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BARWON HEALTH

Clare Hellawell is the current acting Clinical Lead for Barwon Health’s Young Adults Transition Service (YATS) having been with the service since 2016. Clare completed her qualification in Speech Pathology in 2005, and since then has worked in a variety of positions across public health and disability services in Victoria and the UK. Clare thoroughly enjoys working with young people, and is a strong advocate for communication access. More recently, YATS have developed a health literacy skill development program at Barwon Health that targets health independence skills through intervention and real life practice. YATS have partnered with local specialist schools to deliver school based clinics and health literacy group programs which are the highlight of Clare’s work.

BENDIGO HEALTH

Robyn Soulsby is the stream leader of the Bendigo Transition Service called Young Adults with Complex Needs. She is an Occupational Therapist with a passion for quality healthcare and helping people to access the care they need and to live their best life as a member of their local community. Robyn also leads other neurological rehabilitation programs in Outpatient Rehabilitation Services at Bendigo Health.

MONASH HEALTH

Stacy Kelly is a physiotherapist and the Acting Clinic Lead for the Young Adults Transition Service at Monash Health. She has a particular interest in disability, and worked in paediatrics at the Royal Children’s Hospital and in special education settings before moving to adult healthcare.

ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL

Veronica Saunders is the Acting Team Leader of the Young Adult Complex Disability Service at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne. Practising as a social worker for nearly 20 years, Veronica is passionate about supporting individuals and their families to live their best life.

FAQ:

What is CP-Achieve?

The Centre of Research Excellence: Australian Centre for Health, Independence, Economic Participation and Value Enhanced Care for adolescents and young adults with cerebral palsy (CP-Achieve). CP-ACHIEVE is a five year, NHMRC funded Centre of Research Excellence project that supports collaborative research and development in cerebral palsy research. The team consists of a multidisciplinary group of adolescents and young adults with cerebral palsy, families, clinicians, researchers and students that are all working together to fulfil CP-Achieve’s aims. CP-Achieve commenced in February 2020 and will finish in 2025.

What does CP-Achieve do?

CP-ACHIEVE fosters health care access and promotes healthy lifestyle interventions to improve community participation. Two overarching aims guide the research program: to improve physical and mental health, and to build supportive family, community and health service environments. The outcomes of CP-Achieve are to establish rigorous population-based data about the scope of health and participation problems, best practices and guidelines for health and disability service providers, means to empower adolescents and young adults with cerebral palsy to use health and community services, and models of cost-effectiveness to inform policy and practice, and drive value-enhanced care.