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Service Directories
For information about community service networks in Eastern Sydney contact Inner Sydney Regional Council for Social Development on 9698 7784.
Community Aged Care and Disability Services
Eastern Sydney HACC website: http://www.hacc.innersydney.org.au/other/links.cfm
Eastern Sydney Home & Community Care Brochure lists all HACC funded services in the City and Eastern Suburbs of Sydney
A translated Home & Community Care Consumer & Carer Handbook is available in 12 different languages. The handbook is designed to enable the service provider's phone number to be entered against the relevant service type for each client. The handbooks can be downloaded and printed from: http://www.esmap.org.au/tcch.html
Aged Care Assessment Teams - Eastern Sydney
Waverley Council's directory of community services for older people: http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/commservices/olderpeople/OlderPeopleDirectory09.pdf
Severe Domestic Squalor Hotline
Eastern Sydney Shopping directory
Greek Welfare Centre Based Day Services for frail aged people from a Greek, Russian or Chinese background
Aged Care Services Holdsworth Community Centre
Mental Health Services in Eastern Sydney
Carer Support for parents aged over 65 years caring for an adult son or daughter with disability or long term illness
Mental Health Support Service for Families
Seniors Peer Education Centre and booking form
Bobby Goldsmith Foundation provides support and information for people living with HIV
Emergency Services
Emergency Relief Services City and Surrounds
Emergency Relief Services operating over Christmas period
Emergency Relief Services Listing
Housing and Tenancy Advice
Homelessness Services
After Hours Temporary Accommodation Line
Hospital Discharge Services
ComPacks is a case-managed package of care for up to 6 weeks after discharge from hospital. This service has been established for people who need two or more community services to ensure that people can return home safely with appropriate care in place.
Health Services
HIV Community Team is a multidisciplinary outreach team providing confidential health care services, advocacy and support for people living with or closely affected by HIV http://www.sesiahs.health.nsw.gov.au/HIV_Community_Team/
Members of Parliament
Federal Members of Parliament contact details http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/index.htm#mailing
NSW Members of Parliament http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/V3ListCurrentMinisters
Training
Volunteer and Service Training (VAST) recruits, trains and places volunteers within Home & Community Care (HACC) services and provides training and support to HACC workers. VAST Training Calendar 2009 - booking forms and course flyers can be downloaded from: www.jnc.org.au. VAST can provide customised training for your staff
Public Interest Advocacy Centre. January-July Training Calendar
NSW Ombudsman Training Calendar - complaint systems and handling http://www.ombo.nsw.gov.au/whatsnew/upcomingwrkshp.html
DoCS training calendar for NGOs: http://www.community.nsw.gov.au/DOCS/STANDARD/PC_100950.html
Disability Sector Training - National Disability Services
Grants
Administration
It’s Your Business governance manual for services funded by the (DADHC) can be downloaded from this link on the DADHC website
Shared Services in the NGO Sector papers and presentations from the NCOSS Sector development seminar can be downloaded at:
Workplace Relations
Preventing and Dealing with Workplace Bullying. A Workcover guide for employers and employees: http://www.workcover.nsw.gov.au/Documents/Publications/OHS/Safety%20Guides/preventing_dealing_with_workplace_bullying_guide_employers_employees_4978.pdf
Caring for Older Australians - SPRC Research to Practice Briefing. Care workers and care practices that support and enable good care
Simply the Best Workplaces in Australia
Workforce Relations Fact Sheet
Data
The wellbeing of Australians: differences between statistical subdivisions, towns and cities.
ABS data: A Picture of the Nation - The Statistician's Report 2006.Easy to read analysis of data on topics such as cultural diversity, caring and volunteering http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/2070.0?OpenDocument?utm_id=SO
Australian Social Trends 2008 http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/4102.0?OpenDocument
People with a need for assistance - ABS Snapshot 2006 http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/4445.0?OpenDocument
About Australia's Regions
Our Changing City - Sydney Census Data 2001-2006
Copy of 2006 Census Data for Metro South
A wide range of population and housing data is now available for free from the Australian Bureau of Statistics at: http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/d3310114.nsf/Home/census
National Census Overview
Regional Population Growth
ABS Community Profiles
The following local government profiles were compiled by the Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care's Metro South Planning Team.
City of Botany Bay Profile
City of Sydney Profile
Randwick Profile
Waverley Profile
Woollahra Profile
Service Type Support
Volunteer grants and management resources available from FaHCIA http://www.facsia.gov.au/internet/facsinternet.nsf/aboutfacs/programs/communities-volunteering.htm
Food Services to Vulnerable People Fact Sheet
Food Authority Clarifying Statement for same day aged care
Community Transport Service Type Guidelines Review - Terms of Reference
NSW Transport for Health Guide
The impact of home maintenance and modification (HMM) services on health, community care and housing outcomes in later life - Final report
Sydney Water provides water saving, home maintenance and plumbing services for clients in financial difficulty http://www.sydneywater.com.au/CustomerServices/CommunityAssistance/HelpingYouSaveWater/#Homemaintenanceservice
Guidelines For Staff To Assist People Living In Severe Domestic Squalor
National HACC Program Guidelines 2007
Disability
Draft for Consultation -
Multicultural
Enriching HACC Services is a volunteer resource kit providing a step by step guide for community services on how to recruit, retain and manage volunteers from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
www.stepone.org.au is a website designed to assist services to implement Harmony Projects and Initiatives
Fact sheets for carers are now available in a range of community languages from the Carers NSW website: http://www.carersnsw.asn.au/ . The Fact sheets cover: Infomation about Carers NSW, The seven habits of highly effective carers, Carer support groups, The impacts of a residential placement.
Mental Health Fact sheets in community languages can be downloaded from Multicultural Mental Health Australia:
A range of resources, data and information to help services to provide culturally appropriate services to people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities can be found at the Eastern Sydney Multicultural Access Project website: http://www.esmap.org.au/resources.html
A range of resources and information about mental health and suicide prevention for people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities can be found at Multicultural Mental Health Australia's website: http://www.mmha.org.au/
Ramadan Fact Sheet
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Share Our Pride - An introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People and their culture, and to building respectful relationships.
Funeral Funds - Resources and Tips from the Australian Securities and Investment Commission:
Preliminary Report on DADHC Metro South Region Consultations:
Productivity Commission's Report on Government Services 2008 - Indigenous Compendium. This report contains specific data on community, aged care and disability services
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Project: Dreaming as One. The report discusses recruitment and retention strategies, organisational support, workforce development and areas to consider for inclusive service delivery for Aboriginal people and their families. This report is available at http://www.burnside.org.au//content/ATSI%20ONLINE.pdf
Legal
Capacity toolkit: What is capacity? How do I decide whether a person has the capacity to make their own decisions?' Download the NSW Attorney General's Department free guide from: http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/diversityservices
Mental Health Legal Support Project
Search or subcribe to Plain Language Law Guides at: http://www.lawfoundation.net.au/pllsearch
Plain Language Law Guides listing
A range of law resources to help with legal matters can be found at: http://www.legalaid.nsw.gov.au/asp/index.asp?pgid=601
NSW Legal Aid's Discrimination Tool kit is a guide to help people make a complaint if they have been discriminated against.
Homeless Person's Legal Service
Financial
High Court decision in relation to tax exemption, charitable status and commercial activities
The Mortgage Stress Handbook -A practical guide for people having problems with their mortgage
Independent Social Security Handbook - 6th Edition is available from the Welfare Rights Centre on 9211 5300
Fact Sheet: NSW Consumer Credit Hardship Variation
Carers
Opening the doors: the hidden world of carers. Holdsworth Community Centre and Services has collated carer's stories into a book. For more information or to make an order visit their website: http://www.holdsworth.org.au/events.htm
Subscribe to the latest e-newsletter from Carers NSW at
Aged Care
NSW Aged Care Alliance Election kit 2007. The kit covers a range of issues impacting on older people and aged care service provision. http://www.ncoss.org.au/hot/ACA-Election-Kit-2007.pdf
Falls Prevention
Falls Prevention Fact Sheets in a range of community languages can be downloaded from the Sutherland Shire Community Care Intranet http://www.sscci.org.au/resources/documents
A Falls Prevention website from South Australia contains a range of information and resources related to falls prevention and management for the community and service providers: http://www.fallssa.com.au/
Dementia
Dementia Resource Guide
Online Dementia Training Resource
The Eastern Sydney Dementia Advisory Service website provides information and contacts for the service, a calendar of information sesssions and support groups in the Eastern Sydney region, and
dementia planning documents for Eastern Sydney
A Dementia Information Booklet developed for carers is available on the University of Western Sydney website:
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