Spot on Therapy

01/08/2025

Last week I had the absolute privilege of being asked to present on the benefits of working in regional areas, to students considering working out bush or making the move from Perth!

🏜️ 🌵 🍂

Thank you so much Rural Health West & Curtin University for creating these opportunities and conferences for our future allied health professionals. ✨

02/07/2025

📢 NDIS CHANGES & WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU 💬

From 1st July 2025, NDIS pricing changes are officially in effect — and they’re significantly impacting how we deliver services, especially in regional areas like Kalgoorlie and the Goldfields.

💸 Therapy rates remain frozen (7 years running!) despite inflation — and travel billing has been halved, even for remote visits like the NG Lands.

🚗 Travel to and from your appointment is now billed at 50% of the therapist’s hourly rate, in 10-minute increments.

📝 We’re now also required to bill for non-face-to-face time like preparation, coordination, report writing, and follow-up — things we’ve absorbed for years, but can no longer sustain without compromising our team and services.

🤝 We promise to stay ethical, fair and transparent, but we also need to ensure the future of therapy in the Goldfields.

🧠 A “1-hour session” often involves far more behind the scenes — planning, communicating, documenting, and reflecting — all to give you the best care possible.

We know change is hard. We’re here with you every step of the way. These updates are about survival AND sustainability — so we can keep doing what we love: showing up for YOU.

💚 With deep gratitude,
Monique & the Spot On Therapy Team

02/07/2025

It is not a good week to be an Allied Health Professional working within the NDIS. We had changes come into play yesterday that affect us all as small business owners and our participants in unimaginable ways.

Read below for our take, as well as other amazing Allied Health Professionals in Kalgoorlie speaking up on recent NDIS changes - representation from Regional Areas are important. Thank you to the Kalgoorlie Miner who took the time to listen to us and share our concerns.

The New Pricing Arrangement include:

1. FREEZING maximum hourly rates for most allied health providers - these rates have stayed stagnant for 5 years. They have not increased despite inflation rising by 20%+.

2. Cutting maximum hourly rates for for physio, podiatrists and dietitans.

3. Cutting travel rates by 50%, meaning we can no longer afford to viably travel to participants homes that require care in the home. It also means we will struggle to support remote communities who already receive little to no healthcare.

4. Removing remote loading for therapists that support families in rural areas.

The NDIS is running small buisnesses that ate passionate about the work we do into the ground. If you have the time, and care about speaking up to support people with disability and our allied health professionals across the country, here are some emails to provide feedback and formal complaints to:

📧 minister.butler@health.gov.au
📧 senator.mcallister@aph.gov.au
📧 provider.support@ndis.gov.au
📧 enquiries@ndis.gov.au
📧 pricehelp@ndiscommission.gov.au
📧 apr@ndis.gov.au

We will not stop fighting for the care and support of the participants and people with disability that we service, as well as our Allied Health professionals.

And we definitely will not stop fighting to ensure remote communities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples get the healthcare they deserve, in their homes, on country.

28/05/2025

Incredible moments & adaptive occupational therapy interventions from our team out in NG Lands back in March/April!

🦘Bush Domino’s: encouraging problem solving and cognitive skills, following sequences and simply using symbols to have a yarn!
🦘Functional Kitchen Assessments! Bush style!: Shopping and budgeting with participants, cooking marlu tail, using gross motor and assessing upper limb function, cognitive skills and everything inbetween.
🦘 Tjunpi and Cutting down oak to make artefacts to encourage social connections to community (selling) and to also assist with over all strength, movement and range of motion in upper limbs.

So many incredible experiences that are adapted to be seen through and occupational therapy lens 🤠

*all photos taken with consent*

23/04/2025

We are Hiring!

Feel free to share around or pass on to any cool OTs you know ☀️🌈✌🏽

At Spot On Therapy, we provide you with a regional and remote experience that will change your perspective on Occupational Therapy. We believe in you!

30/03/2025

Congratulations to our incredible 4th year, 8 week students- Brittany and Audrey on passing/finishing placement!

They did such an amazing job at diving into a regional fieldwork experience in Kalgoorlie. We are so proud of you two 👏🏽 👏🏽

Come back anytime! 🌈☀️✌🏽

30/03/2025

Time to go out Bush!!!

We can’t wait to visit our participants in Warburton, Warakurna, Jameson and Warnarn! ☀️👣🤠

05/02/2025

just a little note to all of our incredible kiddos and teens!
we can’t wait to see you thrive this year at school - happy 1st day back! 📚🎓✏️🚌📝

09/01/2025

Happy New Year to our amazing participants, families and staff! ✨ 🪩
We are now back in clinic and so excited to start our year. Feel free to contact us to book in an appointment or schedule back in for the year. We missed seeing everyone’s beautiful faces! 🥸

16/12/2024

You may not see our OT Monique around for a few weeks because she just got married!

Yay! Corey & Myself thank you all for your wishes before we travelled down south to tie the knot.

We will see you back after Christmas! For now we have our amazing OTS in Kal holding down the forte! See you next year and thank you for supporting Spot On Therapy during a truly amazing year.

🥂🤍🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤🥂

16/12/2024

You may not see our OT Monique around for a few weeks because she just got married!

Yay! Corey & Myself thank you all for your wishes before we travelled down south to tie the knot.

We will see you back after Christmas! For now we have our amazing OTS in Kal holding down the forte! See you next year and thank you for supporting Spot On Therapy during a truly amazing year.

🥂🤍🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤🥂

10/10/2024

Oh look who it is! 😃

Early childhood educators this one is for you!

Register through Link below👇

𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻

Early childhood education and care educators are invited to attend an engaging session on autism awareness. This workshop is designed to enhance your understanding and equip you with the tools to better support diverse learning needs.

𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀:
▪️ Monique Loos: Occupational Therapist, Director of Spot On Therapy, Kalgoorlie-Boulder
▪️ Jo Russell: Disability advocate, carer, registered nurse, Kalgoorlie-Boulder
▪️ Robert Yammouni: Managing Director at Childcare Experts, Perth

📅 Tuesday 29 October 2024 | 6-8pm
📍 YMCA Early Learning Centre | 45 Porter Street, Kalgoorlie
💵 FREE! | Registration is required to attend this session.

❗Registrations close 5pm Friday 18 October.

Register for this breakout session and the Growing Together conference on Saturday 26 October by visiting our website ➡️ https://info.ckb.wa.gov.au/4g1dzKM