free text

5 Specialist Behaviour Support

Is your organisation applying to be approved on the Scheme for the provision of Occupational Therapy?

Question 1:

Please broadly describe the specialist allied health and behaviour support services available to school-aged children and young people with disability through your organisation. You may want to break down your description by the service area, for example: assessments, interventions, professional development, etc. If relevant, include any areas of specialisation (e.g. assistive technology assessments and training, site assessments for property modification, etc.).

Question 1:

Response type:

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