Lifestyle Support
Lifestyle Support is an initiative by Mossman Support Services and has a 31 year history in the Douglas Shire supporting children and adults who live with a disability and their families and support networks.
Our vision is to enable you and your family greater access to a range of lifestyle support services you need as you move through the different stages of your life.
Our lifestyle support services have a strong focus on empowering you and building on your strengths by:
encouraging and supporting decision-making and choice
developing your skills and abilities
adapting to meet your changing needs
developing resilience and independence
promoting and supporting inclusion in community and positive relationships
We work collaboratively with you, your family support networks and the community to facilitate a range of support options and opportunities which promote active participation for all. We value and respect diversity and difference and have the capacity to deliver culturally appropriate services alike for children and adults.
At Lifestyle Support we encourage you to be involved in planning and acquiring the community support you choose to thrive as a valued and included member of the community.
Lifestyle Support will play a pivotal role in supporting you, your family and carers to take greater control of the types of community support you receive and who provides that support
JOIN US -
LOCATION
20 Mill St, Mossman (down the driveway at the back of the Mossman Community Centre)
FURTHER INFORMATION
Services Coordinator:s
Nicola Falstein
lifestyle@dscsa.org.au
Reanna Wickenton
lsc@dscsa.org.au
Ph: 4098 2836 (opt 2)
Mob: 0499 308 191
Practice Principles
We recognise people as being experts on their own life especially in terms of what works and what doesn’t.
We support people to direct all decision making processes about their life.
Our service plans are informed by each individual’s plan to ensure their relevance and responsiveness. Our responsibility to each individual is to listen to their desires and goals and to develop a Support and Funding Plan with them to achieve their goals.
We support people to live, work and play in their own community by not limiting our planning and support provision to our service environment.
We value and seek feedback about the services we provide. We constantly review the services provided, both formally and informally, and are committed to refining our service supports so they represent value for money.
Developing an agreement with you that clearly identifies:
agreed roles and responsibilities of Lifestyle Support and you as a service user
the supports we will provide and the associated fees
Standard responsibilities of Lifestyle Support include:
Informing you of our policies and procedures
assisting you to develop a plan for disability supports and services that meet your assessed needs
ensuring services are provided in a culturally appropriate manner
