Annual Report 2005-2006 - Waverley Council

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Waverley Council Access and Equity Activities 2005/2006 People with disabilities (continued) Dept Page No Ten free senior’s concerts were held across the year on a monthly basis. Held on the first Wednesday of the month, the last quarter saw a concert of classics and jazz in April, Andean music in May and Klezmer (Yiddish) music in June. This program is particularly targeted to the frail aged (transport is arranged if required) with other seniors welcome and in attendance as well. The concerts attracted an average of 100 patrons and their carers per event and satisfaction ratings have been consistently high, meeting all targets. A seniors band music group and a singing group met once a week during term four, with support provided by the music programs Availability of mobility parking spaces. C&TS 80 Access to car parking spaces for people with disabilities was improved with the posting of information about the location of allocated accessible space on Council’s web site. A hotline telephone number was established for reporting abuse by motorists parked in accessible spaces without display of a current mobility parking authority. The number is displayed on all accessible car parking signs, and was published in the summer 2005 edition of Waverley in Focus. Loans of large print and hear-a-books per annum. L&CS 99 As at 30 June 2006 there were 9928 large print books and 992 hear-a-books held by the library. During the year 33,203 loans were registered for large print items and 3,781 for hear-a-book titles. In addition, we are providing Audio Read technology, which will be introduced as a result of our successful application for a State Library Grant. Use of community buses according to guidelines. L&CS 113 There are two Council buses, a small bus and a large bus. During this period the small bus has been regularly used by Randwick/Waverley Community Transport, ECHO Neighbourhood Centre and WAVES for approx. 17 hours per week, and the large bus by Family Day Care for approx. 12 hours per week, giving a weekly average use of approx. 5.8 hours per working day. In addition, other community groups such as the Greek Community Group and the Waverley PROBUS Club have made occasional bookings, further lifting the daily average. Subsidised rental accommodation places for people with an L&CS 121 intellectual disability. The Waverley Community Living Project (WCLP) achieved its accommodation target, providing subsidised accommodation for 6 adults with intellectual disability. Four leases were renewed and these tenants celebrated their first anniversary not only within the service but also of the 2 two bedroom units provided by Council. Individual Support (Case Management, Living Skills Training). L&CS 121 WCLP achieved its target during the period, providing individualised programs of ‘drop in’ support and training to 15 adults with intellectual disability. In April 2006 WCLP launched a new ‘Tuesday Night Discussion Group’ which provides small group training using newly purchased resources and workbooks such as ‘Preparing For Life - Transitioning to Adulthood’. These sessions are well attended and focus on building confidence and competency in areas that are not always appropriate in big groups. Annual Report 2005/2006 133
134 Waverley Council Access and Equity Activities 2005/2006 People with disabilities (continued) Dept Page No The ‘Life Education Training’ series continues with 93% of members attending and reporting satisfaction with this service. At the end of the June 2006 quarter, training included fire safety and evacuation, ‘Your Rights and Responsibilities’, health and well being, teamwork, personal hygiene and self esteem. An eight session course was provided by Innersens as well as presentation by guest speakers from NSW Council for Intellectual Disability (CID) and Redfern Legal Centre. In conjunction with NSW CID, WCLP hosted a ‘Speak Up, Speak Out’ forum (open to the public) on health care in the community in June 2006. Over the course of the year there were two Client Advisory Meetings with 93% of members finding these useful and 93% felt that they were listened to and that their support service was improving. Previous quarters focused on trialing a newly developed ‘Individual Planning and Review’ package which, following a client meeting, produced a written agreement between the WCLP member, the service and the people who support them in achieving their needs, wants and aspirations. Targets were met which increased quality of life opportunities to all program participants. In May 2006 the results of the ‘Client Satisfaction Survey’ were finalised. To ensure that the evaluation process considered individual needs and maximised participation, an independent support person coordinated, scribed and collated the report and results. There was an 86% improvement in Health Care initiatives, 93% satisfaction reported around staff being “polite and respectful’ and 79% happy with how often they receive support from WCLP. Overall there were excellent finding particularly in quality of life outcomes as a result of the new Individual Planning process. Productive links with support agencies targeting HIV and other L&CS 131 highly disadvantaged clients. In May 2005, Council resolved to take over a JobNetwork contract from another JOBfutures member in Surry Hills and move the site to East Sydney, to better service the especially disadvantaged in our community. The contract included a generalist service and a Specialist service supporting people with HIV/Hep C into employment. Since the opening of East Sydney (9 May 2005) Waverley Works has assisted 1084 clients and placed 443 clients into sustainable employment, 120 of these were Specialist clients, 90 were classified by Centrelink as Highly Disadvantaged, 80 being 3 years or more unemployed and 103 job seekers who were more then 12 months unemployed. Although a pilot, based on its performance Waverley Works was successful in gaining a rollover of that contract for a further 3 years with the total contracted capacity of 6.2% of the available business in the ESA, of which 2.7% is the Specialist HIV/ HepC contract. Waverley Works overall current referral business share is 8.4% of the available business in the Inner City Eastern Suburbs (ESA), versus our original contracted business share of 1.8%. This represents a 366% increase in business since the beginning of the contract Annual Report 2005/2006
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