This weekend the Hunter Disability Expo offers people with disability and their service providers the opportunity to connect. Located at the Newcastle Jockey Club, this expo will have over 100 organisations for people with disability and the important people in their lives to meet with and gain information about the services available, and to make […]
The outcome of recent sexual assault allegations against former Deputy Prime Minister, Barnaby Joyce, is a pretty great example of what can go wrong during internal investigations. In case you haven’t been following the issue, said outcome was “insufficient evidence” to provide an outcome. Here’s why that outcome is rubbish for everybody involved: The investigation, conducted internally […]
You may have noticed that our last few blog posts (here and here) have been focused on reportable incidents relating to aged care environments; remembering that aged care reportable incidents pertain to physical assault or unreasonable use of force, sexual assault and unexplained absences. Up until this point we have been talking at length about […]
The World Health Organisation estimates that 1 in 10 older people will experience abuse every month – a number that is predicted to rise due to rapidly ageing populations. These numbers include all forms of abuse: psychological, financial, neglect, sexual and physical. You might be familiar with the recent and graphic media coverage of a […]
The recent announcement of the Royal Commission into Aged Care has been a reminder to all of us that atrocities can and do occur right under our noses, often to the people who are least able to defend themselves or advocate for their own rights. Recent media footage of elder abuse and neglect has a […]
It’s difficult to describe the wave of emotions experienced when you receive a phone call from HR or an investigator asking you to consent to a formal interview. The initial impression of a formalised process can be daunting and can often make you question why you agreed to make your complaint formal. Sometimes prior negative […]
The diverse needs of our clients and of those they provide supports to is something that I am intimately aware of. With many of my colleagues having supported vulnerable people, they recognise the basic human right to be heard and to access services that are clear and supportive of their needs. Coming from operational backgrounds […]
For many providers navigating through the NDIS has been very challenging, to add to this the NDIS on the 1st of July 2018 also introduced the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission for all disability providers. Whilst not all states are rolled out at the same time, the first cabs off the rank are once again New […]
The Huxley Hill Group would like to extend a very warm welcome to Katrina as she joins our Newcastle team. Katrina has a background in NSW policing. Complementary to this, Katrina has worked for the last five years within the disability sector, where she has held both operational and investigative roles. This breadth of experience […]
The Huxley Hill Group would like to warmly welcome Jo to the team. Jo comes to us with 22 years experience in the Justice industry across New Zealand, Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales. Jo’s areas of expertise extend to the fields of quality frameworks, root cause analysis, compliance, business improvement, risk, policy development and […]
