2022 Allevia Annual Report
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<strong>Allevia</strong> welcomed Kimberley Smith (Kim) in<br />
May <strong>2022</strong> as our new full-time One Village<br />
Service Coordinator. Kim joins Victor in<br />
leading our growing support team. Kim<br />
has been a positive influence on the team<br />
bringing a fresh pair of eyes to the planning<br />
and design of activities and session planning.<br />
Kim’s appointment has renewed the team’s<br />
energy and commitment after the long<br />
COVID induced contraction of services. The<br />
renewed focus is on continuously improved<br />
services and making changes as and when<br />
needed to adapt to new demands and<br />
support needs.<br />
One Village’s Individual & Group Supports<br />
Are Making a Difference<br />
‘Good for Gabriel and good for Mum’<br />
Gabriel is delighted with the many new<br />
experiences he is enjoying since he started<br />
receiving individualised support from<br />
<strong>Allevia</strong>’s One Village team of dedicated<br />
Support Workers.<br />
Interacting with other children, experiencing<br />
new environments, adapting to more people<br />
in his world have been a challenge for Gabriel.<br />
Much to everyone’s delight, Gabriel is<br />
adjusting to other people supporting him<br />
other than mum, giving mum, a single parent,<br />
much needed time to rest and attend to<br />
tasks that can’t be achieved when Gabriel is<br />
needing her support.<br />
Gabriel at 7 years of age has complex<br />
disabilities that create significant barriers for<br />
Gabriel and his mother Katia to live a normal<br />
life. Gabriel’s mum provides his home-based<br />
schooling and was his only playmate and<br />
carer up-until she engaged <strong>Allevia</strong>’s One<br />
Village team using his NDIS funding.<br />
The One Village team has been a lifeline<br />
for Katia. The team have supported Gabriel<br />
to access activities in the community and<br />
interact with other children. There have<br />
been incidents. Gabriel is learning how to<br />
navigate through these issues with support<br />
from <strong>Allevia</strong>’s team working closely with<br />
his mother and newly appointed Behaviour<br />
Support Clinician funded from his NDIS<br />
package.<br />
Katia and Gabriel now have time apart and<br />
when reunited Gabriel can say that he missed<br />
his mother very much.<br />
Visits to Flip-Out have provided many<br />
hours of enjoyment in the company of other<br />
children Gabriel’s age, helping him to adapt<br />
to more people in his world.<br />
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