Home and Community Care (HACC)Diversity planning and practice

The HACC program is jointly funded by the Commonwealth and Victorian governments.

Presenter: [name, title]

Overview

• What is diversity?

• Why do diversity planning?

• How do we do diversity planning?

• Our community/client demographics

• Our diversity plan priorities

What is diversity?

• Five HACC special needs groups - Aboriginal, culturally & linguistically diverse, dementia, rural & remote, financial disadvantage (inc homeless or risk of homelessness).

• Age, socio-economic disadvantage, gender, faith & spirituality, and sexual orientation.

Why do diversity planning?

• Annual DHHS requirement – diversity plan due 12 September 2015

• Links to national standards and the Active Service Model (ASM)

• Good practice

• Better client outcomes

• Whole of organisation diversity plan

How do we do HACC diversity planning?

• Understand our target population• Understand our client population• Compare our target & client populations• Identify groups not accessing our services• Identify the barriers to access • Develop an action plan

Developing & reviewing our diversity plan

• Data – ABS & HACC client data• Anecdotal information - community & staff• HACC Diversity Adviser • Regional alliance and networks

Our community

Our target population• [number] Aboriginal• [number] CALD – [?? Macedonian, ?? Burmese]• % dementiaOur client population• [number] Aboriginal• [number] CALD - % Macedonian• Anecdotally a high number of dementia [eg in

PAG]

Our diversity plan priorities/strategiesWithin our organisation:• Training• Champions – diversity working group• Update policies, procedures & brochures.With other organisations:• MOUs & links• Workshop diversity planning & practice at

networks/meetings

For further information

• Victorian HACC website:www.health.vic.gov.au/hacc/

• Diversity page:www.health.vic.gov.au/hacc/projects/

diversity_framework.htm