Statewide Forum May 2007
Forum agenda
- An introduction to the new Minister for Community Services and an overview of Disability Services priorities
- The role of the Office of the Senior Practitioner
- New directions in Housing and Support
Keynote speaker
- The Hon Gavin Jennings, MLC
- Minister for Community Services and Aboriginal Affairs
Other speakers
- Mr Jeffrey Chan
- Senior Practitioner, Office of the Senior Practitioner, Disability Services
Evolution in Services and Supports (PPT 106KB)
Evolution in Services and Supports - Transcript (Word 35KB)- Positive Solutions in Practice - Mindfulness
- Dr Paul Ramcharan
- Lecturer, RMIT, Division of Disability Studies, Health Sciences
- Innovation and Accommodation Service Delivery Models (PPT 1,529KB)
- What does the research say about achieving housing and support outcomes? (Word 176KB)
- Mr Michael Lennon
- Chief Executive Officer, Disability Housing Trust (External link)
- Ms Jan Berriman
- Chief Executive Officer, Melbourne Affordable Housing (External ink)
Notes from the group discussions - May 2007
After the forum presentations, participants were asked to move to small groups to respond to a number of the issues that had been raised. The following three issues were put to the groups for discussion and notes from these discussion are available:
- Delivering more choice through collaboration.
- Challenges in delivering new housing and support options.
- Coordinating support and housing.
Thank you to the group discussion participants.