 The agency offers crisis and respite care, peer support, playgroups, support groups, kids club & holiday ventures and other flexible forms of respite care.
0 – 14 years.
Provides Emergency Crisis Care for children in Macarthur Area
0 – 19 years.
Provides home based respite care for children & adolescents who have a disability who live in the Macarthur/ Wollondilly Local Government Area.
15 – 65 years.
The Peer Support Programmes aim at meeting social, recreational & leisure needs of adolescents or young adults who have a disability living in the Macarthur Wollondilly Local Government Areas
This programme is aimed at meeting the respite care needs of service users who have a disability and their families. This programme provides support where there are no other appropriate services available or previous service provision has broken down. A major feature of Respite Access is flexibility and aims to meet needs of clients in the most positive & least restrictive manner
Operates during school term and is aimed at meeting needs of pre-school aged children who have a disability. Breakaway runs one day per week by a trained teacher, supported by a group of trained volunteers. Providing one days respite care for families while assisting to develop the children’s skills and independence.
Runs one day per week during school term and aims to provide support for families whilst assisting with the skill development of their pre-school aged children with disability. This group is lead by a trained teacher who organizes activities for the children which involve their parents and siblings.
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This programme aims to provide a high quality recreational service to families who care for a child or children who have either a physical and or intellectual disability aged between 5 – 18 years. Runs during school holidays and provides a combination of community outings and centre based activities for children with a disability in the Macarthur Area. All referrals are made aware that placements cannot be guaranteed a placement every school holiday period.
This cottage provides a warm and homely environment for children between the age of 0-12 years with disabilities, who have high support and medical needs. The cottage operates from Friday morning to Tuesday morning. The Sunflower Cottage operates on a twenty-four hours basis to provide the flexibility to meet the needs of the individual child/ children and their family.
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Respite Access