Disability
Information and resources for disability service providers helping to improve the wellbeing and quality of life of people with disabilities.
Latest News and Events
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New Individual Support Package learning and development program
Monday 13 February 2012A new Learning and Development program is being developed for Individual Support Package facilitators, managers and team leaders.
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Supporting decision making
Thursday 09 February 2012Supporting Decision Making is a guide based on seven decision making principles, and has been developed for use by disability service providers and their staff, and other supporters, to create an environment where people with a disability can make decisions to the extent that they are able.
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Individual Support Package Handbook review
Tuesday 07 February 2012The Individual Support Package Handbook will be reviewed during 2012. We would like to know your thoughts.
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Individual Support Package Guidelines review
Tuesday 07 February 2012The Individual Support Package Guidelines will be reviewed during 2012. We would like to know your thoughts.
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Victorian Disability Sector Awards 2012
Monday 23 January 2012
The Awards celebrate and acknowledge those who demonstrate excellence, passion, vision and commitment to the development of people with a disability to achieve their life goals, through upholding their rights and choices in a way that promotes inclusion.
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Disability Act 2006 for service providers
Disability Act 2006 - a guide for disability service providers outlines the major areas of the Act and provides key points for disability service providers.
More on Disability Act 2006 for service providersAccess and planning
A person with a disability, like any member of the community, is able to access a range of general services including community health, early childhood and education services, sport and recreation, maternal and child health services, and other community services.
Self-directed support
The Department of Human Services is making sure that people with a disability are in charge of planning their own supports and deciding how funding and supports are managed in their lives.
Community support
This section contains resources and information on disability that may be useful for existing and future service providers.
Disability accommodation
Disability Services provides and funds community service organisations to provide a range of supported accommodation services including group homes/community residential units, for people with a disability.
Aids and equipment
The Victorian Aids and Equipment Program (A&EP) provides people with a permanent or long term disability with subsidised aids, equipment, home, and vehicle modifications.
Supporting families and carers
This section offers information on the different types of supports available for families of children with a disability and carers of adults with a disability.
Protecting rights
Disability service providers in Victoria are required to act compatibly with human rights and to take human rights into consideration whenever they make a decision. This principle applies to all disability services provided by the Department and community service organisations.
Specialist disability support
Information on specialist supports to assist people with a disability, their families, carers and support providers in matters relating to behaviour intervention or the criminal justice system, involving people with a disability.
Service quality & improvement
The Department of Human Services employs a range of frameworks, processes and systems to define and guide practice, service expectations, outputs and outcomes for people who use our services.
Fire safety
This section offers information about fire safety for residential service staff; planners, facilitators and case managers; families and carers of people with a disability; and disability service providers.
