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Profile—North Metropolitan area Area profile for comment January 2013 ISHAR Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health: Provides services to help women deal with problems or worries, stay healthy, build self-confidence and meet women from other countries. A female GP, clinical and therapeutic services, counselling, carer support and skills development, multilingual information available. Open Monday to Friday from 9am–4pm. Contact: 9345 5335 Web: www.ishar.org.au Mercey Family Care: Provides community based activities, group meetings, courses and programs. Other services include information and advocacy, training seminars and other professional services. Open Monday to Friday between 8.30am–4.30pm. Contact: 9342 4181 Parent Focus: A support group for parents whose children have Cerebral Palsy, providing information, education services, library resources and group meetings, as well as friendship and support. Please phone for meeting details. Contact: 0413 538 542 Web: www.cp-fg.org Patricia Giles Counselling Service for Women: Offers counselling and therapeutic groups for women in the Northern Suburbs who have experienced/are experiencing domestic violence. Postal address: PO Box 25, Joondalup, WA, 6027. WA Special Families: is a state wide Facebook support group. It is accessed by invite-only and the people able to access it must be a parent of or someone caring for, a person with disability. Women’s Healthworks (WHW): Works to empower women, enabling them to make more informed decisions about their health and well-being. Provides information, education, support and social groups, including women only walking groups, craft groups, the laughter club, and counseling. Contact: 9300 1566 Web: www.womenshealthworks.org.au Tell us what you think 2. What other disability or community support groups are available and active in this area? 3. What other informal community support groups would the area benefit from? 8 │Area profile for comment January 2013 (last updated 10/12/2012)
Profile—North Metropolitan area Area profile for comment January 2013 People using Commission-funded and provided services This section describes people with disability and their families who live in the north metropolitan area and used Commission-funded and provided supports and services in 2011−2012. It reflects how the Commission defines, organises and funds services at present. It does not provide detail about how well these services are working. Local information and support for individuals and families Local Area Coordination (LAC) Many people with disability and their families access the Commission’s LAC support. LAC works at an individual and community level to support people with disability, their families and carers to participate, contribute and belong in their local communities. It assists people with disability and their families’ access supports and services designed to help them exercise choices in their daily lives. This approach helps to foster independence and the development of skills and abilities that enables them to participate in their community and to pursue a good life. LAC works directly with individuals and families to provide support that is personalised, flexible and responsive. The cornerstone of the LAC role is building and maintaining effective working relationships that help support individuals and families to pursue their goals and meet their needs. LAC provides local support to children and adults with physical, sensory, neurological, cognitive and/or intellectual disability who are under 65 at the time they first apply for support. In 2011–2012, 1,181 people in the north metropolitan area were registered with LAC according to the Annual Client and Service Data Collection (ACDC) (Disability Services Commission 2012). Of these people: More than 60 per cent were aged between five and 19 (this is consistent with the high numbers of young people registered with LAC across WA). Most lived in Joondalup (609), followed by Wanneroo (572). Directing supports and services—shared management Most people with an individualised funding allocation from the Commission have their support managed and provided by a prequalified disability sector organisation. Some people with Community Living or Family Living manage their funding allocation through an agreement with their LAC. Disability service organisations are encouraged to offer shared management which enables individuals and/or families to have directive control over matters related to their supports and funding. Some people have their funding allocation transferred to them by the organisation and they manage the use of these funds and acquittal in accordance with the shared management agreement. Where the individual and/or family elect to take on shared management, negotiation occurs between the individual and/or family and the organisation to achieve a shared agreement. 9 │Area profile for comment January 2013 (last updated 10/12/2012)
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