Physical Capabilities: This involves evaluating a person's mobility, strength, endurance, and range of motion. The OT observes how the individual manages tasks like walking, lifting objects, and transferring between positions.

Social Engagement: The assessment includes how well the individual interacts with others and participates in social or community activities. It also looks at how they maintain personal relationships.

Environmental Considerations: The assessment also looks at the individual's home and community environment, noting any necessary adjustments or equipment to enhance safety and accessibility.

Cognitive Skills: Cognitive functions like memory, attention span, problem-solving, and decision-making are assessed. This helps gauge how any cognitive challenges might affect everyday life.

Daily Living Skills: Assessing essential daily activities such as dressing, personal hygiene, bathing, and using the toilet. This helps determine how much assistance, if any, is needed in these areas.

Leisure and Social Participation: The person’s involvement in hobbies, sports, or social activities is evaluated to identify any barriers they may face and to suggest solutions that could improve participation.

Level of Communication: The OT will look at how the person communicates, both verbally and non-verbally, and whether any communication aids are being used or required.

Work-Related Tasks: The assessor evaluates the person’s ability to perform tasks specific to their job. This could involve physically demanding duties such as lifting or operating equipment, or tasks in an office setting like typing, walking, or standing.

The OT will generally need 3x 60-minute sessions to conduct all necessary interviews, observations and standardised assessments. After these sessions have been completed, the OT will then compile all information and interpret all assessment results into a detailed report.

The OT's aim when writing the FCA report is to address and outline the following:

• Your strengths;

• Your limitations and difficulties that are a barrier or have an impact on your ability to perform tasks independently;

• Provide guidance to NDIS planners and your family on the supports needed for a new NDIS plan, along with considerations for future planning;

• Suggest strategies and supports, including recommendations for the number of support hours or necessary equipment within an NDIS plan

It is important for the individual being assessed to have other another support person present during the assessment sessions. This support person can be a family member, carer, or someone who knows you well. This will ensure all information obtained throughout the assessment process is accurate, and ensure you supported and comfortable throughout the process.

Our services are all offered online, meaning you just need a computer, laptop or tablet to attend the sessions. The device you choose must have a camera, so yourself and the OT can see each other. You will simply be emailed a link to access our sessions over Google Meets.

Absolutely! Depending on the nature of your impairment, most FCAs can be successfully and comprehensively conducted via Telehealth. Telehealth is proving to be significantly more convenient and accessible for many individuals, as well as efficient.

In some situations, the individual may require someone present in-person with specific expertise or equipment, such as those who need major home safety/modification assessments or driving assessments.

Following the completion of all assessments sessions, you can expect to receive your completed report within 7 business days.

We are accepting referrals and bookings for both NDIS participants and private clients of all ages, over 7 years of age. Redeem OT is not an NDIS-registered business, therefore cannot take on NDIA-managed participants. All participants who are self-managed or plan-managed under the NDIS qualify for our services.