Clinical Services
Specialist Clinical Consulting Services
Music Life are dedicated to providing high-quality specialist clinical consulting services and support for people of all ages, including people with complex needs, families and groups, complex systems, as well as for clinicians and professionals, for Schools, Early Childhood services and centres, Organisations and for communities.
The design, delivery and implementation of our specialist clinical consulting services are tailored to your needs, your clients', staff, team/ system, or service/ Org needs; and can include inter-agency support and guidance.
We provide:
- specialist clinical consulting services tailored to your needs, and/or which are co-designed following assessment and collaboration with you
- primary specialist clinical consulting (centred around complex case needs or primary presenting issues)
- secondary specialist clinical consulting (centred around staff and allied health service providers needs, development and support)
- tertiary specialist clinical consulting (centred around systemic needs or system and Organisational support areas, including practice leadership)
- an integrated bidirectional specialist clinical consulting program (e.g. inclusive of primary, secondary and tertiary specialist clinical consulting facets of need, through a systems-based approach alongside clinical consulting and therapeutic approaches).
Specialist clinical consulting areas of service can include provision of complex case reviews & consulting, client groupings and environmental assessment needs, classroom-wide or school-wide consulting, design and delivery of specific programs, design of overarching frameworks of care and clinical oversight, consulting for teams, systems and/or Organisations; as well as community programs and partnerships.
We work collaboratively with individuals, their families and care teams, therapy teams, Schools and educational institutions, workplaces, and Organisations, District Departments, and communities to support and promote meaningful change, address root issues/ cause needs, support holistic needs, improved care and interconnected teams, and connected communities.
We aim to improve the overall health and wellbeing of the individuals, families and support teams, systems, and communities in which we work in by offering a variety of creative solutions to meet needs and support transformative change .
We provide specialist clinical consulting services to support people with complex needs, complex systems and teams, as well as provide specialist clinical support for clinicians and professionals, Organisations, Schools, Government and communities.
Please get in contact with us to find out more.
Clinical Supervision Services
We provide clinical supervision services to support clinicians and professionals (including behaviour and allied health professionals) in meeting their needs and further developing their clinical practice.
Clinical supervision supports clinicians and professionals to develop their professional and/or clinical skills and knowledge, review their practice and receive feedback to support them towards their goals. Clinical supervision helps to promote best-practice and participant outcomes, as well as to support staff self-care and professional quality of life.
Clinical supervision sessions can be individual or group-supervision sessions.
Sessions are provided in-person or via telehealth.
Clinical supervision sessions can be arranged by contacting Georgie (Director of Music Life) to arrange a time that best suits you - see contact page.
Clinical supervision sessions and/or a combination of clinical supervision and therapeutic support for professionals, can be arranged for Organisations and your clinical or staff team.
Contact Georgie for more information.
Therapeutic support for Professionals
Individualised care and Group care
We provide therapeutic support for professionals including helping professionals, allied health professionals and other professionals.
Sessions are individually tailored to your needs and can support a range of needs identified by you.
Sessions may be embedded as part of, or in addition to, clinical supervision support.
This may include areas such as:
- professional wellbeing and quality of life, burnout and compassion fatigue
- debrief and processing of difficult professional moments
- managing vicarious trauma impacts
- individual therapeutic care needs
- identifying and developing inner resources
- supporting self-care and self-compassion
- supporting grounding and developing tools to manage stressful situations
- embodied practice and presence including mind-body connection, somatic awareness and interventions, creative expression and therapeutic care
- promoting and developing restorative practices of rest, relaxation, creativity and connection
- promoting and achieiving personal transformation and optimal wellbeing
Therapeutic support for professionals sessions and/or a combination of clinical supervision and therapeutic support for professionals, can be arranged on an individual basis or for Organisations and your clinical or staff team.
Contact Georgie for more information.
Where we provide our supervision services and sessions:
- Mobile/ Onsite support - This may be at your workplace, school or Organisation, or an identified location convenient to you. This includes support in metropolitan, regional, remote and very remote areas and on Country.
- Telehealth sessions inclusive of a blended model of telehealth and in-person sessions, where possible
- Therapy clinic sessions - we have two identified clinic spaces available for you on the Central Coast for therapy sessions in person
- Flexible open clinic spaces - We also provide therapy sessions in nature with options for sessions with 'rainbow space' (creative and play spaces, and safe space as defined by you), 'blue space' (ocean walks) or 'green space' (trees/forest/park or national park/garden) or 'ochre space' (on Country in areas connected to you and mob as
well as in outback remote and very remote areas), and 'light space'
as identified soaking in the cathedrals of light from our sunshine
and beautiful natural world and earth, wherever you are
- Retreat Central Coast - We have several identified locations (or will assist you to identify) for suitable accommodation on the Central Coast whilst you access intensive therapeutic support or supervision sessions, and/or with blended spiritual care sessions (if preferred or requested) with us, whilst you stay in a relaxed coastal setting in locations that support you (and if you like your family or loved ones) to have a break away for deep rest, nurture and restoration
See our other services including below, specialist behaviour support page, and spiritual and wellbeing services page.
Behaviour Support Practitioner Development Pathway
Practitioner Mentoring & Support
Music Life provide a Behaviour Support Practitioner Development Pathway (including endorsement), as well as ongoing Clinical Supervision – Behaviour Support once registered as a Behaviour Support Practitioner by the NDIS Commission.
We offer support to skilled individuals who want to become registered as NDIS behaviour support practitioners. Our team understands the registration process, allowing us to simplify it for you.
Fast-track process for skilled professionals and clinicians
At Music Life, we have designed a fast-track program to support skilled professionals and allied health professionals to efficiently ensure that they meet the criteria for endorsement by a Supervisor, and enable their progression to submit an application for registration as a Behaviour Support Practitioner.
This includes individual supervision with practitioner mentoring and support to guide development and review of your portfolio, provision of practitioner resources, and endorsement (if/as meeting criteria). We support you in developing a personalised learning and development plan to identify your goals and ensure compliance with NDIS Commission requirements and as per the
Positive Behaviour Support Capability Framework.
With our guidance, you can confidently progress towards becoming a registered Behaviour Support Practitioner.
Contact us today to take the first step in advancing your career in behaviour support.
Our Program
Includes review of your individual needs and a tailored program to support you.
This may include:
- a bundle (minimum number) of supervision sessions including review of your learning and development plan, provision of individualised mentoring and support relating to the Capability Framework, provision of practice-based learning support and reflective practice etc
- provision of BIS (behaviour support) practitioner resource pack
- evaluation and review of your portfolio
- practice-based learning support materials (if/ as needed)
- endorsement (if eligible)
This service and Music Life does not guarantee your registration by the NDIS Commission as a Behaviour Support Practitioner.
The Behaviour Support Practitioner Development Pathway is a resource, clinical mentoring, guidance and supervision program; to support you to complete the process and guide your pathway to registration as a Behaviour Support Practitioner.
It is your individual responsibility to complete your application in the NDIS Commission portal and meet the requirements and eligibility of the NDIS Commission for Behaviour Support Practitioners.
Registration of Behaviour Support Practitioners is via Behaviour Support Practitioner Suitability Process/ Assessment by the NDIS Commission.
For more information, see https://www.ndiscommission.gov.au/rules-and-standards/behaviour-support-and-restrictive-practices/apply-become-ndis-behaviour-support
For more information, see the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS behaviour support practitioner application) Guidelines 2020
Coursework and Online Learning
Music Life are in the process of developing short-course training resources for skilled clinicians in developing foundational knowledge (theory learning) in positive / specialist behaviour support, as well as advanced topics and supports.
Music Life can advise you of when short-courses are available for you to connect with.
Ongoing Clinical Supervision
Music Life provide Clinical Supervision for professionals, allied health professionals and specialist behaviour support practitioners.
Contact us to chat about our Clinical Supervision services and your needs.
Reviewing your experience
Music Life can support you to review your experience and considerations for putting skills into practice in specialist behaviour support, to assist you in your application process.
Please speak with Georgie for more details and to discuss your individual career needs.
Industry Specialist Delivered Support
Our new program is aligned with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission’s Positive Behaviour Support Capability Framework and helps to prepare you to deliver behaviour support at a Core Practitioner level.
Our pathway program and Clinical Supervision/ Mentoring support is provided by an Advanced / Specialist Behaviour Support Practitioner and Senior Specialist Clinical Consultant who is a multi-qualified Clinician across disciplines, and who holds a range of knowledge, skills and experience.