The Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) funds a number of public and private hospitals to provide
evidenced based trauma recovery day programmes for posttraumatic stress disorder (TRP).
Applications will be evaluated against the 2015 National Accreditation Standards Trauma Recovery
Programmes – PTSD (TRP standards) which is supported by a TRP standards workbook. These standards
and workbook are located at www.at-ease.gov.au/professional.
DVA evaluates the clinical effectiveness of the TRP’s annually, through the collection of outcome data
from veterans attending the programme. This data is collected at specific time points during and after
the programme.
Accreditation
Once DVA has agreed to purchase a TRP your hospital will have twelve months to be accredited.
Evidence of accreditation should be provided to DVA once obtained. Where a hospital does not proceed
with accreditation within the timeline, DVA may not be in a position to continue to fund the programme.
Completing the application
In providing a response to each of the standards, the applicant should familiarise themselves with the
standards workbook. The workbook will assist you in providing sufficient evidence that will enable DVA
to evaluate your application.
You are required to provide a brief summary against each standard and provide documentation that
demonstrates that you have systems and processes in place to address the criteria and actions.
Some examples of documentation as follows:
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Clinical workforce qualifications, skills and expertise
Risk management strategy/policy
Intake and assessment processes and procedures
Clinician and participant programme manuals
Programme timetables
If you require further information or support in completing the application please contact your local DVA
contract manager.
Name of Hospital
Contact person
Name:
Position:
Telephone and email:
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TRP Standards
Provide a brief summary for each
standard
List the evidence provided for each of the following
criteria including actions
1. Clinical Governance
The TRP service complies with the
governance framework that supports
a skilled clinical workforce in the
delivery of evidence- based treatment
1.1 Governance
1.2 Clinical workforce
1.3 Clinical workforce and supervision
1.4 Clinical workforce and expertise
2. Access and Targeting
The TRP reflects and is accessible to
the target population
2.1 Information provision
2.2 Programme criteria
2.3 Accessibility
3. Veterans rights and provider
responsibilities
The TRP provides high quality clinical
service that respects the rights of
veterans and their carers
3.1 Carers
3.2 Informed consent to participation
3.3 Veteran’s rights to programmes
and services
3.4 Diversity
4. Clinical Pathways
The TRP service has a routine clinical
system in place to manage the
veteran’s clinical pathway from
referral into the service to postdischarge
4.1 Continuity of Care
4.2 Intake and assessment
4.3 Review and discharge
4.4 Relapse prevention
4.5 Nine month post discharge follow
up
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5. Treatment
The TRP provides best practice
treatment for PTSD and its common
comorbidities
5.1 Treatment Standards
5.2 Evidenced based treatment:
individual
5.3 Evidenced based treatment: group
6. Clinical data collection
The TRP service complies with the
programme outcome monitoring
requirement for monitoring reviewing
and improving programme quality
6.1 Programme data collection and
monitoring
Accreditation
Provide details including timelines
Proposed TRP accreditation
Costings
Provide detailed programme costs
Pre programme assessment
Individual TF-CBT
Group treatment programmes
Programme administration
Relapse prevention programme
post discharge
Data collection three months
post discharge
Data collection nine months post
discharge
Total Unit Cost Per
Person
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