1. DISABILITY SUPPORT PENSION AND WELFARE-TO-WORK A Disability Advocate’s approach to assisting CALD clients. Alex Auletta MRCNW Inc. North West Region Inc

2. DSP & Welfare-t-Work ‘Work test’ – 15 hours per week within 2 years Job Capacity Assessments and Assessors Compliance & Breaches CALD clients I work with affected by WtW policies: DSP applicants, Newstart and DSP recipients

3. Pressures for Clients Process difficult to understand Reluctance to use appeal systems Disadvantage & Discrimination Settlement issues for newly arrived migrants & refugees War trauma and undiagnosed disabilities Training of Job Network, Centerlink staff : ie Horn of Africa, Karen, Chin client issues

4. Developing Advocacy Strategies Facilitate use of Social Security Appeals for our CALD clients Developing support strategies to assist clients throughout the appeal process Developing effective working relationship with Human Rights & Civil Law Service Victorian Legal Aid