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Disability Initiatives

Lifestyle choices and opportunities are important to everyone. But people with a disability and their families encounter many barriers in their pursuit of choices, opportunities and dreams.

Working in Partnership with people with a Disability

At annecto we are committed to optimising the flexibility and quality of our services to overcome such barriers. We strive to meet the individual needs of our clients through evolving program initiatives and by working in partnership with people with a disability and their family/carers. annecto aims to capture this philosophy.

annecto's initiatives for people with a disability include:

• Planning, accessing and providing services of choice, including Support and Choice.
• Personal care, community access and in home assistance including Home First.
• Assistance to increase skills and manage independently in the home and access the community, including Accommodation Outreach.
• Respite services including in home respite, recreational activities, community access, facility based and emergency respite.
• Employment (Job Connections): Assists people with a disability to find and maintain employment.
• David House: Not just a place; it's a spirit and sense of community. Ongoing education, training, community involvement and family support for adults and school leavers living in the Western suburbs.
• Supported Accommodation: Ten houses, including services especially for children located in the Western, Northern and Eastern Regions of Melbourne. Referral is through the Victorian Government Department of Human Services (DHS). annecto values working together with clients and their families/carers to increase the range of innovative and suitable accommodation choices.

annecto thanks the Victorian Government, Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) for the endorsement of these programs.