Facebook-f Twitter Youtube

Safeguards and workforce quality

Sort order by

Filters

Looming’ COVID-19 emergency in disability support homes

Wendy Tuohy
The Age
Sunday 2nd August, 2020
Residents and workers in group homes for people with disabilities face "a looming emergency" due to lack of training in use of personal protective equipment and inadequate preparation to combat
Read more about Looming’ COVID-19 emergency in disability support homes

Disability carer charged with manslaughter over death of Adelaide woman Ann Marie Smith

SBS News
Thursday 6th August, 2020
A carer for disabled Adelaide woman Ann Marie Smith has been charged with manslaughter over the 54-year-old's death. She is expected to appear in Adelaide Magistrates Court on Thursday or
Read more about Disability carer charged with manslaughter over death of Adelaide woman Ann Marie Smith

Failing through the Gaps

Jessica Quilty
DSC
Sunday 12th July, 2020
Somewhere along the way, we seemed to have developed self-serving, compliance focussed systems designed to appease auditors rather than safeguard people. In a time of scarce resources and transformational change,
Read more about Failing through the Gaps

NDIS watchdog failed to investigate rape of care recipient, MP tells Parliament

News
ABC Online
Saturday 20th June, 2020
The National Disability Insurance Scheme's watchdog failed to immediately investigate the rape of a disability care recipient "by one or more care workers", Federal Parliament has been told.
Read more about NDIS watchdog failed to investigate rape of care recipient, MP tells Parliament

Ann Marie Smith taskforce finds crucial gaps in NDIS oversight of disability care

Leah MacLennan
ABC Online
Wednesday 17th June, 2020
"Vulnerable participants are not routinely identified and assigned ongoing support coordination in their NDIS plan," the interim report states. It found there was no requirement for care providers to allocate
Read more about Ann Marie Smith taskforce finds crucial gaps in NDIS oversight of disability care

Report points to flaws in disability care

AAP
Nine News
Tuesday 16th June, 2020
Gaps exist in the system to protect disabled people under government care, with a dozen issues identified by a South Australian task force examining the case of an Adelaide woman
Read more about Report points to flaws in disability care

Disability community shocked and dismayed by recent neglect cases

Rhett Burnie
ABC PM
Friday 29th May, 2020
It's been a traumatic time for Australia's disability community. In Adelaide, Police are investigating the recent death of Ann Marie Smith, she had cerebral palsy and it's alleged she died
Read more about Disability community shocked and dismayed by recent neglect cases

Disability Service Safeguards – Code of Conduct

Victorian Disability Workers Commission
Sate of Victoria
Friday 5th June, 2020

The Code sets out the obligations that all Victorian disability workers must abide by and provides a standard to protect people with disability from harm and abuse. The Code is…

Read more about Disability Service Safeguards – Code of Conduct

‘We need an agency with real teeth’: disability sector calls for reform following David Harris’ death 

Amber Schultz
Crikey
Monday 25th May, 2020
Harris’ sister Leanne Longfellow told Inq she couldn’t believe there had been no protocols breached in the lead-up to Harris’ death. His body wasn’t discovered until around two months after
Read more about ‘We need an agency with real teeth’: disability sector calls for reform following David Harris’ death 

Ann Marie Smith’s carer wasn’t screened by Integrity Care

Rhett Burnie
ABC PM
Monday 25th May, 2020
More details have emerged from a number of investigations into the death of Adelaide woman, Ann Marie Smith, who police say died as a result of shocking neglect last month.
Read more about Ann Marie Smith’s carer wasn’t screened by Integrity Care

Disability advocates, authorities demand answers on shocking death of disabled woman Ann-Marie Smith

Rhett Burnie
ABC PM
Monday 18th May, 2020
Disability advocates say the death of an Adelaide woman with cerebral palsy is proof the system is failing the most vulnerable. Ann Marie Smith was meant to receive around the
Read more about Disability advocates, authorities demand answers on shocking death of disabled woman Ann-Marie Smith

Ann Marie Smith death prompts demand for answers from federal and state authorities

Camron Slessor
ABC Radio Adelaide
Tuesday 19th May, 2020
The Federal Government says it "wants answers" on the death of disability care recipient Ann Marie Smith in what police described as "degrading circumstances", as pressure mounts on federal and
Read more about Ann Marie Smith death prompts demand for answers from federal and state authorities
Facebook-f Twitter Youtube

For Advocates

Resources

Events

Find an advocate

Have your say

Your account section

Contact Information

DARU is auspiced by DAV and VCOSS with funding from the Victorian Government Office for Disability

Disability Advocacy Victoria Inc.
Victorian Council of Social Service
Victoria State Government