Group Activities Program - Carers Groups
A break down of carers’ groups across two regions is shown below.
Northern Metropolitan region
| Group | Location |
Facilitator |
Chinese Carer Support Group |
ADEC (corner plenty road and garnet street) |
Cheng Zheng |
Vietnamese Carer Support Group |
ADEC |
Thuy Cai |
Arabic Carer Support Group |
ADEC |
Samia Mina |
Arabic group for people |
ADEC |
Samia Mina |
Turkish Carer Support Group |
ADEC |
Hacer Tuncel |
Italian Carer Support Group |
ADEC |
Stephanie Merazzi |
Greek Carer Support Group |
ADEC |
Effie Meehan |
Southern Metropolitan Region
Group |
Location |
Facilitator |
Vietnamese Carer Support Group |
Springvale Neighborhood House, |
Thuy Cai |
Turkish Carer Support Group |
Springvale |
Hacer Tuncel |
Arabic Carer Support Group |
Springvale |
Samia Mina |
Chinese Carer Support Group |
Dandenong Health Centre |
Cheng Zheng |
Afghan Support Group |
Dandenong |
Shaima Shahbaz |
All groups meet on a monthly basis, for further details please contact the Intake Officer on 94801666
Program Structure
The program consists of a Coordinator and Bi-lingual workers
(Group Facilitators). The main duties of Group Facilitators are to:
- Organise and facilitate regular group meetings and activities
- Provide information to individuals and accept new referrals for new members
- Promote the program by utilising personal skills and community involvement.
- Form linkages between groups and relevant services
- Promote the program by utilizing ethnic Media
- Document carers’ issues that arise during regular meetings.
Partnerships
Partnerships are one of the most successful methods in order achieve targets and complement relevant services. The program has developed very successful partnerships with services providers across all regions.
Program objectives
- To encourage participation of people from ethnic backgrounds in existing support/recreation services.
- To facilitate the development of an informal support network for carers from ethnic backgrounds and care recipients.
- To increase members’ knowledge on disability, recreation and support services.
- To support carers from ethnic backgrounds and care recipients and address the issue of isolation and difficulties in access and integration of existing disability support services.
- To facilitate the empowerment of carers and people with a disability.
Aims of groups
- To provide information, education, support and skills to carers to support their roles as carers in the community.
- To provide the program in an integrated manner in order to link carers and care recipients to local and broader services.
- To continue to provide and facilitate the development of flexible recreational respite opportunities.
Groups’ outcomes
- Encourage carers and families to access planned respite services
- Promote the concept of “carer” within the ethnic communities
- Increase the participation rates in disability and respite services
- Provide formal/informal learning or training on issues identified by carers
- Encourage carer involvement in preparing plans of activities
- Empower carers and care recipient as one step to bring them about change
FURTHER INFORMATION
Intake
Intake of clients is centralised through the Intake Officer, who has the responsibility of screening all clients to determine suitability and appropriateness into ADEC programs in accordance with the eligibility criteria. All clients who wish to request use of ADEC programs can do so through telephone, email, in person or in writing. Potential clients can also be referred by service providers or other family members.
This service is available all 3 days of the week (Monday, Wednesday & Friday). Anyone who wishes to inquire about ADEC services can contact the Intake Officer and they will be responded to within 2-3 working days.
If a person is ineligible for the service, the person is referred to another appropriate service provider.
If you would prefer to speak to us in your own language, phone us, leave your name, the language you speak, and your telephone number, and we will contact you through a telephone interpreter service.