More About the Four Tasmanian Advocacy Services Advocacy Tasmania Inc. ATI’s primary role is to provide advocacy to Advocacy Tasmania Inc. (ATI) is an individuals in the various target groups. In independent, community based advocacy 2009/2010 ATI assisted over 1 250 people with service that has been operating since 1991. individual advocacy, with the Disability Program assisting 480 people. In 2009/10 ATI and Speak Out ATI has five Advocacy Programs: each received funding for an additional advocate Disability for people with disability – under the Sector Reform Project to help safeguard the rights and interests of the persons of the State Mental Health for people with a – Government mental health disorder run day support and respite services through the Home and Community Care (HACC) – transition to non-government service provision. for people in receipt of, or eligible to ATI is involved extensively in systemic advocacy. receive, HACC services In 2009/2010 this included: Aged Care for older people living in aged – work on unmet need for services, care facilities or receiving Community particularly individual support packages and Aged Care Packages, Extended Aged Care supported accommodation in the Home (EACH) packages, or who are eligible to do so prevention and responses to abuse of people with disability Alcohol, Tobacco and Drugs (ATOD) for those receiving services from, or representation at Area Advisory Groups in each seeking to access services in funded region, providing comment to the disability ATOD services. working groups and supporting persons and family members to have a say via their website ATI also has two special projects: and BLOG at The Mental Health Tribunal Representation ATI also conducts education and group work. In Scheme for people appearing before Mental – 2009/2010, ATI facilitated education and group Health Tribunal Hearings. The Scheme work sessions involving 5 523 participants. Of provides free, competent, trained volunteers these, the Disability Program worked with 1 023 to represent people at hearings where their participants. mental health orders are being reviewed In work, ATI was involved in running residents’ The Dementia Rights Advocacy Project – groups in both government and non-government for people with dementia, with priority run residential facilities and workers’ groups in to people in the early stages of dementia business services and day options services. who have no family or friends to support them and advocate on their behalf.
More About the Four Tasmanian Advocacy Services Advocacy Tasmania Inc. Advocacy Tasmania Inc. (ATI) is an independent, community based advocacy service that has been operating since 1991. ATI has five Advocacy Programs: Disability – for people with disability Mental Health – for people with a mental health disorder Home and Community Care (HACC) – for people in receipt of, or eligible to receive, HACC services Aged Care – for older people living in aged care facilities or receiving Community Aged Care Packages, Extended Aged Care in the Home (EACH) packages, or who are eligible to do so Alcohol, Tobacco and Drugs (ATOD) for those receiving services from, or seeking to access services in funded ATOD services. ATI also has two special projects: The Mental Health Tribunal Representation Scheme – for people appearing before Mental Health Tribunal Hearings. The Scheme provides free, competent, trained volunteers to represent people at hearings where their mental health orders are being reviewed The Dementia Rights Advocacy Project – for people with dementia, with priority to people in the early stages of dementia who have no family or friends to support them and advocate on their behalf. ATI’s primary role is to provide advocacy to individuals in the various target groups. In 2009/2010 ATI assisted over 1 250 people with individual advocacy, with the Disability Program assisting 480 people. In 2009/10 ATI and Speak Out each received funding for an additional advocate under the Sector Reform Project to help safeguard the rights and interests of the persons of the State Government run day support and respite services through the transition to non-government service provision. ATI is involved extensively in systemic advocacy. In 2009/2010 this included: work on unmet need for services, particularly individual support packages and supported accommodation prevention and responses to abuse of people with disability representation at Area Advisory Groups in each region, providing comment to the disability working groups and supporting persons and family members to have a say via their website and BLOG at ATI also conducts education and group work. In 2009/2010, ATI facilitated education and group work sessions involving 5 523 participants. Of these, the Disability Program worked with 1 023 participants. In work, ATI was involved in running residents’ groups in both government and non-government run residential facilities and workers’ groups in business services and day options services.
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