Child & Family Disability Services

Specialist support service to Aboriginal Children and Young people under 18 years old with a disability.

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Our Child & Family Disability Services is a newly established service of Burrun Dalai Aboriginal Corporation.

Specialist support service to Aboriginal Children and Young people under 18 years old with a disability.

Our Child & Family Disability Services is an established service of Burrun Dalai Aboriginal Corporation.

The service aims to provide a holistic specialist support service to Aboriginal Children and Young People under 18 years old with a disability.

The child & family Disability Service has been designed to respond to the unmet need for Aboriginal Children and Young People with a disability living in the Mid North Coast, Taree and New England areas.​

Priority of access will be given to:

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People in Burrun Dalai’s programs
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People
  • Children and Young People
  • Children and Young People who reside in the geographical areas of the Mid North Coast and Hunter/New England

What is the NDIS?

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is the new way of providing support for people with a disability. It is a national scheme aimed at supporting people with a disability to achieve their goals, participate in their community and provide them with personalised flexible care and support.

​Support and information

Burrun Dalai has employed an NDIS Coordinator in response to the unmet need for the support of our children with a disability in OOHC. The NDIS Coordinator will provide support and information to our children/young people with a disability, Foster Carers and families by coordinating services, providing ongoing communications and assisting with preplanning in a Culturally appropriate and inclusive manner.

Types of services that can be provided

  • Case Management and Coordination 
  • Speech pathology
  • Literacy Support
  • Trauma informed neurological psych assessment.
  • Drug and alcohol counselling
  • Wellbeing Counselling
  • Genealogy Services
  • Assistance with social and community participation
  • Improved health and wellbeing
  • Improved relationships
  • Improved learning
  • Improved daily living
  • Transport

​Request a referral

Please fill out the form below for a Burrun Dalai Child & Family Disability Service referral request.

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