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Exceptional Needs Unit, Department for Families & Communities
Address
6th Floor Highgate Bldg, 103 Fisher St, Fullarton, SA 5063 Australia
Telephone
8448 4610
Fax
8448 4601
Email
Website
Parent Body
Department for Families & Communities
Hours
Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm
Eligibility
People who require multiple service responses to address their exceptional or high and complex needs which are currently unmet or are unable to be met by the existing service system
Access
For wheelchairs, including parking and toilets
Comment
Aims to achieve sustainable independent or supported living in the community for people with exceptional or high and complex needs, including homelessness
The Exceptional Needs Unit comprises three separate programs (Supported Residential Facilities Intake & Support, Homelessness Support Program and Management Assessment Service) each with responsibility for responding to vulnerable populations with high and complex to exceptional needs who require long-term support from a range of services (across Government and non-Government) to live in the community
Services
- Assessment of people with exceptional or high and complex needs, linked to eg disability (psychiatric, intellectual, brain injury); chronic homelessness; functional impairment; social impairment
- Allocation of brokerage funded support for eligible people where funding capacity exists and alternative mainstream services cannot be negotiated
- Identification and reporting of gaps in services for people with exceptional or high and complex needs
- Review of individual cases and the appropriateness of services provided
