Safety, Rights and Justice

1

Improve accessibility for people with disability to connect to existing safeguarding agencies in South Australia.

Key
Deliverables
and
Milestones

• DHS will support safeguarding measures through the expansion of the State Disability Community Visitor Scheme (CVS); supporting the expansion of the Adult Safeguarding Unit, submissions to the Disability Royal Commission; and engagement in the Commonwealth Government NDIS review, which has a focus on quality and safeguarding.

Outcome
Measures

• Expanded CVS.

• DHS input into the expanded Adult Safeguarding Unit.

• Participation in submissions to the Disability Royal Commission.

• Engagement in the NDIS Review ensuring South Australia’s needs and interests are represented.

Lead
Directorate

• Social Inclusion

Strategic
Alignment

• Inclusive SA   |   Action 18

2

Work collaboratively with government agencies, the sector and autistic people to improve the inclusion, acceptance and appreciation of autistic people in South Australia by developing the State’s first Autism Strategy and developing and Autism Charter which all public sector agencies will sign up to.

Key
Deliverables
and
Milestones

• Stakeholders (including autistic people from priority groups. LGBTIQA+ people, carers and volunteers) are involved in the development of the Autism Strategy.

• A State Autism Strategy is developed through co-design and consultation with the autistic and autism communities.

• An Autism Charter is developed through co-design and consultation with the autistic and autism communities.

Outcome
Measures

• All public sector agencies signed up to the State Autism Charter.

• Discussion paper is released for public consultation period of 12 weeks.

• Opportunities provided to autistic children and young people to contribute to the consultation process.

Lead
Directorate

• Social Inclusion

3

Implement relevant actions to ensure children and young people in the youth justice system who have a disability can access the services they require including:

• Accessible culturally appropriate supports
• Child friendly feedback and complaint mechanisms.

Key
Deliverables
and
Milestones

• Enhanced staff training implemented.

Outcome
Measures

• Increased accessibility of education at Kurlana Tapa Youth Justice Centre.

Lead
Directorate

• Communities and Justice.

Strategic
Alignment

• Disability Access and Inclusion Plan  |  Action 9.5

4

Implement relevant actions in the Young People Connected, Communities Protected South Australia’s Youth Justice State Plan 2020-23 to ensure children and young people in the youth justice system who have a disability can access the services they require.

Key
Deliverables
and
Milestones

• Enhanced staff training implemented.

Outcome
Measures

• Increased access to services.
• Increased accessibility of education at Kurlana Tapa Youth Justice Centre.

Lead
Directorate

• Communities and Justice.

Strategic
Alignment

• TAP   |   Action 3.12

5

Implement improvements identified in the Youth Justice Assessment and Intervention Services Disability Screening project, such as:

• Screening assessment for disability related needs for children and young people engaged in youth justice services.
• Improved training regarding awareness of neuro-developmental disability and identifying and understanding how disability-related needs may impact a child or young person’s behaviour.

Key
Deliverables
and
Milestones

• Improvements implemented, including improved disability needs assessment.

Outcome
Measures

• Communities and Justice.

Strategic
Alignment

• Disability Access and Inclusion Plan 2020 to 2024  |  Action 9.7

6

Ensure an effective interface between the Disability Engagement Group (DEG) and the Ministerial Advisory Councils – Disability, Youth and LGBTIQA+ (MACs).

Key
Deliverables
and
Milestones

• Agenda and minutes will include Ministerial Advisory Councils and Disability Engagement Group updates.

Outcome
Measures

• Information is shared.

Lead
Directorate

• Social Inclusion.

Strategic
Alignment

• Inclusive SA  |  Refinement of Action 15

7

Actively work to increase women’s knowledge about their rights by creating accessible information for women with disability about family, domestic and sexual violence (FDSV), as well as maintaining up to date online resources about support services for women with disabilities and their families.

Key
Deliverables
and
Milestones

• Updates to Office for Women/ Women’s Information Service website.
• Create a new Women’s Information Service webpage for women with disability experiencing FDSV.

Outcome
Measures

• Number of promotional activities for new Women’s Information Service webpage.

Lead
Directorate

• Office for Women

Strategic
Alignment

• TAP  |  Action 3.11
• Inclusive SA  | Supports Action 33

8

Safety Hubs are inclusive of women with disability, and we will engage with women with disabilities in the future design and delivery of the hubs.

Key
Deliverables
and
Milestones

Outcome
Measures

Lead
Directorate

Strategic
Alignment

9

Include actions focussed on responding to the experience of women with disability in the new FDSV strategy for SA..

Key
Deliverables
and
Milestones

• People with experience of disability are included in consultation on the new strategy.
• Actions focused on responding to women with disability experiencing FDSV.

Outcome
Measures

• Number of lived experience people consulted.

Lead
Directorate

• Office for Women

Strategic
Alignment

• Inclusive SA  |  Supports Action 33

10

Actively encourage women with disability to register on the Premier’s Women’s Directory (PWD) for opportunities to become members of Government boards and committees

Key
Deliverables
and
Milestones

• An increase in the number of women with disability registering for the PWD is recorded.

Lead
Directorate

• Office for Women

11

Lead the next iteration of Inclusive SA.

Key
Deliverables
and
Milestones

• Stakeholders (including priority groups, LGBTIQA+ people, carers and volunteers with disability) are involved in the development of the Inclusive SA Plan.

Outcome
Measures

• Number of consultation, activities held.
• Number of responses received to discussion paper from people from regional areas.

Lead
Directorate

• Social Inclusion.

Strategic
Alignment

• Closing the Gap  | Target Outcome 13.

12

Develop an outcomes framework for Disability Access and Inclusion Plans.

Key
Deliverables
and
Milestones

• New Disability Access and Inclusion Plans replicate the Australian Disability Strategy outcomes framework.
• Actions focused on responding to women with disability experiencing FDSV.

Outcome
Measures

• Number of Disability Access and Inclusion Plans aligned to the seven Australian Disability Strategy outcome areas.

Lead
Directorate

• Social Inclusion.

13

Ensure all DAIPs have specific actions to include priority groups.

Key
Deliverables
and
Milestones

• Audit authorities Disability Access and Inclusion Plans to ensure priority groups are included.

Outcome
Measures

• Number of Disability Access and Inclusion Plans actions.

Lead
Directorate

• Social Inclusion.