Three Rivers DRH Travel Support Scheme
Purpose
This Travel Support Scheme has been developed to support health discipline students from universities other than Charles Sturt, to undertake a clinical placement in the Three Rivers DRH footprint.
Eligible students can apply for $150 per week of placement. Payment will be made upon successful completion of the placement. Evidence of placement completion must be supplied by your university.
Students need to be travelling 80km or more (one way) to the location of their clinical placement from their home address and place of residence during university session.
If your application has been successful, payment will be made via bank transfer and may take up to 6 weeks to be issued following receipt of all required documentation.
Please note: Charles Sturt students should apply for the Three Rivers DRH Placement Grant.
My name is Mitch Johnstone, and I am a fourth-year physiotherapy student from Brisbane. I have been lucky enough to receive a student grant for up to $500 after recently completing my rural placement at Orange Base Hospital.
This grant meant a lot to me and overall changed my motivation and perspective on my recently completed placement. Being a student is difficult, especially when you must be away from home for months at a time and still be expected to pay rent / other living expenses.
$500 goes a long way in showing that there are people out there who understand this and empathise with this. I believe the Three Rivers subsidy scheme is a brilliant incentive and it should continue to exist, especially for those who may be travelling some distances away from home.
I am very grateful that my application was accepted, and overall, it made my placement experience more fulfilling.
Eligibility criteria
Students should meet the below-listed criteria when applying for Three Rivers DRH Travel Support Scheme (TSS). The parameters around the eligibility criteria are set by the Australian Government as part of the Three Rivers DRH funding agreement.
1. Students are to be Australian citizens, New Zealand citizens, or permanent residents of Australia (including the holder of an Australian permanent visa).
2. Students are to be attending university as a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) student. A Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) is an enrolment subsidised by the Australian Government. Not all enrolments are CSPs. For verification of CSP, students will be required to provide a copy of their Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN) confirming their enrolment as a CSP. Uploading this evidence forms part of the application process.
3. Students are to be enrolled in a recognised health profession course at an undergraduate or postgraduate level with a registered Australian University.
Eligible disciplines are: Aboriginal health work, audiology, chiropractic, dentistry, dietetics/nutrition, exercise physiology, medical laboratory science (pathology), midwifery, nursing, occupational therapy, optometry, orthoptics, orthotics and prosthetics, oral health, osteopathy, paramedicine, pharmacy, physiotherapy, podiatry, psychology, medical radiation sciences (including diagnostic radiography, radiation therapy, nuclear medicine and molecular imaging), social work, sonography, speech pathology. Please note that not all courses are not included in our funding scope.
4. The placement being applied for must be organised and confirmed by the relevant Registered Australian University.
5. Placement is to be undertaken within the Three Rivers DRH footprint.
6. Placement duration must be a minimum of 2 weeks (10 days consecutive at 80% of full-time equivalent placement days).
7. Students need to be travelling 80km or more (one way) to their clinical placement from:
- home address, and
- place of residence during university session – where you reside during university sessions.
8. Applications must be submitted before the completion date of the placement. Applications submitted after the completion date of the placement will not be accepted.
9. Students must supply written evidence from their university that they have satisfactorily completed their placement. This written evidence must be supplied within 4 weeks of the completion date of the placement.
This evidence must include:
- Student name
- Name of the university/on university letterhead
- Student course enrolment
- Placement subject
- Placement location (name and address of placement provider)
- Placement dates
- Placement duration (number of days)
- Satisfactory completion of the placement.
10. Students who have received Three Rivers DRH Subsidised Accommodation for the placement subject listed in this application will be ineligible for the Travel Support Scheme.
11. Three Rivers DRH receives a high volume of applications for grants. Meeting the eligibility criteria may not guarantee access to the Travel Support Scheme. Early applications are encouraged.
Terms and conditions
By applying and accepting Three Rivers DRH student support, you agree to:
- fulfil all requirements as set out in these guidelines
- consent to Three Rivers DRH staff accessing the information provided or your student records for the purposes of assessing and administering the support
- provide any change of individual circumstances or changes to the placement in writing to Three Rivers DRH ThreeRiversDRH@csu.edu.au
- provide information and participate in surveys for promotional purposes, and review of Three Rivers DRH student supports
- Three Rivers DRH and/or another Charles Sturt University department reserving the right to undertake audits of your student records to ensure compliance with these guidelines.
Privacy statement
The personal information you have provided in your application is managed in accordance with the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 and Charles Sturt University’s Privacy Management Plan. The information will be used by authorised staff for the purpose for which it was collected and will be protected against unauthorised access and use. Your personal information will not otherwise be made available to any other person or organisation for any other purpose without your consent except where Charles Sturt University may be legally required to do so.