Burrun Dalai Child & Family Disability Service
Information about our disability services
Burrun Dalai Child & Family Disability Service
Burrun Dalai Child & Family Disability Service is a newly established service of Burrun Dalai Aboriginal Corporation.
The service aims to provide a holistic specialist support service to Aboriginal Children and Young people under 18 years old with a disability.
The child & family Disability Service has been designed to respond to the unmet need for Aboriginal children and young people with a disability living on the Mid North Coast, Taree and New England areas.
Priority of access will be given to:
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People in Burrun Dalai’s programs
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People
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Children and Young people
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Children and young people who reside in the geographical areas of the Mid North Coast and Hunter/New England
What is NDIS?
National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is the new way of providing support for people with a disability. It is a national scheme aimed to support people with a disability to achieve their goals, participate in their community and provide them with personalised flexible care and support.
Support and Information
Burrun Dalai have employed a NDIS Coordinator in response to the unmet need in the support of our children with a disability in OOHC. The NDIS Coordinator will provide support and information to our children/young people with a disability, foster carers and families by coordinating services, providing ongoing communications and assisting with preplanning in a Culturally appropriate and inclusive manner.
Types of services that can be provided:
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Case Management and Coordination
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Speech pathology
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Literacy Support
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Trauma informed neurological psych assessment
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Drug and alcohol counselling
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Wellbeing Counselling
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Genealogy Services
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Assistance with social and community participation
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Improved health and wellbeing
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Improved relationships
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Improved learning
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Improved daily living
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Transport
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