I am caring for someone:
Who has a disability
Caring for someone with a disability is a unique challenge. Carers ACT works with you to make this challenge easier through services and supports for you as a carer, and services for the person you care for.
For you
Peer Support Groups
Peer Support Groups can help you make connections with other carers who understand and improve your wellbeing.
Carers ACT runs regular in-person support groups in north and south Canberra.
See our Support Groups
Prefer to connect online?
Carer gateway offers online peer groups.
Online self-paced services
Carer Skills
The Carer Gateway provides online Carer Skills courses offering information, insights and practical tips to help you develop new understanding and skills important in your caring role.
Self-guided Coaching Service
The online Carer Gateway Self-guided Coaching Service provides you with the opportunity to explore how your caring role affects different areas of your life.
Go to Self-paced CoachingSocial Groups
Sharing stories, knowledge and experience with other carers can remind you that you’re not alone. You can do this with people in your area by finding an event for you.
Carers ACT runs many special interest groups for carers and the people they care for.
See Groups & Activities
Coaching
Coaching
Coaching is about taking time out to think about your own wellbeing and consider how you can find space in your life to balance your needs and the needs of the people you care for.
Work one-on-one with a coach to identify, explore and move towards your own personal goals.
Delivered by Carers ACT and funded by Carer Gateway.
Counselling
Counselling
If you are feeling stressed, anxious, sad or frustrated, a counsellor can talk with you either in person or over the phone in the comfort of your own home.
Care Planning
When you connect with Carers ACT, one of the first people you are likely to talk to is a care planner. Our team of care planners have a deep understanding of what it’s like to be a carer because many of us have taken on a caring role ourselves.
We can work in partnership with you to identify your needs as a carer, support you with skills and resources, help you have more time for yourself, foster relationships and navigate the mental health system.
For the person you care for
Tailored Support Packages
Tailored support packages are designed to provide you with services and support specific to your needs to help you in your caring role.
Learn More
Social Groups
Sharing stories, knowledge and experience with other carers can remind you that you’re not alone. You can do this with people in your area by finding an event for you.
Carers ACT runs many special interest groups for carers and the people they care for.
See Groups & Activities
NDIS Support Coordination
Do you care for a person with a permanent or significant disability who is accessing the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)?
Carers ACT is registered to provider NDIS Support Coordination.
We can support you, and the person you care for, to coordinate and implement the supports identified in their NDIS plan.
We take direction from you about how you want to manage your plan.
The choice and control is yours. Together, we can work toward your goals.
Our fees are in accordance with the NDIS price guide and support catalogue.
For more information, email disability@carersact.org.au
If you care for a person who is under 65 years old, with a permanent or significant disability, then it is likely they are accessing the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
Carers ACT is a registered NDIS Provider. We can support you, and the person you care for, to coordinate and implement the supports identified in their NDIS plan.
We take direction from you about how you want to manage your plan. You might choose to allocate some responsibilities to us, while you take others. The choice and control is yours. Together, we can work toward your goals.
Carers ACT is a registered provider of NDIS services. Our fees are in accordance with the NDIS price guide and support catalogue.
For more information, email disability@carersact.org.au.
The Hub (disability day program)
The HUB Day Program is designed for people between 18 and 50 living with mild to medium cognitive disability. It aims to enhance the individual’s social and independent living skills, to develop interests and abilities, and to participate in the community.
The program aims to support the progress towards each participant’s NDIS goals focusing on the goal domains of Independence, Social Participation, Health & Wellbeing and Community Access & Inclusion.
The service operates Monday to Friday from 9:00am to 4:30pm at Carers ACT (2/80 Beaurepaire Crescent, Holt) offering a range of skill development and engaging activities.
The activities are interactive and adapted to the participant’s NDIS goals, abilities and interests and include activities such as: growing and cooking your own ingredients, music, yoga, photography, dance, gym, walking, art and craft, social outings and adventures. The program also enables participants to work on a range of skill building activities such as ironing, coffee making, washing, making a bed, basic personal care skills, household cleaning and safety.
For more information about the aims, objectives and policies of the program, please refer to The Hub Carers Handbook. We also have an easy-to-read guide for families and participants, The Disability Program Participant Handbook.
Note: Carers ACT is a registered provider of NDIS services. We claim the Temporary Transition Payment (TTP) which is a temporary payment that assists us to transition to the NDIS (see the NDIS website and price guide for further information). The amount we charge for attendance at the Hub program is the TTP price for group activities in a Centre. For pricing visit the Service policies and fees page.
Illawarra Day Programs
Offering you the chance to take a break from caring, enhance your wellbeing and life balance through providing your loved one with a program of warm care, enrichment and social connection.
Illawarra Day Programs by Carers ACT.
Balancing caring with other obligations can be difficult.
Day Programs give you a chance to take a break, care for yourself and tend to other life obligations.
Day Programs offer your loved one social connection, mental enrichment and a sense of independence in a safe, familiar environment.
The trusted Carers ACT Day Programs are also available in the Illawarra region offering;
When: From 24 Jan 2023, 10am-3pm selected weekdays
Where: Dapto Leagues Club ,cnr Station St & Bong Bong Rd
Who: People with a social support code (this is available through MyAgedCare)