What is the Cumberland
Prospect Region NESB Access Project (RAP)
The Cumberland Prospect Region NESB
Access Project (RAP) is an Industry Development Project
of the Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association of
NSW (MDAA). It is funded by the Department of Ageing,
Disability and Home Care (DADHC) with the aim of building
Cumberland Prospect disability service providers capacity
to respond to the cultural, linguistic and religious
diversity of people in their region. The project focuses
on identifying where each local disability service
provider is up to regarding their ability to engage and
work with the diversity in their local
community.
What does the RAP do?
The RAP provides support to local
disability service providers to identify best ways of
working with the cultural, religious and linguistic
diversity of their community. It can support agencies to
identify their strengths and what they are doing well,
and also addressing any areas of weakness. The RAP
assists local services to meet real community needs. The
emphasis is on tailoring support to services in whatever
ways are needed. This may include:
- Identifying an organisation's
current ability to provide culturally competent
services and programs
- developing and implementing
strategies to build an organisation's capacity to work
with the cultural, linguistic and religious diversity
of its community
- developing and implementing
strategies to build a culturally competent workforce,
and
- reflecting on how our own
cultural values and beliefs impact on our interactions
with the people we provide services to and work
with
One of the keys to the RAP's
success is the use of an access and equity/cultural
competency audit. This enables participating services to
work systematically through their current policies and
practices as well as identifying important opportunities
for working more constructively with community and
cultural diversity.
Which services are eligible to
receive support from the RAP?
If you are a disability service
provider and funded by DADHC to provide services in the
Cumberland Prospect region, and want to improve your
service delivery to better meet the needs of your
community, then you are eligible to receive support
through the RAP.
Are there any costs
involved?
The services, support and training
provided through the RAP are free to Disability Service
Providers in the Cumberland Prospect.
More Information?
Maria Katrivesis
RAP Consultant
Mob: 0421 0465 66
E-mail: mariakat@tpg.com.au
