Resources - Office of the Public Advocate

document DRC OPA Submission to the Rights and Attitudes Issues Paper Popular

Published on 30 August 2020 Modified on 07 March 2021 By Margaret Bozik In Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation in Disability Care Tagged in Commission, Disability, DRC, Royal 7770 downloads

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DRC- OPA Submission to the Rights and Attitudes Issues Paper.docx

Recommendations

Recommendation 1
Governments and the National Disability Insurance Agency and the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission should continue support for cultural-change training for disability service providers, which seeks to counter violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation, such as the zero-tolerance initiatives.

Recommendation 2
The Disability Ministers’ forum should consider the national evaluation of Community Visitors Programs and endorse its recommendations.

Recommendation 3
Governments should strengthen human rights protections by funding peer support, self advocacy and individual advocacy at a level commensurate with demand, by substantially extending the National Disability Advocacy Program.

Recommendation 4
The Australian Government should commit to funding advocacy programs as a crucial NDIS safeguard. Such programs and funding should remain separate from any funded supports that are provided to individual NDIS participants.

Recommendation 5
Governments should strengthen human rights protections to make ‘choice and control’ more meaningful by funding a range of supported decision-making initiatives. This can be achieved by making it possible for NDIS participants to purchase such supports through their NDIS plan.

Recommendation 6
The Australian Government should implement the Recommendations of the Australian Law Reform Commission in its 2014 report Equality, Capacity and Disability in Commonwealth Laws.

pdf DRC OPA Submission to the Rights and Attitudes Issues Paper Popular

Published on 30 August 2020 Modified on 07 March 2021 By Margaret Bozik In Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation in Disability Care Tagged in Commission, Disability, DRC, Royal 8119 downloads

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DRC- OPA Submission to the Rights and Attitudes Issues Paper.pdf

Recommendations

Recommendation 1
Governments and the National Disability Insurance Agency and the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission should continue support for cultural-change training for disability service providers, which seeks to counter violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation, such as the zero-tolerance initiatives.

Recommendation 2
The Disability Ministers’ forum should consider the national evaluation of Community Visitors Programs and endorse its recommendations.

Recommendation 3
Governments should strengthen human rights protections by funding peer support, self advocacy and individual advocacy at a level commensurate with demand, by substantially extending the National Disability Advocacy Program.

Recommendation 4
The Australian Government should commit to funding advocacy programs as a crucial NDIS safeguard. Such programs and funding should remain separate from any funded supports that are provided to individual NDIS participants.

Recommendation 5
Governments should strengthen human rights protections to make ‘choice and control’ more meaningful by funding a range of supported decision-making initiatives. This can be achieved by making it possible for NDIS participants to purchase such supports through their NDIS plan.

Recommendation 6
The Australian Government should implement the Recommendations of the Australian Law Reform Commission in its 2014 report Equality, Capacity and Disability in Commonwealth Laws.

document DRC OPA Response to Employment Issues Paper Popular

Published on 05 March 2021 By Margaret Bozik In Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation in Disability Care Tagged in Commission, Disability, DRC, Royal 8072 downloads

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DRC - OPA Response to Employment Issues Paper.docx

pdf Easy English - Abuse is not OK Popular

Published on 20 April 2021 By Margaret Bozik In Easy English 8668 downloads

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ABUSE is not OK.pdf

pdf Easy English Disability Action Plan Popular

Published on 05 April 2021 By Margaret Bozik In Diversity 7350 downloads

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Easy English DAP -November 2019 - v8.pdf

document Easy English flyer - Everyone's right to make decisions about their future Popular

Published on 21 March 2022 By Margaret Bozik In Easy English 3881 downloads

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Everyone's right to make decisions about their future - 5 May Flyer.docx

pdf Easy Read - How we will do better Popular

Published on 05 February 2025 Modified on 05 February 2025 By Margaret Bozik In Easy English 1388 downloads

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AI2273_Office of the Public Advocate_Fast Sheet_EE_web [accessible].pdf

pdf Easy Read - Survey for disability residents during COVID-19 Popular

Published on 06 April 2021 By Margaret Bozik In Easy English 6750 downloads

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Easy Read - Survey for disability residents during COVID-19 .pdf

pdf Easy read - What is a Community Visitor? Popular

Published on 16 August 2022 Modified on 18 August 2022 By Margaret Bozik In Easy English 8433 downloads

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Easy read - What is a Community Visitor-2.pdf

pdf Easy Read - What is an ITP? - for alleged offenders Popular

Published on 15 March 2021 By Margaret Bozik In Easy English 8229 downloads

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Easy Read - What is an ITP - for alleged offenders.pdf

pdf Easy Read - What is an ITP? - for witnesses and victims Popular

Published on 15 March 2021 Modified on 15 March 2021 By Margaret Bozik In Easy English 8145 downloads

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Easy Read - What is an ITP - for witnesses and victims.pdf

document Electronic signing of deeds during coronavirus (COVID 19) restrictions Popular

Published on 29 March 2021 By Margaret Bozik In Fact sheet 3689 downloads

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Electronic signing of deeds during coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions.docx

pdf End of life decision making when there is no family or medical treatment decision maker Popular

Published on 01 April 2021 By Margaret Bozik In Fact sheet 8640 downloads

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End of life - decision making when there is no family or medical treatment decision maker.pdf

document Enduring Powers of Attorney: Transitional provisions Popular

Published on 30 March 2021 By Margaret Bozik In Fact sheet 11735 downloads

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Enduring Powers of Attorney - transitional provisions.docx

pdf Exit checklist for patients with OPA appointed guardians (A3) Popular

Published on 16 July 2024 Modified on 16 July 2024 By Margaret Bozik In General 2641 downloads

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OPA Hospital Flowchart-Exit A3 FINAL.pdf

pdf Experiences of ABI and Inclusion report Popular

Published on 01 February 2023 Modified on 01 February 2023 By Emma Asscher In Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation in Disability Care 5279 downloads