Since the creation of the "super-department" of Human Services, the Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care is no longer a government "department", and will be known as NSW Ageing, Disability and Home Care (ADHC). Its CEO is Jim Moore, who was previously called the Director-General.
ADHC has published its revised protocols for allocating supported accommodation places in non-government services that are ADHC operated and funded. Read the new ADHC document here: Allocation of places in supported accommodation policy and procedures
These extracts briefly address the most common enquiries we receive from families, about availability and the process for accessing ADHC supported accommodation (of course the document includes a great deal more detail):
4.1 Guiding principles ..... (4) A person’s needs are more likely to be met effectively by making early contact with DADHC, before any crises occur. Carers may contact the regional Information, Referral and Intake teams at any time to discuss their circumstances and to explore the support options available to them.
5.1 Requesting a supported accommodation place ..... Where a person with a disability is eligible for and seeks supported accommodation, the case manager will confirm the person’s eligibility for supported accommodation and consider all other support options with the person and his or her family/support person/guardian. Once this has occurred, the case manager will submit a written request for a place on the Register of Requests for Supported Accommodation. The person with a disability will be notified in writing that his or her request has been added to the register.
5.1.1 Indication of future service need ..... A person may indicate to DADHC if they consider they will have a future need for supported accommodation. This information will be recorded by DADHC and may be used in future planning. When a client notifies DADHC that their indicated future need has become an immediate need services will be offered on the basis of assessed need, priority and available places.
5.7 Creating a shortlist [for a vacancy].....
(d) Priority and in order:
High:
• homeless or effectively homeless, or
• at imminent risk of homelessness – the person’s support system has broken down, or
• the person’s own support needs have increased and the family is unable to continue to provide support in the family home, or
• the person’s primary carer is older than 65, or who has ageing related support needs, or
• the person is in receipt of emergency funded support and has applied for supported accommodation, or
• the person or placement is at risk, or
• a person requesting to move from one supported accommodation place funded by DADHC to another supported accommodation place funded by DADHC where the current place does not adequately support a person’s living arrangements or social connections, or
• a person exiting from the Integrated Services Project (ISP).
Moderate:
• A person whose current living arrangements are not likely to be sustainable or whose current placement is showing early signs of breaking down.
Low:
• For any other reason not mentioned above.
The continued roll out of new supported accommodation places under the Stronger Together initiative is announced in this Ministerial media release (8th October).
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