Our Policies

CONTENTS

Your Rights As A Participant

You have the right to:

1. Have access and supports that promote, uphold and respect your legal and human rights.

2. Exercise informed-choice and control.

3. Freedom of expression, self-determination and decision-making.

4. Access supports that respect your culture, diversity, values and beliefs.

5. A service that respects your right to privacy and dignity.

6. Be supported to make informed choices which will maximise independence.

7. Access supports free from violence, abuse, neglect, exploitation or discrimination.

8. Receive supports which are overseen by strong operational management.

9. Access services which are safeguarded by Hope within Disability well- managed risk and incident management system.

10. Receive services from workers who are competent, qualified and have Expertise in providing person centered supports

Your Responsibilities

Your responsibilities are as follows:

1. Respect the rights of staff, ensuring their workplace is safe and healthy and free from harassment.

2. Abide by the terms of your agreement with us. 

3. Understand that your needs may change and with this, your services may need to change to meet your needs.

4. Accept responsibility for your own actions and choices even though some choices may involve risk.

5. Tell us if you have problems with the care and services you are receiving. 

6. Give us enough information to develop, deliver and review your support plan. 

7. Care for your own health and wellbeing as much as you are able. 

8. Provide us with information that will help us better meet your needs. 

9. Provide us with a minimum of 48 hours’ notice when you will not be home for your service.  

10. Be aware that our staff are only authorised to perform the agreed number of hours and tasks outlined in your service agreement.

11. Participate in safety assessments of your home. 

12. Ensure pets are controlled during service provision. 

13. Provide a smoke-free working environment.

Our Responsibilities

Our responsibilities are as follows:

1. Provide the supports that meet your needs at the preferred times.

2. Review the provision of supports monthly with you.

3. Communicate openly and honestly in a timely manner.

4. Treat you with courtesy and respect.

5. Talk with you on decisions about how supports are provided.

6. Listen to you for feedback and any problems which may arise.

7. Give you 24 hours’ notice if there is to be a change in a scheduled appointment to provide support.

8. Keep your personal information private.

9. Keep you safe.

Advocacy

What is an Advocate?

An advocate makes sure that people who provide support to you, respect your rights and will speak out for you if your needs are not being met.  

An advocate is a person who will listen to you.

Help you to make decisions about what should happen in your life.

Help you to make those decisions work by speaking on your behalf.

Some numbers to help you access an advocate:

Or you can contact us directly:

Complaints, Compliments & Feedback

You always have the right to expect the best possible standard of service from Hope within Disability and we will treat any concern or complaint as a serious issue. For providing feedback or registering a complaint with us click here.

No matter what happens, our staff members are not allowed to react badly to your complaint, this means they are not allowed to retaliate or hurt you in in any way.

We will do our absolute best to resolve the issue within a 5-day period or if it’s high risk, within 24 hours!

If you ever don’t feel comfortable about lodging a complaint, compliment or feedback to us than the following people may assist:

Your advocate

A family member

A close friend

Your care worker

A person you know and trust

Or you can contact us directly:

If you wish to take the complaint, feedback and compliment further than Hope within Disability office than you can contact the following agency’s:

Ombudsman NSW – Disability Services Community Services Intake Team

Commonwealth Ombudsman

NDIS Commission at Complaints

If you are in New South Wales or South Australia, a complaint can be made to the NDIS Commission by:

Interpreters can be arranged. National Relay Service and ask for 1800 035 544

Service free from Abuse, Neglect, Exploitation, Discrimination & Assault

All our participants have the right to feel safe and receive a service free from Abuse, Neglect, Exploitation, Discrimination & Assault.

All our staff are regularly trained and receive precise screening upon recruiting to eliminate any possible risk.

We strive for an approach that recognizes our duty of care upon both staff and participants and implements prevention strategies for any high or low risks.

Emotional Stress

Where allegations of abuse, neglect, discrimination, exploitation and assault are made, we urge you to speak up with an advocate present who will assist and support you both mentally and physically.

Hope within Disability deals with all incidents equally free from discrimination. All incident are dealt with promptly other wise if it’s high risk than it must and will be reported to authorities within 24 hours.

Unfortunately where anyone has been affected by the incident will be taken care of effectively, quickly and carefully to ensure they are free from any further harm or potential risk.

Medication Handling

Hope within Disability does not administrate, prompt, assign or handle your medication at all, unless our staff have been trained by a qualified health practitioner

Even with simple things like Panadol or handing over the medication, Hope within Disability will never handle any sort of medication unless our staff have been trained by a qualified health practitioner.

Money Handling

Hope within Disability does not give any financial advice neither will we ever manage or handle your personal money.