The Strategy addresses: respite funded through current support, in-home support, host family respite, individualised funding respite, and facility-based respite respite for disabled children, people and adults and their families and carers increasing the capability of needs assessors and coordinators to support families/ whānau to access respite in a form that suits them development of a of respite options in line with what families/whānau want. We will offer people a range of opportunities to participate in the Respite Strategy development. We are very keen to hear from disabled people, their families/whānau and providers about their needs and preferences. Please take part in our survey on respite services, currently available on the Ministry’s website: To find out more, please contact us by emailing Other service strategies Barbara Crawford, Manager Strategy and Contracts, Ministry of Health Disability Support Services will develop three other service strategies over the next 12 months: supported living, community residential services (including consideration of how to better meet the needs of disabled people whose behaviour challenges these services) and community rehabilitation. As we in DSS move to transform the disability system through such strategies, we need to consider the component of the system and ensure that we work together with the sector to continue to improve outcomes for people using services, while making the best use of the funding available. We will base all our strategy development on the principles of EGL. Our general approach to developing these strategies is as follows: consumer consortium feedback obtained at the October 2016 meeting analysing feedback from the workshops at the five provider forums hosted in November 2016 hosting workshops for each service strategy involving representatives of providers, service users, disabled people’s organisations and carers developing a draft strategy seeking online feedback from stakeholders in regard to each strategy
The Strategy addresses: respite funded through current support, in-home support, host family respite, individualised funding respite, and facility-based respite respite for disabled children, people and adults and their families and carers increasing the capability of needs assessors and coordinators to support families/ whānau to access respite in a form that suits them development of a of respite options in line with what families/whānau want. We will offer people a range of opportunities to participate in the Respite Strategy development. We are very keen to hear from disabled people, their families/whānau and providers about their needs and preferences. Please take part in our survey on respite services, currently available on the Ministry’s website: To find out more, please contact us by emailing Other service strategies Barbara Crawford, Manager Strategy and Contracts, Ministry of Health Disability Support Services will develop three other service strategies over the next 12 months: supported living, community residential services (including consideration of how to better meet the needs of disabled people whose behaviour challenges these services) and community rehabilitation. As we in DSS move to transform the disability system through such strategies, we need to consider the component of the system and ensure that we work together with the sector to continue to improve outcomes for people using services, while making the best use of the funding available. We will base all our strategy development on the principles of EGL. Our general approach to developing these strategies is as follows: consumer consortium feedback obtained at the October 2016 meeting analysing feedback from the workshops at the five provider forums hosted in November 2016 hosting workshops for each service strategy involving representatives of providers, service users, disabled people’s organisations and carers developing a draft strategy seeking online feedback from stakeholders in regard to each strategy
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