WHY ALLEVIA EXISTS

Our Vision: “No person with disability in our community living in crisis by 2030.”

Our Purpose: “The provision of services which enable people with a disability to achieve their dreams in a community where they are included, active, and valued.”

 Our Client Proposition: “Support which has a long-term sustained positive impact on a person’s ability to rise above life’s challenges.”

 Our Values & Behaviours

      P – Presence: we take time to understand and learn through listening and observing

      A – Agility:      we adapt and respond quickly to every challenge

      T – Tenacity:   we see everything through to the end

      H – Honour:   we see and acknowledge every person for who they are and who they want to be

      S – Service:    we look for ways to serve which go beyond expectations

ALLEVIA’S SERVICES

Allevia provides the community with NDIS registered supports including:

Capacity Building Supports – Supporting a Participant to connect with the services they need and get the support they want (like case management and case work):

• Level 2: Coordination of Supports.
• Level 3: Specialist Support Coordination

Accommodation and support (the main support a person requires to live in the community):

• Assistance in Shared Living Arrangements – Supported Independent Living (SIL).
• Short Term Accommodation (STA) and Assistance – previously referred to as respite care.
• Medium term accommodation (MTA) support (3-6 months).
• Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) – specialist ‘bricks and mortar’.
• Individual Living Options (ILO) – minimum of 6 hours of support per day, 7 days per week) with no overnight support.

Assistance with Social and Community Participation – support provided to assist a participant build their capacity to be active in their community:

• Transport (meeting the cost of transport).
• Skills Development and Training (boosting personal skills).
• In home supports:
• Daily Personal Activities – support provided in the Participant’s home to manage daily personal care needs (toileting, showering, dressing, etc…) and specific health care supports (diabetes management, tracheostomy care, etc…).
• Assistance with household tasks including cooking, cleaning, shopping.

School Leavers Employment Support (SLES):

• A new emerging service model, which uses programs of support designed to assist young adults leaving school to gain pre-employment skills.

Where We Operate

The community we refer to is not limited to specific geographical boundaries, meaning the community refers to the people in a geographical location where we decide to operate:

• Group accommodation is provided in the Inner West, Southwest, and Western Sydney Regions.
• Support Coordination provided across the Sydney Metropolitan region.
• Community supports provided across the southwestern region of Sydney.
• Our head office is in Bankstown NSW.
• Our One Village Community Centre is at 554 Hume Highway, Yagoona NSW 2199.