COMMUNITY CONNECTION

Working with participants to create opportunities for local community connection

Being an active member of the community is something we support with great enthusiasm at Umbrella Disability Services.

We work with participants to create opportunities for local community involvement, fostering a spirit of inclusion and a desire to make life fun – varied and socially engaging! Our qualified practitioners enjoy working closely with participants and their significant others in developing support plans tailored to individual needs, interests and goals.

We are excited to share our participants’ strengths with the community and to help them to develop areas they are less confident or skilled in by tailoring our activities around these factors. Managing challenging behaviours regardless of the environment is an area our team is highly experienced in. We work with our participants to ensure a calm and stable outing.

 

We support community participation through:

  • Encouraging and facilitating our participants to take part in social or family gatherings
  • Accompanying participants to recreational, social or educational activities
  • Attending appointments, shopping or banking with our clients
  • Assisting participants to access swimming clubs, sports, and their local RSL clubs