Information Session
THE KEY WORKER
A FAMILY’S JOURNEY THROUGH THE
KALPARRIN ECIS PROGRAM
Early Intervention Services
 The goal of Intervention is to provide YOU with the
knowledge, skills and support to meet the needs of your
child
 We recognise the importance of working in partnership
with the family.
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Source: DEECD EI REFORM PAPER 2010
What do Early Childhood Intervention
Services provide?
 The range of specialist services includes:
 Information and advice that addresses the individual needs of the
child and family
 Supporting families to help their child’s development
 Linking families to services and providing access and coordination of
services such as respite
 Education and developmental programs
 Additional support to improve access and participation in kindergarten
and child care services
 Assisting with the move to school
 Parent support
 Flexible Support Packages to ease some of the additional pressures on
parents of children with disabilities and/or developmental delays who
have high support needs
MEET THE TEAM
 Board of Management
 General Manager
 Program Manager
 Reception/Administration
 Key Worker Team
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Speech Pathologists
Occupational Therapists
Specialist Teachers
Physiotherapist
Psychologist
• *Support Staff
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Hydrotherapy Teachers
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Program Assistants
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Social Work
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Dietician
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Psychologist
KEY WORKER
 Your allocated Key Worker is your PRIMARY
CONTACT.
 We work in TAK teams together to support you and
your child.
 This is known as the Team Around the Key Worker.
 Clinicians form TAK groups and meet regularly to
case conference and discuss goals to be addressed
and their implementation.
Family Service and Support Plan
 This is your plan and you will sign off on goals
 Clear, measurable goals that are monitored over 6
month periods.
 FSSP goals are reviewed regularly by your Key
Worker and goals can change at anytime.
 FSSP goals are formally reviewed every 6 months
 These are reviewed by management regularly
Service Delivery Model
 Kalparrin will provide on the ground, one or some of the
following services based on the goals set by you and your
Key worker:
* Parent Education Sessions and Series. Attendance is critical to you being able to
advocate and support your child fully
 Intervention and support in your child’s community setting such as Child Care or
Preschool
 Home based intervention
 Individual Therapy/Teaching
 Evidence based groups i.e. Hanen; Mother Goose, Sign Posts
 Comprehensive school transition support for all children going to primary school
Direct Service
 Face to Face & Phone contact and intervention.
 Child Care/Kinder Visits
 Skills groups
 Consultations
 Assessments
 Parent Education
Indirect Service
 Progress Notes
 IRIS Collection
 Report writing
 Consultation within the team and externally (paeds,
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private services)
Case Conferences
Team Planning/Planning
Preparation of resources
Funding Support
Staff Training and Development
 A leadership structure is in place to support and
provide supervision for the team- this is over seen by
the Program Manager.
 We are committed to our staff and their professional
development. Kalparrin provides regular training for
all their staff to ensure the families are receiving
current best practice service.
Additional Services
Additional Services Include:
 Psychological Services
 My Time
 HCWA
 Better Start
 Social Work
 Dietician
Fee Based Service
 Kalparrin is a Fees based service
 Fees are required to be paid by all families attending
Kalparrin.
 Monies received from fees pay for resources; ongoing
professional training of staff; additional services.
Feedback
 We welcome feedback at all levels of the organisation
 If something is not working for you and you families
we would like to hear about it
 This is a partnership and we work at our best we can
do this together