Gladstone Community Linking Agency.

We provide NDIS & Aged Care Support Services including Supported Independent Living, Support at Home Program, Respite, Support Coordination, Plan Management, Ground Control, Social Support, Clinical Nursing, and Daily Living assistance. Services We Offer:
•All carers for people aged 0-64 with a disability outlined in the Disability Service Act are eligible to apply for respite care hours.
•All carers for aged customers 65+
•Lawn Maintenance through our Ground Control team
•Support young adults to broaden their education and knowledge by learning independent living skills and to continue to have an active
valued role in our community.
• Plan Management
•Support Coordination
•Brokerage Services
Run activities such as;
•Respite Centre for our Aged customers
•Aquafit
•Various outings/programs
•Getting to know our community
•Learning and improving social skills – effectively and appropriately
•Attending TAFE – contextualized Literacy & Numeracy, Information Technology
•Health & Fitness – sport and
•Budgeting, Money Handling skills
•Cooking Skills
•Exploring the Arts and culture
•Interactive workbooks;
•Personal, emotional & responsibilities
•Friendships & relationships
•Conversation skills
•About work & at work
•To assist our Customers to plan their personal futures and set goals to achieve those futures.
•To facilitate development of Customers skills and abilities to enable them to look after themselves in the accommodation they have
chosen.
•To provide opportunities for Customers to develop skills so that they are able to take part in the community as equal members.
•To match individual Customers with quality support personnel who can facilitate him/her to achieve the above objectives. Matching
support staff to the person will be based on the individual's wishes and needs.
•To develop a positive image of both the agency and participating individuals in the view of the local and larger community. Brokerage Services:
•Other services may broker support from Gladstone Community Linking Agency and likewise G.C.L.A can broker support
for people from other services.
•Some members of the community may choose to purchase the service out of their own personal funds. Individual Funding Packages:
•People in receipt of an individual funding package can approach GCLA to manage their funds/and provide
staff to suit their own individual needs.
•The individual/family choose the Gladstone Community Linking Agency as the service that they wish to administer their package.
•It is the families/individuals themselves that point us in the direction that they wish to go. set goals.
•Gladstone Community Linking Agency develops the individual/family service delivery in accordance with the Principles and Objectives
of the Disability Services Act 2006.
•Gladstone Community Linking Agency staff determines the necessity for specific staff training including Workplace Health and Safety
and Duty of Care boundaries and develops relevant individual procedures around the identified needs of the individual/family.
•The Agency matches individual service users with trained support workers who can facilitate him/her to achieve the above objectives. Matching will be based on the individual's wishes and needs.
•To provide individual support to develop independent living skills for young people leaving school.
•Support hours are regularly reviewed with families/individual. A place where differences are valued:
•The HUB is located at 5 Buller St Gladstone, it is where skills are learnt, friendships made by engaging people in meaningful
experiences surrounding differences.
•The Hub is a center available for GCLA customers to use and attend for different programs.
•Learning and creative experiences are available for everyone who wishes to participate.
•We hope to enrich the community more by ensuring everyone is valued, everyone is embraced and everyone has a sense of belonging, and
difference is a natural part of life.