This webinar addresses the changes that occurred on the 1st December, 2024 to the ACC Assessment process for sexual abuse claims. Formerly known as Supported Assessments, it has changed to Specialist Cover Assessments (SCA). These assessments will only be required for clients with complex needs, as well as where a diagnosis and treatment recommendations for complex needs therapy are indicated (known as Pathway B). This may or may not mean longer term therapy but does allow for a range of service options with more hours to accommodate these needs. Other clients will obtain services through their Lead Service Provider and use pathway A and do not require an SCA.
ACC provides learning modules on the changes to the system and these are freely available for registered and approved providers so they will not be repeated here. So, pathway A clients do not need an SCA, only pathway B.
NOTE: This training is not ACC endorsed training – it is a senior clinician’s take. It offers guidance in how to tackle the task of providing these Specialist Cover Assessments (referred to as SCA), once you are an approved assessor. However, your attendance for this training is not a guarantee of ACC approval for you to become an assessor nor is it part of ACC’s in-house training as it is a clinician’s take on the practical and clinical challenges in this task.
It is designed to assist those quite new to completing Specialist Assessments, as well as being a refresher for those more experienced in the previous Supported Assessments in the earlier version of the ACC Sensitive Claims processes.
Presented by Diane Clare, an experienced clinical psychologist who has been an ACC provider since the 1990s, and who has been providing Supported Assessments since the start of the Sensitive Claims service, this interactive workshop will address what works and what can hinder you in your practice for delivering the new version of these assessments.
Please Note: this workshop may touch on emotional issues such as grief and/or trauma, and some of the material covered in our workshops may be sensitive or triggering to certain participants. We encourage everyone to practice self-care and either reach out to us, or directly discuss any concerns with our presenter.
When: Friday, 2 May 2025, 9am – 3pm
Where: Online via Zoom
Cost: $320 inc GST. The price stated is per person.
Contact: Faye [email protected]
> register online – https://www.grow.co.nz/specialist-cover-assessments-101
FAQs
Workshop Content
In addition to the above update on the process, topics covered include:
1. What/why/who: What is this Specialist Cover Assessment about under ACC (previously named Supported Assessment), why are they needed, and who delivers them?
2. ABCD: Preparing and things to check before you begin: Approvals, Booking in, Core information, documents you will need.
3. The 4Rs in Mapping the journey - rapport, roles, risks, requirements.
4. The 3 Fs to the Finish line: Follow up session, formulation and feedback.
5. Handling hiccups e.g. delay of medical notes, remote working, accuracy checking.
6. Conclusions and issues arising.
Who Should Attend
This training is suitable for ACC Approved assessors and those seeking approval from ACC to become assessors.
PLEASE NOTE: This workshop offers guidance in how to tackle the task of providing these Assessments, once you are an approved assessor. However, your attendance for this training is not a guarantee of ACC approval for you to become an assessor nor is it part of ACC's in-house training as it is a clinician's take on the practical and clinical challenges in this task.
About the Presenter, Diane Clare
BA, MA (Hons), Dip. Clin. Psych., AFBPS
Memberships: NZCCP, MNZAP, ISSTD
Accredited Practitioner in EMDR (she served on the EMDRNZ Board for over 5 years including as Vice Chair).
Fellow of ISSTD (International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation).
Diane Clare is a registered Consultant Clinical Psychologist who trained at the University of Canterbury. Diane has worked in mental health and counselling services since 1981, first as a grief counsellor then as a psychotherapist, before becoming registered as a psychologist in 1993. She has worked in leadership and Director level roles across a range of services in both NZ and the UK including primary care, adult mental health, forensic, intellectual disability and tertiary student services.
While in the UK in 2005 she developed the Alternatives to Self-Harm programme and has presented her work internationally since 2012. Diane is a seasoned presenter and provides a range of workshop options with an emphasis on practical solutions for clinical staff. She has a specialist interest in working with people recovering from the effects of complex trauma.
As a Fellow of ISSTD, Diane has been recognised as offering an outstanding contribution to this field and to the work of ISSTD. As an Accredited EMDR-NZ Practitioner, she continues to offer support to others through supervision, training and complex assessments.
February, 2025
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August 26,2019
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