PROGRAM
9.00 Welcome and Introductions
9.15 Snapshots: People, Issues and Challenges
- Ally Dench, Families in
Partnership
- Wendy Nugent, Suncoast
Carers Alliance
- Annamaria Wood, Macarthur
District Temporary Family Care
- John Benson, Canberra Parent
Initiatives
- Sue Griffin, NSW Association
for Children with a Disability
- Families Assisting Families,
Newcastle
10.15 Keynote address: Empowering Individuals and
Families - From Rhetoric to Action
Suzette
Gallagher OAM
10.30 Setting
an Agenda: Group Responses
10.45 – 11.15 Morning Tea
11.15 Individualised Funding and Direct Payments
Alan Greig, Social
Enterprise Technologies
11.45 Dee Hughes,
Direct Payment Trial, Attendant Care and
Physical
Disability, Department of Ageing, Disability and
Home Care
12.00 Individualising
Services and Empowering Individuals -
The Challenges
Ahead
Professor Trevor
Parmenter, University of Sydney
12.30 – 1.15 Lunch
1.15 Building Blocks for
Action
Vern Hughes, Social
Enterprise Partnerships
1.30 Workshop Sessions
- Families in
Partnership
- Individualised Funding
Models
- Consumer and Family
Initiatives in Housing and Accommodation
- Respite Care Models
2.15 – 2.30 Afternoon
Tea
2.30 Workshop Sessions
- Personalised Employment
Supports
- Networking Family
Initiatives
- Innovative Mental Health
Ventures
- Consumer Governance in
Health Care
3.30 Plenary and next steps - where to
from here?
4.30 Close
WHO
SHOULD ATTEND?
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Consumers (individuals,
parents, families) in the human services |
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Support groups and agencies for
consumers |
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Innovative service providers
seeking to further the empowerment agenda |
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Government agencies seeking
ways to empower individuals, families and communities |
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Philanthropists, social
investors and entrepreneurs wishing to support innovation |
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Self-help groups, family support groups and
unfunded advocacy groups are especially welcome. |
KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Suzette
Gallagher OAM
Suzette Gallagher is a parent of a
successful 42 year old man with an intellectual disability. She has initiated
projects in the disability field in Victoria for 25 years and received the Order
of Australia Medal for services to the disability community. She is developing a
family governance model in Victoria for wide application. |
AN
AGENDA FOR CHANGE
The conference is interested in projects,
models and strategies which |
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Tackle
the fragmentation in human services across program, provider, disciplinary and
jurisdictional boundaries |
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Enable direct funding of
individuals and families |
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Pool
funds from various programs in person-centred arrangements using budget-holding
mechanisms |
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Develop
person-centred information systems across disciplines and programs |
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Develop
new governance models for empowerment |
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Introduce
new learning models for empowerment
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Introduce
new forms of information provision about service availability, quality and
pricing |
FURTHER
INFORMATION:
CLICK HERE
for
further information. |
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MUCH DOES IT COST? |
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Type of Registration |
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Consumers,
individuals, families |
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$33 |
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Self-help
groups, support groups |
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$44 |
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Unfunded
advocacy groups |
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$55 |
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Funded
advocacy organisations |
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$110 |
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Service
providers |
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$165 |
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Private
sector, philanthropists, social investors |
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$187 |
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Government
employees, researchers, consultants, academics |
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$198 |
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| HOW
DO I REGISTER? |
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It is easy to register - just
CLICK HERE
to open a form on the Social Enterprise Partnerships website. |
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Please choose the type of registration which best fits your current situation.
You may pay with a secure online credit card transaction. |
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WHAT IS SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
PARTNERSHIPS? |
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Social Enterprise Partnerships (SEP) is a national, not-for-profit organisation which aims to
empower individuals, families and communities through social enterprise
and public policy innovation.
CLICK HERE to view the SEP website |
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CAN I BECOME A SEP MEMBER? |
If you would like to become a member of Social Enterprise Partnerships (SEP),
CLICK HERE
for details of Member benefits.
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