{"id":5672,"date":"2022-05-13T16:20:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T06:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.hearthaustralia.com.au\/?p=5672"},"modified":"2022-05-13T16:20:53","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T06:20:53","slug":"megan-phillips-appointed-hearth-regional-manager-pbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.hearthaustralia.com.au\/megan-phillips-appointed-hearth-regional-manager-pbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Megan Phillips Appointed Hearth Regional Manager PBS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Hearth Allied Health<\/em><\/a><\/strong> is thrilled to announce the appointment of Megan Phillips to the newly created position of \u201cRegional Manager Positive Behaviour Support\u201d based in our Bendigo office<\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n Megan is a very experienced registered Psychologist having worked for a broad range of organisations including the <\/em>Department of Justice and Community Safety<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, Victorian Department of Health<\/strong><\/a>, Amicus Community Services<\/strong><\/a>, and in private practice.<\/em><\/p>\n Over the last 15 years Megan Phillips has worked with people who have a disability with complex behaviours of concern. As a result, Megan has developed extensive skills in high quality clinical assessment, treatment, management plans and interventions. <\/em><\/p>\n More specifically Megan is skilled in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Group Therapy, Case Management, Psychological Assessment, NDIS Restrictive Practice<\/strong><\/a> and Positive Behaviour Support legislation, including the Authority Program Officer (APO) \/Authority Reporting Officer (ARO) role.<\/em><\/p>\n As our new Regional Positive Behaviour Support Manager \u00a0Megan Phillips will <\/em>play a pivotal role in supporting Hearth\u2019s commitment to provide high quality support to its regional Positive Behaviour Support clients enabling them to live their best life. <\/em><\/p>\n Hearth Support Services has rapidly expanded its client base across metropolitan Melbourne and Regional Victoria. The holistic \u201cHearth Approach\u201d<\/a><\/strong> to disability services has resonated with clients who are looking for a long-term disability support services provider partnership.<\/em><\/p>\n Hearth Support Services<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0has gone through enormous change over the last 5 years since its inception in 2017!<\/em><\/p>\n Today Hearth Disability Support Services is an innovative and rapidly growing NDIS registered and audited provider with hundreds of Clients and hundreds of Disability Support Workers operating 24\/7, 365 days a year.<\/em><\/p>\n At Hearth we have continued to evolve and learn rapidly to build capability, systems, and processes to be able to sustainably support a wide range of Client\/Participant needs, leading to positive outcomes for our participants including some of the highest intensity support Participants in Victoria.<\/em><\/p>\n To this end, during 2021 we expanded our Melbourne support services to create a true client centred interdisciplinary approach to support. The additional services include\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Hearth Allied Health<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(Speech Pathology, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy) as well as\u00a0<\/em>Positive Behaviour Support<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n We also expanded our geographical footprint in 2021 by opening an office in <\/em>Bendigo<\/em><\/a> and in February this year we opened an office in <\/em>Geelong<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n