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 JobAccess [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The JobAccess web site has been designed to provide information developed specifically for employers, job seekers with disability, co-workers of people with disability and Australian Government service providers. It has step-by-step guides and checklists on recruitment, job searching, adjusting a workplace, employer incentives, understanding rights and responsibilities at work and much more.. | | Author | Australian Government -
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations |
| Commonwealth Carelink Centres [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Commonwealth Carelink Centres are information centres for older people, people with disabilities and those who provide care and services. Centres provide free and confidential information on community aged care, disability and other support services available locally, interstate or anywhere within Australia. | | Author | Australian Government - Department of Health and Ageing |
| Advocacy Tasmania Inc. [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Advocacy Tasmania Inc. is an independent, non-government organisation that has provided advocacy services across Tasmania to older people, and people with disabilities, since 1990.The organisation works to protect and promote the rights and interests of its clients. Older people, people with a mental health disorder and people with disabilities, their carers and relatives are provided with a free, statewide, and confidential advocacy service. | | Author | Community Organisation - Advocacy Tasmania Inc. |
| AGOSCI [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Established in 1981, AGOSCI aims to lobby for the rights of people with complex communication needs, increase public awareness of complex communication needs, and to provide relevant educational and professional development events across Australia. | | Author | Community Organisation - AGOSCI |
| Australasian Society for the Study of Intellectual Disability (ASSID) [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | ASSID aims "To enhance the skills, knowledge and commitment of it's members and to facilitate a supportive network in order to enhance the quality of life of people with intellectual or developmental disability." It also produces a Newsletter 'IDA: Intellectual Disability'. IDA is published four times annually and contains News, views, ASSID State Branch updates, what's going on in research, best practice, advocacy, and what resources are available across the continent. | | Author | Community Organisation - Australian Society for the Study of Intellectual Disability |
| Australian DeafBlind Council [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Australian DeafBlind Council was set up following the National Deafblind Conference in Melbourne in 1993 as a network for deafblind people or other interested people. The purpose of ADBC is to be a national council representing people who are deafblind, their support networks and organisations working in the field. Membership is open to individuals who are deafblind, their families and other support people and organisations serving people who are deafblind and other interested people. | | Author | Community Organisation - Australian DeafBlind Council |
| Australian Disability Enterprises [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Australian Disability Enterprises enable people with disability to engage in a wide variety of work tasks such as packaging, assembly, production, recycling, screen printing, plant nursery, garden maintenance and landscaping, cleaning services, laundry services and food services. | | Author | Commercial Organisation - Australian Disability Enterprises |
| Australia's national disability services data collection : Redeveloping the Commonwealth–State/Territory Disability Agreement National Minimum Data Set (CSDA MDS) | | Description | The Commonwealth/State Disability Agreement Minimum Data Set (CSDA MDS) has provided data on Australia's national program of disability support services since 1994. By 1999, it had become obvious that changes in the nature of service provision, information needs and technology in use in the disability field had created a need for review and redevelopment of the collection. This report, published 24 April 2003) focuses on the processes undertaken to redevelop the collection, and outlines how the new data will satisfy a far wider range of information needs relating to this major national program. | | Author | Australian Government - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| Carers Australia [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Carers Australia represents the needs and interests of carers at the national level through:
Advocating for carers needs and interests in the public arena; Influencing government and stakeholder policies and programs at the national level through conducting research and pilot projects, giving presentations and participating in a wide range of inquiries, reviews and policy forums; Networking and forming strategic partnerships with other organisations to achieve positive outcomes for carers; Providing carers with information and education resources, undertaking community awareness raising activities and coordinating and facilitating joint work between the state and territory organisations on matters of national significance. | | Author | Community Organisation - Carers Australia |
| disAbility e-news [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The newsletter, which is primarily for disability employment providers, will regularly supply the latest information on a range of employment-related issues. | | Author | Australian Government - Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs |
| Disability Support Fund, Victoria [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Disability Support Fund (DSF) has been established to assist people in the Barwon region with a mental illness access community based health, social, recreational and vocational options which would not otherwise be possible. The DSF is the only one of its kind in Victoria. Information is provided for individuals and consumer groups and for service providers and carers. | | Author | Community Organisation - Barwon DisAbility Resource Council |
| Information on relayed calls [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | This relay service is an Australia-wide telephone access service available to everyone at no additional charge. If you are Deaf or have a hearing or speech impairment and/or you use a TTY or a computer with a modem, you can access anyone in the wider telephone network through the relay. | | Author | Community Organisation - Australian Communication Exchange (ACE) |
| Mental Health Co-ordinating Council [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Mental Health Co-ordinating Council has the following aims to act as "a central advisory, consultative, co-operative and co-ordinating body for non-government organisations having as their object or one of their objects the promotion of the welfare and rehabilitation of people with a mental illness or psychiatric disability." | | Author | Community Organisation - Mental Health Co-ordinating Council |
| National Disability Services (NDS) [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | NDS is the national industry association for disability services, representing over 650 not-for-profit organisations. Collectively, our members operate several thousand services for Australians with all types of disability. NDS's members range in size from small support groups to large multi-service organisations, and are located in every State and Territory across Australia. | | Author | Peak Body - National Disability Services |
| National Ethnic Disability Alliance [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The National Ethnic Disability Alliance (NEDA) is the national consumer-based peak body for people from a non-English speaking background (NESB) with a disability, their families and carers. The overarching aim of NEDA is to advocate at a federal level, for the rights and interests of people from a NESB with disability, their families and carers. | | Author | Peak Body - National Ethnic Disability Alliance (NEDA) |
| NICAN [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | NICAN is a Australian Government funded information service. It maintains a database of about 4,500 entries on recreational opportunities for people with a disability, their support workers, families, friends and others in the community. You may email your questions to NICAN through this site. | | Author | Community Organisation - NICAN |
| NSW Family Services Inc [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description |
The aim of the Association is the promotion of quality support services provided by non-government organisations in NSW and the ACT to families experiencing stress.
Family services are local community organisations that use trained, caring staff to strengthen families and their links with their community. There are over 184 of us across NSW. |
| NSW HACC IT Help Desk Project [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Help Desk will provide basic IT advice to HACC funded services on using computer technology to:
- Collect, store, and transmit the CIARR;
- Gather, store, collate and transmit the HACC MDS; and
- Install and operate the CRS software system. | | Author | Community Organisation - TRI Community IT (formerly Westnet) |
| Respite South West Equipment Register, Victoria [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | This database contains information about equipment available for loan in South West Victoria, where it is located, who to contact and any eligibility criteria. All loan term agreements are negotiated between the equipment owner and borrower. Any service wishing to include equipment in the database should contact administrator. | | Author | Community Organisation - South West Carer Respite Network |
| SHOUT, ACT [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | SHOUT was established in 1981, during the International Year of the Disabled. SHOUT brings together Self-help Groups who are made up of people who share the same problem, concern or life experience. The SHOUT Office provides:
- a point of contact for clients and member organisations;
- a referral point for the general public; and
- an information and resource centre. | | Author | Community Organisation - SHOUT Inc. |
| Spastic Centre, NSW | | Description | The Spastic Centres provides accommodation services for children and adults with disabilities, respite services for their carers and various other programs. | | Author | Community Organisation - The Spastic Centre |
| TRI Community Exchange, NSW [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | TRI Community Exchange Inc (TRI) has been in operation since 1992. It was originally established as one of eleven Family Resource Centres under a Federal Labor Government program. TRI currently continues through various programs to provide training, resources, information and support to community agencies and government departments for the benefit of the communities and families they serve. | | Author | Community Organisation - TRI Community Inc. |
| Western Region Disability Network, Melbourne, Victoria [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | This website brings together people with a disability, their families and carers, self-help groups, government, disability
service providers, disability advocacy organisations, mainstream services and other individuals who have an interest in or who are
working with people with a disability in the Western Metropolitan Region, Victoria. Includes a discussion forum and chatrooms. | | Author | Community Organisation - InfoXchange |
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