Contract Board services

Supporting you to be part of your community

What is in this book?

Page

What is this book about? 1

The kinds of support we offer 3

1. Good information 4

2. Support to be part of 5

your community

3. Support to make choices 6

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4. Advocacy 8

How we work together 9

How you can use our services 11

More about CCS Disability 13Action

How you can contact CCS 15

Disability Action

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What is this book about?

This book is from CCS Disability Action.

It is about our Contract Board services for disabled people who

live with a host family.

It can be a good way to stay part of

your community.

Living with a host family means that:

their home becomes your

home too

you share a lot of everyday

life with them.

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Our contract board services can

support you to keep doing things

that you care about like:

working

spending time with friends

doing things in your community.

To make this happen we work with:

you

your host family.

You can read more about these

kinds of support on the next

pages.

The kinds of support we offer

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There are 4 kinds of support that weoffer:

1. Good information

2. Support to take part in

your community

3. Support to make choices

4. Advocacy.

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1. Good information

It can be hard to get the

information you need at the right

time.

CCS Disability Action can give you

information about things like:

disability

services and activities in

your community

help that you can get with money

the choices you have

your rights

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2. Support to be part of your community

We can support you with things like:

finding things to do that

you are interested in

getting to know people

in your community

finding people whose

life has been like

yours in some way

starting study

starting work.

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3. Support to make choices

We can support you to plan for the

life you want.

We can help with:

talking about what your

dreams are

working out steps

towards your dreams

finding your way

through systems

that can help you

supporting you with

things that get in the

way of your plans.

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We can also support you to get

things you need like:

support from other people

things that help

you to get around

things that help

you to

communicate

changes so that

your house works

for you

money to pay for the

kind of things on this

list.

We can help make sure that

services work together so you get

the right support at the right time.

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4. Advocacy

We can go to meetings with you.

We can also work with people so

they understand what you want.

Advocacy can include things like:

o supporting you to

decide what you want

o supporting you to

speak for yourself or

your family

o supporting you to

work with another

organisation.

How we work together

9

We will treat you with respect.

We will do things in a way that is

right for your culture.

We want you and your family /

whānau to know what is going

on.

We will share information in a

way that works for you.

You get to make the decisions

that affect you.

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1.We will let you know:

what we will do

when we will do it.

You will be able to see if we are

doing what we said we would do.

2. We will work with you to

deal with any problems that

come up.

We will

stay positive

look for new ways to

deal with problems.

How you can use our services

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Our support does not cost

anything. It is free.

There are 2 ways to start using our

services:

Your Needs

Assessment and

Service Coordination

agency (NASC) can

contact us.

You can contact us yourself.

On page 15 are the ways you

can contact us.

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Together we can talk about

whether Contract Board is the

right service for you.

If it is not then we can work out

what other services might be better

for you.

More about CCS Disability Action

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CCS Disability Action is a

disability service provider that

works all over New Zealand.

We offer:

information

support

advocacy.

CCS Disability Action speaks up

so that everybody gets their

rights.

We support people to have

choices and control in their own

lives.

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CCS Disability Action works

together with:

disabled people

families / whānau.

We also work in the community

to make it easier for everyone to

take part.

Our services are flexible.

Being flexible means that we will

change how we do things to meet:

your needs

your wishes.

How you can contact CCS Disability Action

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Ring us:

0800 227 200

Email us:

Info@ccsDisabilityAction.org.nz

Visit our website:

www.ccsDisabilityAction.org.nz

Find us on Facebook:

www.facebook.com/ccsDisabilityAction

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Follow us on Twitter:

www.twitter.com/ccsDisabilityA

Send us a letter:

CCS Disability

Action PO Box

6349

Wellington 6141

Visit us:

Level 3 Orbit Systems

House 94 Dixon St

Wellington 6011

We would love to hear from you.

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This information has been translated into Easy Read

by the Make It Easy service

of People First New Zealand Inc. Ngā Tāngata Tuatahi.

The ideas in this document are not the ideas of

People First New Zealand Inc. Ngā Tāngata Tuatahi.