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- Disability Connect Queensland (48 pages)
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- Seniors (35 pages)
- Industry and partners (49 pages)
- News (3 pages)
- About us (47 pages)
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Community
Community.
- Carers Information for carers.
- About carers
- Support and services for carers
- Queensland Carers Advisory Council The Queensland Carers Advisory Council helps ensure carers have a voice in government decision-making processes.
- Nominations open for Queensland Carers Advisory Council We are seeking expressions of interest from carers interested in providing input to government on improving recognition and support for Queensland's carers.
- Membership
- Queensland Carers Charter
- Initiatives to support carers
- Publications and resources
- Community Recovery Provides human and social recovery assistance to disaster affected individuals and communities, through Personal Hardship Assistance Grants and long term recovery programs.
- Category C funding Read about the funding and grants made available to non-government organisations in areas impacted by declared disasters.
- Community Recovery Forum
- Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction Framework and Toolkit
- Community Drought Support grants
- 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
- Social Cohesion Read about the Queensland Government's commitment to strengthening social cohesion in our communities.
- Neighbourhood and community centres Find out about Neighbourhood and community centres and how they are supporting local Queensland communities.
- Volunteering
- Financial literacy and resilience
- Queensland Community Support Scheme
- Goods and Food Relief Programs
- Safe Night Precincts Support Services
- Gambling help services
- Place-based approaches Place-based approaches. Find out about place-based approaches and how they can be used to bring together community stakeholders in a defined location to address complex community needs.
- Logan Together
- Community transport
- Emergency Relief program
- Meals on wheels
- National Redress Scheme
Disability Connect Queensland
Disability
- Our role in disability
- State Disability Plan 2017-2020 Find out about the All Abilities Queensland: opportunities for all - State Disability Plan 2017-2020.
- National Disability Insurance Scheme The NDIS is now fully operational in Queensland and is how Queenslanders with disability are accessing the services they need. Find key information and links for people with disability, their families and carers, and services providers.
- Accessing support through the NDIS
- Additional support for Queenslanders
- NDIS Information, linkages and capacity building (ILC)
- Registering to become an NDIS provider
- NDIS quality and safeguard requirements for providers
- NDIS market information and resources
- Accommodation Support and Respite Services (AS&RS)
- For service providers Information and resources for Disability funded non-government organisations
- 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
- Latest news
- Positive Behaviour Support and Restrictive Practices Understanding Positive Behaviour Support.
Accommodation, Respite and Forensic Services
Disability Accommodation, Respite and Forensic Services.
- Accommodation Support and Respite Services 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.
- Forensic Disability Service
Seniors
Queensland Government support for seniors including information, support and services, age-friendly communities, elder abuse prevention and awareness and events.
- Information, support and services for older people
- Queensland: an age-friendly community Information about the Queensland Government's 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 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.
- Elder abuse prevention and awareness
- Older people and domestic and family violence
- Ministerial Seniors Roundtable
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
- Stakeholder engagement The department engages widely with stakeholders to build strong relationships and support information flows and discussion.
- Thriving Communities Leadership Group
- Queensland Carers Advisory Council
- Queensland LGBTI roundtable The Queensland LGBTI Roundtable informs government engagement with LGBTI communities and provides a mechanism for communities to highlight issues, challenges and opportunities with Queensland government agencies.
- Queensland Social Cohesion Implementation Committee
- Queensland Disability Advisory Council
- Satisfaction survey
- Industry confidence survey
- Queensland Volunteering Action Partnership
- Funding and grants Find out about current funding and grants opportunities.
- Departmental sponsorship Requests need to be received 4 to 8 months ahead of the activity or event, depending on the amount requested.
- Funding available
- Legislative safeguards for funding
- Human Services Quality Framework Quality assurance requirements for service providers in Queensland.
- 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.
- Disability Worker Screening
- 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 organisation-meet 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 department's 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.
- Customer service compliments and complaints
- Social media
- Right to Information The Right to Information is the Queensland Government's 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
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- Last reviewed
- 7 June 2019
- Last modified
- 24 January 2021
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