At Direct Community Care, we are committed to supporting you to achieve your goals and empowering you to live your best life. We believe in providing the knowledge needed to make informed choices about your support and meeting your needs.
We focus on building strong relationships with you and your support network so we can work collaboratively to ensure you receive the best possible care. We listen to your needs and wants so we can connect you with consistent, caring support workers. Understanding that each of you are unique with your own set of goals.
Our skilled support workers are dedicated to improving your day-to-day life, and they do this with a smile and a sense of fun. We understand that you are the expert in your life and want to provide support to empower you to make choices that work for you. Our services include capacity building, community access, in-home support, personal care, SIL, STA/respite, life stage transition, personal activities, travel/transport, daily tasks/shared living, innovative community participation, development – life tasks and household tasks. At Direct Community Care, we strive to be YOUR choice of provider and make a positive impact through demonstrating excellence in how we engage with you and our team.
Trauma-Informed Care is about ensuring ALL individuals feel physically and emotionally safe, are noticed and listened to, and are given a voice. Here at DCC we pride ourselves on implementing a Trauma Informed Framework to every element of the organisation and the support we provide. Trauma informed practices rests on the foundation principle of ‘do no harm’.
the symptoms, but rather a recognition that trauma experiences
(Kezelman & Stavropoulos, 2012)
In short it means we understand that trauma can impact everyday living and can make experiencing life and certain situations hard. Sometimes trauma can lead to a person having a disability and many people who have a disability are more susceptible to experiencing trauma. In Australia, a person with a disability is twice as likely to experience violence as people without a disability (Sutherland,
Kavanagh, Llewellyn, Byars, Krniacki & Hargrave, 2020).
We want to work with you to understand your trauma and respond therapeutically, using the five trauma informed principles:
It is imperative to recognise and understand the signs of distress, trauma impacts, coping strategies and complex behaviour support needs to support people with disability to recover from trauma .We know that changed behaviour means there is something that is worrying you and we work to understand what that is for you. This means we can adapt how we interact with you to best support you to feel safe, valued and heard.
Direct Community Care is made up of a compassionate and friendly team committed to providing outstanding and personalised care to our participants. Established in 2022, we have cultivated a community of mutual respect and support within our team, enabling us to provide individualised services to our participants.
If you or a loved one is in need of disability care, Direct Community Care is here to help. Our services are available through self-referral or third-party referral, making it easy for everyone to access the care they need. Contact us to learn more about our wide range of services.
Reach out today for a chat regarding your support needs.
We acknowledge the First Nations people of Australia as the original custodians of this land of this that we live and work on. We honour and pay respect to all Elders past, and present.
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