• Introduction
• Policy Statement Regarding Disability
• Agency Overview - Functions
• DHHS Disability Reference Group
• Consultation
• Employment Environment
• DHHS Action Plan: Key Areas
  • 1.KEY AREA
  • 2.KEY AREA
  • 3.KEY AREA
  • 4.KEY AREA
  • 5.KEY AREA
  • 6.KEY AREA
• Abbreviations and acronyms

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DHHS Action Plan: Key Areas

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The DHHS Disability Action Plan covers the following six key areas:

1. Access to and working within the DHHS environment;
2. Relevant, responsive and flexible services;
3. Equity of access to DHHS information;
4. Recruitment and employment of people with a disability;
5. Training and awareness of staff and managers; and
6. Government policy and community programs.

The DHHS Disability Action Plan identifies the lead unit for each initiative and includes reference to goals and objectives, cross agency area collaboration, time scales, resources, costs and monitoring arrangements. The Key Areas have been developed along thematic rather than organisational lines. Notwithstanding this, many of the actions have been linked to specific units within the Department.

Each DHHS Group is responsible for supporting the actions in this plan by identifying and incorporating the relevant actions into their annual business plan and/or workplan.

Where an additional cost is not shown, this reflects that the costs are either negligible or that they will be absorbed within existing Group/Unit budgets with offset to be provided by a lower priority activity.

Some of the priorities for DHHS over the next twelve months are:

• Continued improvement of physical access to buildings, services and information;
• Increasing the awareness and understanding of our staff;
• Development of strategies that improve employment opportunities for people with a disability;
• Implementation of the recommendations from the Review of Disability Services; and
• Development of a communication and consultation strategy to assist the further development and implementation of the Agency’s Action Plan.

More information about the structure, services and activities of the DHHS is available at www.dhhs.tas.gov.au.

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