Child and family system (CFS) The child and family system (formerly Children Youth and Families (CYF) division of DHHS) includes: Child and Family Services, Care Services (formerly out-of-home care) and Child Protection. Children Youth and Families (CYF) Children Youth and Families (CYF), now known as the child and family system (CFS). Choice and control Choice and control means people with a disability are able to make their own decisions about what, where, how and by whom their supports are provided. It gives them greater decision-making power and places them at the centre. Correspondence nominee Correspondence nominee is a narrower role than that of the nominees. The role does not allow for changes to the NDIS plan or funds management, however they can receive correspondence and make requests regarding the NDIS participant. Early Childhood Early Intervention (ECEI) The Early Childhood Early Intervention (ECEI) approach replaces the Victorian government Early Childhood Intervention Services (ECIS) in NDIS rollout areas. Early Childhood Intervention Services (ECIS) Early Childhood Intervention Services (ECIS) are being replaced by ECEI in NDIS rollout areas. Early Childhood partners Service providers and professionals engaged in the early childhood sector Families with disability In this course, we refer to ‘families with disability’. This will be used to refer to families with a parent or carer with disability; families with one or more children with disability; families with both a parent and child with disability; and carers with legal responsibility for children with disability. Family-centred Family-centred means putting families at the centre of decisions and seeing parents and carers as being experts in their child’s life. Functional impact Functional impact is the impact of the disability or condition on the person’s life, including any impact on mobility, communication, social interaction, learning, self-care and Information Linkages and Capacity Building (ILC) Information Linkages and Capacity Building (ILC) is an important part of the NDIS. It provides grants to organisations to undertake activities in the community for people with disability and their families. The aim of ILC is to build the capacity of the community to become more inclusive of
Sensory disability Sensory disability is a disability of the senses – sight, hearing, smell, touch, taste. It can affect how a person gathers information from the world around them. Specialist Support Coordination Specialist Support Coordination includes all the activities available from a Support Coordinator, but is used in special circumstances where it is appropriate to have a specialist deliver Support Coordination-style activities, necessitated by specific high-level risk in the participant’s situation. Strengths-based working is about using parents’ and carers’ skills to achieve goals or changes in behaviour. Summarising Summarising builds on what a parent has said and helps you check that you have understood the parent or carer. Support coordination Support coordination helps participants choose and access service providers and implement their plan. Support Coordinator A Support Coordinator is a person who participants choose and access service providers and implement their plan. Team leader Your team leader is your line manager or supervisor; the person who supports you in your role. Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) is the peak body for the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal people living in Victoria. VACCHO can support organisations in the child and family system to become culturally competent when working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and families with disability. Working collaboratively Working collaboratively is about working in partnership, recognising the other person’s strengths and skills, and not seeing yourself as the expert. Suggested responses to Exercise 1: Family scenario In addition to NDIS funded support what other services is it likely Alex and the family will be accessing?