Following COVID, and in recognition of the importance of having staff located near the communities we service, RFW’s staff footprint has undergone a dramatic transformation, moving from a Sydney-based organisation to now having 40% of our clinical and service staff work remotely and located across NSW, QLD, WA, and VIC. [...] Royal Far West and the NDIS Through a combination of Commonwealth, State, corporate and philanthropic funding, RFW plays a crucial role in supporting Australia’s most disadvantaged and isolated children and families, by integrating health and education across a growing number of rural and remote communities, collaborating with schools and early learning settings and in more recent times, those tha. [...] Sam’s parents immediately requested a review of this decision as the funding was inadequate to meet the child’s needs, based upon the provider’s estimates of the frequency and recommendations. [...] This therapist’s hourly rate also had additional cost of 1 hour travel plus mileage effectively raising the cost of therapy to $450 per hour and reducing the number of sessions to 8, over the 12 months of the plan. [...] The internal appeal was subsequently rejected so the family then took this to the AAT and are currently awaiting the results of that appeal.
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