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Submit your news to: complexcaregroup@xtra.co.nz
Please see resources produced by VisAble which address the challenges of Child to Parent Violence and Abuse. Their Factsheet is available here https://www.complexcaregroup.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Visable-CPVA-factsheet_FINAL.pdf and their Parents and Caregivers Guide is available here https://www.complexcaregroup.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/VisAble-Parents-Caregivers-Booklet.pdf
Wednesday 27th November – 1 till 2pm (online). Registration link in the attached flier available here Featuring presenters Dr Robbie Francis Watene, Associate Professor Bridgit Murfin-Veitch and Umi Usaka. In this presentation you will learn how these findings about past abuse also provide important insights for a future where people with a learning disability are […]
The Ministry of Social Development have created this Disability Support Services page on their website https://consultations.msd.govt.nz/…/disability-support…/ They have opened a survey to gather feedback from the disability sector regarding the future of “sustainable” disability support services. From their website page: “The Disability Support Services Taskforce is working on how disability support services […]
Click here to read the first Disability Support Services Taskforce Newsletter. The Taskforce is led by Chris Bunny, newly-appointed Deputy Chief Executive in charge of Disability Support. The other two members of the taskforce are Alistair Hill (Programme Director in charge of the DSS Taskforce) and Anne Shaw (Associate DCE in charge of the DSS […]
The Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 (PPPR) has various provisions commonly used by parents/family of those with significant intellectual impairment, being Welfare Guardianship and/or Property Administration. From 3rd October 2024 the maximum annual income or benefit level for an Order to Administer Property was increased to $38,800. There is a scale of […]