Sophia Posted August 6, 2015 Report Share Posted August 6, 2015 Dear All, My partner and I are taking the plunge and moving to Perth in September this year! I’m 23 and work in social care for a User Led Organisation (ULO) here in the UK. My role is to develop and implement person centred services to the community, particularly, services concerning older people, people with disabilities and people with a mental illness. A large part of my work is delivering services for people on a Direct Payment, Personal Budget and Personal Health Budgets. Here in the UK people are given a Direct Payment/ Personal Budget (self-directed support) to give them choice and control over how they are supported and who they employ. I encourage person centred planning and processes and get people to think about aspects such as health and wellbeing, independence, being involved in their community, education and employment. I work closely with the local authority changing and delivering the service to ensure customers get the best support and efficiency from the service. My question is… in Perth how does the social care system work? From doing odd bits of reading I can see that they’re trialling a new system. The NDIS model in Perth Hills area and WA NDIS My Way model. I would be very grateful if someone was able to share more information on the different models. Thank you in advance Sophia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verystormy Posted August 6, 2015 Report Share Posted August 6, 2015 Hi Sophia and welcome to the forum the first question is what visa are you coming on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted August 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 Hi Sophia and welcome to the forum the first question is what visa are you coming on? Thank you for replying! We were granted ourpermanent residency last October after 2 and a half years! I'm coming on my partners visa as his dependent, due to being in university at the time of applying. Hope that helps ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verystormy Posted August 7, 2015 Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 The health system here is administered by the federal government but managed and provided by a mix of state government and private health cover. So, for example, there is very little provision by either government to deal with long term needs of the disabled. So, if a person needs a carer they may be able to claim benefits towards it, but generally it will come from their own pocket. That side of things is a big issue here as there are a lot of young people who need residential care that are instead put in old people's homes. Probably the closest thing we have is Silver Chain who are a charity that manage care in the home for people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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