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Community
Community.
- Carers Information for carers.
- Community Recovery Provides human and social recovery assistance to disaster affected individuals and communities, through Personal Hardship Assistance Grants and long term recovery programs.
- Queensland LGBTI roundtable Applications for the Queensland LGBTI Roundtable have closed.
- Queensland Social Cohesion Implementation Committee
- Queensland Government concessions Queensland Government concessions are available to eligible holders of a concession card such as seniors, people with a disability, carers, veterans, sole parents, widows and students.
- Queensland Financial Inclusion Plan
- Thrving Queensland Communities grants - Round one 2018
- Thriving Queensland Communities grants - Round two 2019
- Neighbourhood centres
- Volunteering
Disability
Disability.
- Information, support and services for people with disability
- State Disability Plan 2017-2020
- NDIS in Queensland Queensland is transitioning to the National Disability Insurance Scheme NDIS between July 2016 and June 2019. Find out more about what it means for Queenslanders and what the Queensland Government is doing to get Queensland ready for the scheme.
- About the NDIS
- Queensland rollout schedule
- Our role The Queensland Government is working to ensure a smooth and carefully managed transition to the NDIS for local communities and the disability sector.
- Getting ready for the NDIS in Queensland
- Quality and safeguards during NDIS transition
- Information for disability providers and businesses Information, tools and resources to help service providers, organisations and businesses prepare for the NDIS in Queensland.
- Registering to become an NDIS provider
- Support and resources
- Toolkit for providers
- Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) NDIS ready toolkit
- Workforce development
- Quality and safeguards during transition
- Transition timeframes
- Continuity of Support
- Information, linkages and capacity building
- NDIS Industry Briefing
- Information about jobs and careers
- Information for rural and remote communities
- NDIS events calendar
- Latest news
- Frequently asked questions Frequently asked questions about the NDIS in Queensland.
- Resources
- Information for AS&RS clients
- Accommodation Support and Respite Services (AS&RS) Our department is a registered service provider under the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Find out about the services we offer, if our service will be suitable for you, and how to choose us as your NDIS provider.
- Queensland Community Care Services
- For service providers Information for service providers about funding, policies and guidelines for the delivery of services.
- Contracting with us As people transition to the NDIS and have an approved plan, the departments funding will reduce.
- Centre of Excellence Information about the Centre of Excellence for Clinical Innovation and Behaviour Support.
- About
- Positive behaviour support Understanding Positive Behaviour Support.
- What is positive behaviour support
- What is a positive behaviour support plan
- Legislative and positive behaviour support plans
- Publications and resources Documents, factsheets and forms to assist disability service providers and support workers.
- Contact information
- Acronyms
- Glossary
- Practice leadership, learning and resources Practice leadership, training courses, education information.
- Emergency response
- Policies
- Notification about compensation relating to disability - Form 8
- Comprehensive Health Assessment Program (CHAP)
- Preventing and responding to abuse, neglect and exploitation Information about preventing and responding to abuse, neglect and exploitation.
- Identifying abuse, neglect and exploitation Information about indicators, signs and risk factors.
- Preventing abuse, neglect and exploitation Information about values, key features and preventing abuse and exploitation.
- Responding to abuse, neglect and exploitation
- Evaluation and audit Information about ways of evaluating abuse, neglect and exploitation prevention measures and includes a self audit tool.
- Key agencies
- Disability Services Act 2006 The Disability Services Act 2006 took effect on 1 July 2006.
- National Disability Agreement
- Disability Services National Minimum Data Set (DS NMDS) Information and resources relevant to the collection of disability data from all service providers in Queensland that receive funding under the National Disability Agreement NDA.
- Your Life Your Choice
Seniors
Seniors.
- Information, support and services for older people
- Queensland: an age-friendly community Information about the Queensland Governments vision to build an age-friendly state.
- Strategy and reporting
- Advancing Queensland: an age-friendly community grants program
- Age-friendly toolkit Our toolkit is your go-to guide to bringing age-friendly initiatives to life in your community. It is a learning resource to help community organisations, businesses and local government include age-friendly concepts in their work and to contribute to building an age-friendly Queensland.
- What is age-friendly
- Making the case for being age-friendly
- 5 steps to being age-friendly Check out the 5 steps in the age-friendly planning process.
- Age-friendly examples
- Tools and resources
- Resources
- Residential Transition of Older Queenslanders
- B.OLD short film competition Learn more about this fun initiative designed to challenge negative perceptions about ageing.
Industry and partners
Industry and partners.
- Partnering for the future: advancing Queensland's community services industry 2017–25
- Forecasting the future: community services in Queensland 2025
- Models for supporting translational research in community services
- Place-based approaches
- Logan Together
- Stakeholder engagement The department engages widely with stakeholders to build strong relationships and support information flows and discussion.
- Disability advisory councils The Queensland and regional disability advisory councils are a key channel for advice to the Minister on a range of regional, state and national disability and related matters that affect the broader community.
- Community Services Partnership Forum
- Disability Services Partnership Forum
- Satisfaction survey
- Industry confidence survey
- Shaping technology priorities for the community services industry
- Funding and grants Find out about current funding and grants opportunities.
- Departmental sponsorship Generally requests need to be received six months ahead of the activity or event in order to ensure that appropriate consideration is given to the request, that funding commitments are taken into account and reporting requirements are able to be met.
- Funding available
- Legislative safeguards for funding
- Human Services Quality Framework Quality Assurance requirements for service providers in Queensland.
- Overview of the framework
- Overview of the standards
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) quality assurance requirements for Queensland and resources
- Certification - Quality requirements and resources
- Self-Assessable - Quality requirements and resources
- Other Accreditation - Process and resources
- Implementation progress and updates
- Tools and resources
- Previous framework versions
- Streamlined agreements
- Investment specifications Information on investment specifications.
- Outcomes Co-design
- Non-Government organisation access to interpreting services
- Output funding and reporting
- Online Acquittal Support Information System (OASIS) Information about OASIS, an online grants tool making it easier, simpler and faster for funded organisations to electronically update records, financial information, access reports and submit endorsed documents.
- Criminal history screening From 1 July 2006 the Disability Services Act 2006 introduces criminal history screening for all people engaged by funded non-government service providers.
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
- Background to criminal history screening
- Forms Use these forms to apply for a Yellow Card.
- Application for criminal history screening (exemption notice) (Form 10-11)
- Application for criminal history screening - prescribed notice (yellow card) (Form 10-1)
- For sole traders - Application for criminal history screening prescribed notice (yellow card) (Form 10-1ST)
- For sole traders - Application for criminal history screening (exemption notice) (Form 10-11ST)
- Application for information from register of engaged persons (Form 10-6)
- Application for eligibility declaration (Form 10-10)
- Application for criminal history screening change of details (Form 10-2)
- Change of details of positive notice/card or positive exemption notice/card holder (Form 10-4)
- Application for replacement of lost or stolen positive notice and card or positive exemption notice and card (Form 10-3)
- Application for cancellation of negative notice or negative exemption notice (Form 10-5)
- Who does not currently need to undergo criminal history screening
- Criminal history screening - frequently asked questions
- Guide, hearing and assistance dogs Information about guide, hearing and assistance dogs.
News
Departmental news, articles, stories and campaign information.
About us
Information about our department.
- Our Minister
- Our organisation Find out about our organisationmeet our Director General, check our organisational structure and learn how we are delivering services.
- Director-General
- Organisational chart and business areas
- Legislation
- State Budget and service delivery statements
- Publications A listing of our departments corporate publications.
- Annual Report The annual report is an account of the operational and financial performance of our department. It provides an analysis of our performance against the objectives in the Strategic Plan and enables the community, Ministers and Parliament to assess the efficiency, effectiveness and economy of our department.
- Strategic Plan
- Disability Service Plan
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Capability Action Plan
- Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan
- Agency Procurement Plan
- Multicultural Action Plan Progress Report
- Careers Information about a career with our department including career options, salary, leave entitlements, study assistance, superannuation and other flexible and rewarding employment conditions.
- Research
- Customer service compliments and complaints
- Social media
- Right to Information The Right to Information is the Queensland Governments approach to giving the community greater access to information.
- Publication scheme The publication scheme describes and categorises information routinely available from the department.
- Disclosure log The Right to Information Act 2009 requires agencies to publish information and documents on RTI disclosure logs.
- Contact us Contact details for our department.
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- Last reviewed
- 5 June 2018
- Last modified
- 8 February 2019
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