Disability Services Approved Standard - Australian Capital Territory

Description

You may be required to comply with this standard if you operate a business that is classed as a specialist disability service.

A specialist disability service is any of the following:

  • Services that provide accommodation support to enable disadvantaged persons to remain in their existing accommodation or to move to more suitable accommodation (for example: residential care services, centre based care services, respite care, or tenancy assistance)
  • Services that provide assistance to enable disadvantaged persons to participate in school or educational programs
  • Behaviour support services
  • Early intervention support services
  • Personal care services
  • Transport services (for example: special needs transport, travel training, transport assistance, and transport arrangements for the disadvantaged)
  • Learning and life skills services
  • Case management services
  • Social support services
  • Information and advocacy services
  • Brokerage services aimed at purchasing the appropriate supports for individuals
  • Community access programs.

Matters covered by the standard include quality of services and protection of personal information.

Service type

Code of Practice

A code of practice is a set of rules which details how people in a certain industry should behave. A code of practice can be defined as a result of legislation or by industry regulators and bodies.

Act(s) name

Disability Services Act 1991 Australian Capital Territory

Regulation(s) name

Disability Services Regulation 2014 Australian Capital Territory

Administering agency

Community Services Directorate

Disability ACT

Contact details

Contact Email, Phone and Address Details for this service in simple two column table format, header then data.