2022 Allevia Annual Report

It is pleasing to report that Allevia has been invited to provided direct feedback about the
ways the NDIA can re-establish trust with participants and providers in the sector. Allevia’s
team is looking forward to working together to ensure the NDIS delivers on the promise of
choice and control for all people with a disability.
This training has
proven invaluable
as we strive always
to use proactive
strategies
Workforce Development
Allevia has continued with significant
workforce development throughout 2021-
2022 with both online and face to face
training, despite the lockdowns. The new
Mealtime Management Standards 3 have
required training and implementation.
Allevia staff have undertaken
unprecedented amounts of behaviour
support training delivered by Mindtree
Collective. This training has proven invaluable
as we strive always to use proactive
strategies with the least restrictive options
for keeping people with complex barriers to
a good life, safe.
Gaining & retaining ideal team players
Recruitment has been a sector wide
challenge, however Allevia has made
significant headway again in 2022, attracting
ideal team players who are ‘Hungry, Humble
and Smart’ 4 . The teams across the organisation
welcome all new staff who have joined us
this year and thank you for your commitment
to our vision moving forward.
Keeping Teams connected and informed
The introduction of new technology was
a focus in 2021-2022 in our efforts to stay
connected to our workforce in the field. The
3 Amendments to the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators introduce, from November 2021, included new standards relating
to mealtime management and severe dysphagia management. This amendment was in response to the findings and recommendations of
Professor Julian Trollor and Dr Carmela Salomon’s 2019 report:
4 The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate the Three Essential Virtues Hardcover (2016), by Patrick Lencioni
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