Community Participation & Access
Access The Community And Participate In What You Love To Do
We are here to help you explore your interests and make the most of your social life by assisting you engage in Community Participation on the Central Coast and Newcastle regions!
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What is Social And Community Participation & Access?
This is individual support to help you participate in community activities that you enjoy. At Koala Disability Care, this is something we really enjoy helping our clients with!
What Types of Activities Can You Do In Community Participation?
Whatever you can think of! We support our clients access a range of community involvement and social activities such as:
- Going for scenic road trips
- Playing games
- Visiting the local library or museum
- Going for a trip to see animals such as at the zoo
- Volunteering
- Building skills and exploring new interests
- Going for a day trip to a place of your choice
- Attending a class
- Visiting friends at an outing
- Encourage you to try new things and experiences that might be interesting to you
- Supporting you to make new friends through social activities
- Exploring your creative side, hobbies and areas of interest (e.g. music, games or cooking)
Essentially you have a Carer with you to do any activity you want and the are there to help you access these activities that the Participant may otherwise find difficult to do without support.
The Support Worker will help you by:
Transport you to and from the activity
Attend with you and participant with you
Help you get the most out of the class such as providing assistance with mobility, communication or any other assistance required with completing activities
Support with using the bathroom, eating or other personal care requirements while you are out and about.
You can be really flexible with how you want to use this – and we can help you come up with best ways to get the most out of this.