1. Home and Community Care (HACC) Diversity planning and practice The HACC program is jointly funded by the Commonwealth and Victorian governments. Presenter: [name, title]

2. Overview What is diversity? Why do diversity planning? How do we do diversity planning? Our community/client demographics Our diversity plan priorities

3. What is diversity? Five HACC special needs groups - Aboriginal, culturally & linguistically diverse, dementia, rural & remote, financial disadvantage (inc homeless or risk of homelessness). Age, socio-economic disadvantage, gender, faith & spirituality, and sexual orientation.

4. Why do diversity planning? Annual DHHS requirement – diversity plan due 12 September 2015 Links to national standards and the Active Service Model (ASM) Good practice Better client outcomes Whole of organisation diversity plan

5. How do we do HACC diversity planning? Understand our target population Understand our client population Compare our target & client populations Identify groups not accessing our services Identify the barriers to access Develop an action plan

6. Developing & reviewing our diversity plan Data – ABS & HACC client data Anecdotal information - community & staff HACC Diversity Adviser Regional alliance and networks

7. Our community Our target population [number] Aboriginal [number] CALD – [?? Macedonian, ?? Burmese] % dementia Our client population [number] Aboriginal [number] CALD - % Macedonian Anecdotally a high number of dementia [eg in PAG]

8. Our diversity plan priorities/strategies Within our organisation: Training Champions – diversity working group Update policies, procedures & brochures. With other organisations: MOUs & links Workshop diversity planning & practice at networks/meetings

9. For further information Victorian HACC website: www.health.vic.gov.au/hacc/ Diversity page: www.health.vic.gov.au/hacc/projects/diversity_f ramework.htm