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2. Rights protection, justice and legislation
2. Rights protection, justice and legislation Australia is a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and has a legislative framework protecting individual rights. But rights do not exist in a vacuum and only have meaning if they are able to be exercised in the real world. There are …
3. Economic security
3. Economic security People with disability and their carers have lower workforce participation rates and difficulty securing affordable, appropriate housing. Meaningful employment and adequate housing are not only important for economic security but also for physical and mental wellbeing, independence, and identity. …
4. Personal and community support
4. Personal and community support People with disability should have equal access to those services that are available to the whole community. For those people with disability who need specialist disability services to reach their goals or live their lives, we want to ensure they have access to flexible, quality …
5. Learning and skills
5. Learning and skills An inclusive education system responsive to all abilities and learning styles will benefit all Australians, not simply those with disability. We need to make sure that the educational outcomes of people with disability catch up to those for people without disability, and ensure people with …
6. Health and wellbeing
6. Health and wellbeing Good health and wellbeing is important for everyone. We want people with disability to have health outcomes as good as the rest of the community, to ensure they are able to enjoy long, healthy and productive lives. We want to make sure the health system can help achieve that goal. Outcome …
Reconnect and Newly Arrived Youth Support Service (NAYSS)
Reconnect and Newly Arrived Youth Support Service (NAYSS) The Reconnect program uses community based early intervention services to assist young people aged 12 to 18 years who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and their families. Reconnect assists young people to stabilise their living situation and improve …
What is Participatory Action Research?
What is Participatory Action Research? Reconnect and NAYSS use the Participatory Action Research model as a tool for reflective practice and continual service improvement. ‘Research’ simply means to find out – investigating an issue or issues you have noticed in your service. Action Research combines getting a better …
Why do Reconnect and NAYSS use Action Research?
Why do Reconnect and NAYSS use Action Research? The value of Action Research in early intervention programs, such as Reconnect and NAYSS, is its capacity to ask questions about how to achieve positive outcomes for participants, seek answers through work practices and then improve those practices on the basis of the …
Ethical issues
Ethical issues Sound ethics and good professional conduct form part of basic education and everyday practice in Reconnect and NAYSS and in Participatory Action Research. Ethical practice: assists workers to identify the values and principles which underpin their work provides a guide and standard for ethical conduct …
The use of questions in Action Research
The use of questions in Action Research Questions in Action Research help frame the purpose and aim for improvements in services. In other words, questions help to isolate what you are trying to change and what you are trying to improve or find out. Questions also assist in focussing actions. The questions that …