Supported accommodation
We provide support and training to enable people to develop skills required to assist in living as independently as possible in a home and community of ones choice.
This might include skills such as:
- cooking and nutrition
- home maintenance
- self-care
- healthy lifestyles
- holidays and travel
- communication and social skills
- financial management (such as budgeting and banking)
- development of social networks
- social and recreational activities
- confidence building
- self advocacy
- pre-vocational and employment skills
- case management
Support may vary from 1 hour per week to 24 hours per day.
We support young adults to develop skills and to participate in community based activities of their choosing. This could include skills and activities as identified above.
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Transition to work
For school leavers who are eligible for this program, The Housing Connection provides individual programs to identify current skills, employment interests and will provide pre-employment training and support to achieve vocational goals.
This may include:
- social and communication skills
- financial management
- travel training
- volunteer work
- resume development
- interview training
- seeking appropriate work placements
Personal Future Plan
The Housing Connection aims to involve people as much as possible in the choices and decisions in their lives so that they may enjoy a fulfilling lifestyle. Services are planned and delivered through a consultative approach and in the development of a Personal Future Plan (PFP), similar to an Individual Personal Plan (IPP), or a similar plan. In planning services we seek with individuals and significant others what he/she would like to achieve together and plan together how this might be achieved. Goals that are developed are reviewed on a regular basis to ensure they are relevant and achievable.
Services and support
The Housing Connection is committed to the involvement of family members and significant others to ensure the services provided are relevant. We seek to maintain an organisational culture that encourages creativity and the attitude that we will do “whatever it takes”, to improve the quality of life outcomes for those we support.
An independent committee The Support Allocation and Monitoring committee made up of community representatives, meets monthly to review the support provided to individuals and reports to the Board monthly.
Services of The Housing Connection are provided in line with the Disability Services Act (1993).
This includes but are not limited to:
- Standard 1: Service Access - Each service user seeking a service has access to that service on the basis of relative need and available resources.
- Standard 2: Individual Needs - Each person with a disability receives a service, which is designed to meet, in the least restrictive way, his or her individual needs and personal goals.
- Standard 3: Decision Making and Choice - Each person with a disability has the opportunity to participate as fully as possible in making decisions about the events and activities of his or her daily life in relation to the services he or she receives.
- Standard 4: Privacy, Dignity and Confidentiality. Each consumer’s right to privacy, dignity and confidentiality in all aspects of his or her life is recognised and respected.
- Standard 5: Participation and Integration. Each person with a disability is supported and encouraged to participate and be involved in the life of the community.
- Standard 6: Valued Status – Each person with a disability has the opportunity to develop and maintain skills and to participate in activities that enable him or her to achieve valued roles in the community.
- Standard 7: complaints and disputes – Each service user is free to raise and have resolved any complaints or disputes he or she may have regarding the agency or the service.
- Standard 8: Service Management – Each agency adopts sound management practices, which maximise outcomes for consumers.
- Standard 9: Family Relationships – Each person with a disability receives a service, which recognises the importance of preserving family relationships, and is sensitive to their cultural and linguistic environments.
- Standard 10: Protection of Human Rights and Freedom from Abuse – The agency ensures the legal and human rights of people with a disability are upheld in relation to the prevention of sexual, physical and emotional abuse within the service.
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