A representative from the Department of Justice Ex-officio support by DCS Committee Members Barbara Hingston (Chair) Health, Mental Health and Social Services; Member MDAC Donna Bain Self Help Workplace (provider representative, National Disability Services Tasmania) Karen Renetzeder Department of Justice (replaced by Sonia Weidenbach) Jane Wardlaw Consumer representative Jenny Dixon Speak Out Advocacy (advocacy organisation) Natasha Street MDAC (consumer representative) Ingrid Ganley Disability and Community Services Charley Hodgson Senior Practitioner Bruce Paterson DHHS Legislative Review and Legal Support – 4 METHODOLOGY FOR MEASURING PERCEPTIONS OF INTERESTED PARTIES The Review provided a of opportunities for people across Tasmania to contribute their views about the Act. This was summarised in the Stakeholder Engagement Plan. Significant efforts were made to connect with people with disability who use specialist disability services, their families and carers, and providers of specialist disability services, to understand their experience of the Act, how well it delivers safe, quality services, aligns with other legislation and supports transition to the NDIS. Information processes brought the Review to the notice of stakeholders and set out the options for written submissions, face-to-face consultations, online survey and/or direct contact with the consultant. Six consultations were conducted in the north and south of the state with people with disability, their families and carers, service providers, and the public. Information processes Stakeholder information session A range of stakeholders with experience in legislative matters relating to people with disability were invited to an information session to ensure as many people as possible with an interest in the Review were informed about it. The session encouraged engagement with the disability sector in Tasmania and
A representative from the Department of Justice Ex-officio support by DCS Committee Members Barbara Hingston (Chair) Health, Mental Health and Social Services; Member MDAC Donna Bain Self Help Workplace (provider representative, National Disability Services Tasmania) Karen Renetzeder Department of Justice (replaced by Sonia Weidenbach) Jane Wardlaw Consumer representative Jenny Dixon Speak Out Advocacy (advocacy organisation) Natasha Street MDAC (consumer representative) Ingrid Ganley Disability and Community Services Charley Hodgson Senior Practitioner Bruce Paterson DHHS – Legislative Review and Legal Support 4 METHODOLOGY FOR MEASURING PERCEPTIONS OF INTERESTED PARTIES The Review provided a of opportunities for people across Tasmania to contribute their views about the Act. This was summarised in the Stakeholder Engagement Plan. Significant efforts were made to connect with people with disability who use specialist disability services, their families and carers, and providers of specialist disability services, to understand their experience of the Act, how well it delivers safe, quality services, aligns with other legislation and supports transition to the NDIS. Information processes brought the Review to the notice of stakeholders and set out the options for written submissions, face-to-face consultations, online survey and/or direct contact with the consultant. Six consultations were conducted in the north and south of the state with people with disability, their families and carers, service providers, and the public. Information processes Stakeholder information session A range of stakeholders with experience in legislative matters relating to people with disability were invited to an information session to ensure as many people as possible with an interest in the Review were informed about it. The session encouraged engagement with the disability sector in Tasmania and
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