Welcome to the Respite East

What is respite?

Respite gives the carers of people with disabilities an opportunity to take a break from their support role. Carers can enjoy a break, secure in the knowledge that their loved one is in a secure environment, enjoying a positive experience. This can be planned break or responding to an emergency. Your respite experience may be for a few hours, a few days or extended periods. Respite can mean many different things to each of us.   

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Innovative respite support and school holiday respite support

The Department of Human Services have selected 6 successful tenders in the Eastern Metropolitan Region for the delivery of high quality, innovative respite and carer support with a focus on the needs of people with a disability with high and\or complex needs.

RIDE will cover all of the successful programs over the next 12 weeks in our fortnightly newsletter the first successful program we will cover is OzChild’s Innovative Respite and School Holiday Respite Support.

OzChild will run 4 weekend camps per year (Friday night to Sunday) for individuals living in the Eastern region whom have a disability and come from an Indigenous background.  Siblings are also welcome to attend this camp.

Each camp will cater for 10 children aged between 6- 18 years old.  Siblings over the age of 18 years old may have the opportunity to attend in a mentor capacity.  Individuals whom have additional or complex support needs such as: behaviours of concern, high physical, social or medical needs are welcome to attend this camp.
 
Camps will include attendance of an Indigenous elder and will include activities such as: storytelling, traditional songs, games such as possum ball and boomerang throwing.

For referrals or further information please contact:
Flexible Respite Coordinator
PH: 59757644