Supports people with disabilities & their families, guardians and carers. Identify their own needs, determine their preferred services and control the required resources to the extent they desire so that they can pursue their chosen lifestyle.
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Individual & group support for people with a disability to link them into community activities.
Visit supplier >Tenterfield Disabilities Respite Support Services
NSW, Australia
Flexible respite 7 days x 24 hrs.
Visit supplier >Inverell Early Intervention Service - The Cottage
NSW, Australia
Referral may be made through - paediatrician; doctors; early childhood staff or self referrals.
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Mental Health Division Ruah Inreach Direct Service Team - Psychosocial support Ruah Inreach Group Program - wellness recovery action plan Ruah Workright Service - finds employment
Visit supplier >Northern Occupational Support Service (NOSS)
TAS, Australia
Offers day time support for people with an intellectual disability. NOSS employs support workers to assist people in their social and recreational pursuits. Business service employs people with a disability in gardening and processing areas.
Visit supplier >Community Options, Access, Support and Training
TAS, Australia
C.O.A.S.T provides a range of daytime activities to people with a disability unable to access employment options. Provides planned and co-ordinated access to activities in the community for people living at home.
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Provides a wide range of services including: respite; centre-based day care; personal care; supported accommodation; supported employment options.
Visit supplier >Directions Family Support Association
WA, Australia
Community support in recreation, independent living skills, holiday breaks, respite in home and out of home
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Provides people with disabilities 16 years and over, with opportunities to increase their skills and participate in activities in the community of their choice. Independent Services runs programs such as book appreciation, budgeting, cooking, craft and sewing.
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Provides a wide variety of residential support services in the North and North West of Tasmania and extensive day services in the North West. Also produces communication aids
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Art Studio - catering for art classes as well as helping with daily skills in readiness for entering the work force.
Visit supplier >Freo Club - Fremantle Community Care
WA, Australia
Freo Club provides people with a disability , the opportunity to participate in fulfilling recreational activities of their choice in their local neighbourhood and community and develop networks, relationships and friendships.The club provides recreational and social opportunities for adults with a component of informal independence training in specific areas for those who most require it.There is no fee for service,however clients must pay for any out of pocket expenses. This service is funded by DSC.
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Assisting people with disabilities to live independently in the community. 2- sub programmes: 1. Independent Living Skills Training. 2. ATE (Alternatives to Employment and Recreation). Will manage funded individuals (DSC) or acquire block funding. Respite in and out of home also available
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Scope is a not-for-profit organisation providing disability services throughout Victoria to thousands of children and adults with physical and multiple disabilities. The Gippsland Region stretches from Bunyip and Warragul in the West, through to the LaTrobe Valley, Gippsland Lakes and Mallacoota on the Southeast Coast of Australia. In the South the region covers South Gippsland, Welshpool and Foster. In the north it extends up to Mt Baw Baw. SCOPE services in Gippsland Include Warragul Day and Lifestyle Options, Gippsland Specialist Services, Leisure Breaks Respite, Shared Supported Accommodation, Short Term Assistance Resources and Therapy (START), Individual and planning services for children and adults
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Alfred Murfey Centre offers a broad flexible range of programs & opportunities tailored to the expressed needs of adults with an intellectual disability in order to enhance & maximise their quality of life. Pre-vocational skills and training. Independant living skills. Community access. Self help and social skills. Numeracy & literacy skills. Health Management. Personal Management. Recreation & Leisure.
Visit supplier >Vision Australia Foundation - Warragul Centre
VIC, Australia
Covers East Gippsland and Wellington Shires. Office location - co located with chiropractic clinic on the corner of Goold and Main Streets Bairnsdale.
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Vision Australia is the nation's leading provider of blindness and low vision services providing the equipment and training to enable people who are blind or have low vision to live their lives to the full. They are able to develop practical solutions to everyday challenges. Services are provided to people at home, in the organisations centre or in the community, from regional and metropolitan locations in NSW, the ACT, Queensland, the Northern Territory and Victoria. A range of services are offered that can be tailored to a person's level of vision, supporting people who have some remaining sight to those who are blind.
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Low Vision Clinic - Vision impaired people, even many who are legally blind, have some useable sight. The low vision service assists people experiencing sight loss to make best use of their remaining vision to maximise functional independence in tasks of daily living.
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Services for students with multiple disabilities including intellectual, physical and sensory impairments. Education programs are delivered with the assistance of speech pathologists, occupational therapists and physiotherapists.
Visit supplier >West Wimmera Health Services - Nhill Campus
VIC, Australia
Is a second hand clothing shop offering employment to people with a disability
Visit supplier >Murdoch Community Services Inc.
VIC, Australia
Provides facility based, flexible and in- home respite services. Also planned and emergency respite. Flexible respite is provided either in or out of the consumer's home. Shared Care service provides people with a disability experience in learning skills for independent living but with 24-hour support. Outreach support to people with a disability who are living independently in the St Arnaud community. The agency is an approved Home First provider. Respite Services are provided for children and adults on alternate weekends. Respite is provided to families when needed. One Monday a month, is girls respite night and just girls stay and do girl activities. Emergency respite is also available.
Visit supplier >Community Lifestyle Agency Inc.
QLD, Australia
Funded through Disability Services of Queensland to support people with disabilities to live in their own home.
Visit supplier >Community Lifestyle Support Inc Bundaberg
QLD, Australia
Support depends on availability of funding from DSQ and other services. Assists people with a disability to establish a more independent lifestyle, provides support in their own home or help find them a home in the community. Community access program also available.
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Providing alternative programs for students 6-18 years with special needs. Alternative education, placement for students with disabilities.
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Supporting people with a disability to live within their own home and become involved in activities, events and personal interests within their community. Target 16 to 60 years
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High/medium support service, providing accommodation support and assistance for six people. Development of self care and living skills encouraged. 2 full time & 2 part time staff.
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11 bed facility providing low/medium level of support. Development of independent living skills is encouraged.
Visit supplier >Town and Country Community Options
QLD, Australia
Community linking and participation service for people with a disability. Provides access and involvement within local community, leisure and holiday support, daily lifeskills.
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Service is accessible to any person with a disability. An accommodation and lifestyle support service for people with disabilities. Provides assistance at home & in the community. Social program run on a voluntary basis. Hours are specified by client. Brokerage respite services are also available based on need and funding.
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Supports people with disabilities, their families & carers in accessing appropriate services; assists in maintaining people with disabilities in their home & community by offering appropriate support services. People with disabilities and their carers are encouraged to register a need. Assessment then made as to appropriate type of help. Serves Biloela and Banana shire
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Breakaway provides flexible respite support to people with disabilities who live in a family situation. It also operates a guest house at Highfields and another at Glenfield.
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Accommodation support service for people with mild- moderate intellectual disabilities from 16 - 65 years. Brochure held in centre. See separate listings for St Marks Waminda and Dalby Supported Employment
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Provides lifestyle support for people with disabilities, including employment support.
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Provides education and learning assistance, and experience with living skills to secondary school age children with disabilities.
Visit supplier >Granite Belt Support Services Inc
QLD, Australia
A service for people with disabilities including flexible respite, allied health and recreational programs, life skills programs, adult lifestyle programs, post-schools programs and family support programs
Visit supplier >Cootharinga Society of North Queensland
QLD, Australia
Provides supported accommodation services, in-home respite, therapy services, community access services, library, rehabilitation and technology services, repairs and modifications of wheelchairs (07) 4759 2021, community linking, Rehabilitation and Technology Service (07) 4759 2035.
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Provides relief care for disabled persons to allow their families/regular carers time to shop, take part in recreational activities, attend appointments or just have a break.
Visit supplier >Polio Support Group - Townsville/Thuringowa
QLD, Australia
Provides services for people with spinal injury and polio. Meets on a regular basis to share information and offer peer support. Spinal Injury Awareness Week, Post Polio Support Week.
Visit supplier >Blue Care Day Respite Centre - Bowen
QLD, Australia
Provides Day Respite for HACC eligible people. Living Skills program for people with a disability Thursday 9 am - 3 pm. Social/Leisure program on Wednesday evenings 5 pm - 9 pm. People with a disability between the age of 12 - 24.
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Provides a broad range of quality services to people with disabilities and their carers through the effective delivery of individual support plans. Offer holiday and recreation options for people with diabilities. Older parent carer program.Group activities available.
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Provides a wide range of community access and lifestyle support services to people with disabilities such as physical, intellectual, developmental, acquired brain injury or psychiatric.
Visit supplier >Queensland Lifestyle Services Inc
QLD, Australia
Provide Lifestyle Support - Sponsor of Individualised Packages, Temporary Response Service, Mobile Service, Contract Client Services, Access to services for individuals with disabilities and their families.
Visit supplier >Provide individual support services to people with diagnosed long term and short term psychiatric disability. Highly flexible and responsive individualised accommodation support and community access service. Assessment process dependent on need and available resources. Block funding; Adult Lifestyle Support Packages; Project 300; Short Term Community Support Service; Post School services; Family support packages; Contract Work.
Visit supplier >Provide opportunities to enable people with intellectual disabilities to learn, grow and be challenged by experiences within the community and to develop independent lifestyles.
Visit supplier >Kirwan Rehabilitation Extended Treatment Service ( KRETS)
QLD, Australia
Provides a support and accommodation program for people who have been admitted to the Acute Mental Health Unit and who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Acquired Brain Injury Unit. KRETS Consultation and Liasion Service. Neuropsychologist, Clinical Nurse and an Indigenous Mental Health Worker provde follow up services as well as education and community development.
Visit supplier >Disability Services Queensland (DSQ) - Mackay
QLD, Australia
DSQ provides both direct service to people with an intellectual disability and funding to local disability services.
Visit supplier >Disability Services Queensland (DSQ) - Proserpine
QLD, Australia
DSQ provides both a direct service to people with an intellectual disability and funding to local disability services.
Visit supplier >Mackay and District Education Centre (MADEC)
QLD, Australia
DSQ funds a tuck-in service for people with disabilities. Also have MAKO (MADEC Accessible Knowledge program) which provides courses for computers etc. Programs for Community Special Education. Programmes employ allied health personnel such as occupational therapists, speech pathologists and physiotherapists. Respite house for children with disabilities.
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Private company providing lifestyle support for people with disabilities who receive government packages. Services include support in adult lifestyle, post school services, family support and community linking.
Visit supplier >Mainstream Community Association Inc.
QLD, Australia
Provides support in accommodation for people with a mental disability
Visit supplier >Mackay Lifestyle Support Program
QLD, Australia
Provides in home supported accommodation and community access for people with disabilities .
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Respite service for people with intellectual disabilities with other support needs.
Visit supplier >Brisbane South Lifestyle Support Service
QLD, Australia
The Brisbane South Lifestyle Support Service provides workers and support to help people with disabilities with everyday life skills in the clients own home. Clients must be in receipt of a funding package or be self funded. Services the area south of the Brisbane River to the Gold Coast (inclusive).
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Provides support to assist people with psychiatric disability. Promotes friendship, social inclusion and family connections. Support includes practical assistance to achieve independent living, banking, budgeting, social skills, recreational activities. For people in the Redlands Shire.
Visit supplier >Phoenix Lifestyle Support Association Inc.
QLD, Australia
Lifestyle support involves looking after people who have an intellectual disability in their own home. They also provide community access support. Clients 18 - 65 years old must be in receipt of an adult lifestyle support or institutional reform package.
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Share Bayside of Redlands offers long term/permanent supported accommodation to people with an intellectual / psychiatric disability. Consumers must have a funding package or be privately funded. The Triple S service is funded by Disability Services Queensland for a total of 35 hours of direct support per week. People with a psychiatric disability are supported in the community and services are tailored to meet individual needs. Referrals are only accepted from Bayside Mental Health.
Visit supplier >Individual Support and Access Service
QLD, Australia
This is a user pay service for adults with an intellectual disability aged 16 and over, providing a range of flexible options that enhance the individuals participation in an inclusive society including needs analysis and service plan.
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Connections provides lifestyle support to people with a psychiatric disability, who are over the age of 18 years. They encourage people to be included in generic service systems and the broader community. They assist mainly with accommodation referral and lifestyle support.
Visit supplier >Quality Lifestyle Alliance Inc
QLD, Australia
Quality Lifestyle Alliance is an organisation that provides support for people with high support needs. People who have an adult lifestyle options package can appoint the service to provide support for them to remain independent.
Visit supplier >Endeavour Foundation - Kawana Waters ATSS
QLD, Australia
Adult training support services provide people with support and assistance to improve their quality of life through individual goals including recreational and vocational options. The focus of programmes is on commmunity access.
Visit supplier >Endeavour Foundation - Amersham House
QLD, Australia
This is a medium support service, offering home based support for ten people. Intellectual disability residential facility 2 FT & 3 PT staff
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Clients must be funded for a Moving Forward or lifestyle package through DSQ. Adult training support services provide people with support and assistance to improve their quality of life through individual goals including recreational and vocational options. The focus of programs is on commmunity access. permanent part time staff plus volunteers.
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Services are all provided free to legally blind men and women to enhance the mobility and independence of blind or vision impaired people throughout Australia by providing seeing eye dogs, mobility training and rehabilitation services.
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Eliza Street Nundah (accomodation) Community program is a transitional residential program designed to promote self-reliance and to enable people to experience hope and recovery (14 places, 7 male, 7 female, residents can stay up to 18 months). Home-based support is available under several programs including the Independent Living Service. The mission is to enable and provide opportunities for people affected by mental or emotional illness or psychiatric disability to experience hope and recovery, develop their potential, achieve personal goals, choose satisfying lifestyles, and participate as citizens in the community.
Visit supplier >Walumba Adult Training Support Service
QLD, Australia
Service assists with Accessing the Community and training towards Independant Living, Employment and Lifestyle Support Training. Adults with intellectual disability in receipt of a Disability Support Pension.
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Residential Respite House, 3 Warratah Drive, Manunda, Flexi Respite Service. Support Services available in home and community. Equipment for education & therapy available.
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Gold Coast Nerang Community Respite Centre Centre based care for aged clients, services include podiatry and hairdressing. Other services include In-home respite, domestic assistance, personal care, social support, shopping. Provider of Short Term Options Package (STOP). (Area covered down to Mudgeeraba, Tallai, parts of Gilston, Coomera, Helensvale, Gaven, Studio Village, Oxenford, Nerang, Carrara, Merrimac). Centre also promotes independent living for younger people with physical disabilities (20 - 65 years). Community access day respite 5 days per week for disabled clients. Clients are taken on outings/participate in activities within the community, covers clients from all of the Gold Coast. Transport available for aged and disabled respite service.
Visit supplier >Community Access and Transition Service Inc. (CATS)
QLD, Australia
Individualised support to young adults with intellectual disability. Developing post school options, skills development & community access. Does not provide support to young adults living in independent accommodation or people with psychiatric disability.
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Gold Coast Lakeview Centre - Robina Centre-based day respite and resource centre for people with disabilities 18+ and their families. Program for people with a disability to access the community by introducing them to interactive community programs. These include: Life skills, Social groups, Community skills, Activity groups. Fees depend on which program participants attend.
Visit supplier >West Moreton Disability Service
QLD, Australia
Cover Logan, Beenleigh, Beaudesert. disabilities, respite, in home. 0 - 65yrs. Saturday program. Post school options , living skills program. Choices program for 18-25yrs involves some community access. Must be HACC eligible.
Visit supplier >Adult Training Support Services - Kingston
QLD, Australia
Training support for individuals with an intellectual disability, 18 years and older. Must have funding package.
Visit supplier >Adult Training Support Services - Ipswich
QLD, Australia
Ipswich, Life skills, sport and recreational programs for people with an intellectual disability, aged over 18yrs.
Visit supplier >House With No Steps - Gold Coast
QLD, Australia
Gold Coast House With No Steps - Gold Coast Independent living skills and adult lifestyle support program for all people with a disability. Employment, Training, Advice on Post school study. Workplace assessment. Provides greater awareness of post-school options, support, services and employment assistance. Improves transition between schools, post-secondary education, training and then employment. Houses disability services such as House Employment Service, Human Resource Centre - Training. Registered and accredited training organisation delivering training in IT.
Visit supplier >Accommodation Support Assistance Program
QLD, Australia
This program assists people with a disability to live in accommodation of their choice. Provides accommodation support, independent living training and personal care; offers assistance and information. Need to have lived in area for 6 months to access services.
Visit supplier >Endeavour Foundation - Lawnton ATSS
QLD, Australia
Adult Training Support Service (ATSS) provide people with support and assistance to improve their quality of life through meeting individual goals including leisure, recreational and vocational options. The focus of programmes is on community access.
Visit supplier >Endeavour Foundation Sunshine Coast
QLD, Australia
Areas covered include assistance in accessing community services, information on entitlement, employment, options. 24hr on call assistance available for current clients. Resident and in home support services offered.
Visit supplier >Centacare Southside Disability Services
QLD, Australia
Provides support services for clients in their own home to assist with such things as personal care etc. Clients must have their own DSQ funding.
Visit supplier >Provides services and training to the Queensland blind and low vision community. Provides equipment in the Sunshine Coast and includes : breeding, training and placement of guide dogs.
Visit supplier >Local Area Coordination Qld Department of Communities, Disability and Community Care Services
QLD, Australia
The Professional And Specialist Support (PASS) team, works together with families, carers and individuals to improve their functional life skills (skills for living): Disability Information Service - 1800 177 120. General services provided by the PASS team: Assessment and Therapy, Specialist intervention, Counselling and support, Family support and education, Liaison with other agencies, Information and advice. The Adult Lifestyle Support Program is a one of the ways DSQ assists adults with a disability to maintain the living arrangement of their choice and participate in their commmunity.
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The Endeavour Foundation offers adult training and support, business service and employment service.
Visit supplier >Endeavour Foundation - Townsville
QLD, Australia
Provides accommodation (not respite), day services, supported employment and training for people with a disability.
Visit supplier >Vision Rehabilitation Centre QUT
QLD, Australia
Vision Rehabilitation Including optometric, occupational therapy, orientation and mobility, and social work services for any visually impaired person. Aims to help people with daily living skills and mobility skills. Appointments at the QUT VRC may be made by calling Monday to Friday between 8.30am and 4.30pm. A referral from your eye care practioner is appreciated. People eligible for services through Veterans Affairs are welcome.
Visit supplier >Sunshine Coast Independent Living Service Inc SCILS
QLD, Australia
The Independent Living Service provides training in independent life skills, literacy and numeracy, computer training, transport training, Moving Ahead Program and community access (high support) and lifestyle packages.
Visit supplier >Community Living Program - Nundah
QLD, Australia
CLP works with young people aged 16-25 years who have a learning difficulty. Its focus is on physcial and mental health, safety and security, social connections, and link individual, groups and community groups. The service does not provide physical support.
Visit supplier >Sunshine Coast Link Family Scheme
QLD, Australia
The Scheme provides support for families with people with members who have a disability. There are six programs available including planned support, a user pays system, voluntary care, vacation care, childcare and teenage holiday program.
Visit supplier >Statewide Vision Resource Centre
VIC, Australia
Support service for vision impaired students
Visit supplier >QLD, Australia
The aim of The Low Vision Clinic is to help people with a visual impairment to find the most appropriate methods of performing their everyday tasks. Generally a referral is sent to the Clinic by a Doctor; the Clinic then contacts the client with an appointment time which will be between 8 am - 11.30 am Tuesdays.
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The Mt Gravatt West Special School and Special Education Development Unit is an educational and therapy service for children with multiple impairments and high support needs. There is early intervention for children with developmental delay.
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RISC works to help their clients access the community with one to one support in the areas of recreation and social support. Hours of operation are very flexible. Available 7 days as needed by service providers. We work with people with severe and multiple disabilities who are experiencing social isolation.
Visit supplier >Special Education Class - Dutton Park
QLD, Australia
The class provides education for students with specific needs in Grade 1 to 7. Cater for primary school children with intellectual impairment, autistic spectrum disorder and physical disability.
Visit supplier >Service provides post school program, including community participation and living skills training for people with a disability. Provides a transition to work program, including training and work experience as well as assistance where identified, with employment as an outcome. Services SOME areas of the great Lakes.
Visit supplier >Supported employment service and Day services for people with disabilities. Service includes Security Shredding, Valley Industries Timber Factory, Nature's Care Nursery - open to public 6 days/week, All Purpose Packaging and Manning Great Lakes Mowing Service. Organisational bus available.
Visit supplier >NSW, Australia
Provides supported employment and vocational training for people with disabilities and specialising in supporting people with an intellectual disability. Community Links provides support to develop Independent Living Skills; Transition To Work Programs; Skills For Life Workshops; Community Access and social Participation. Community Links operates from mud hut on the corner of Duke and Vernon Streets.
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