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The YPINH issue exists, in part, because existing disability services and supports have developed around the more predictable needs of those with congenital disabilities.
Young Australians with high or complex support needs have different, more intense needs that these existing systems are ill equipped to handle.
The COAG YPINH initiative offers the opportunity to develop additional infrastructure arrangements that can deliver the supports and services those with acquired disabilities and high/complex support needs require.
In the past, this process involved the building of an accommodation setting that was then filled with people. The lack of accommodation and high demand meant that little attention was given to the compatibility of those sharing the accommodation. Nor was there opportunity to consider whether the setting itself suited the particular needs of those who lived there.
The COAG YPINH initiative involves a great deal more than simply building a house or some type of accommodation setting that people will then be expected to, quite literally, fit into.
Young people and their families expect a more sophisticated response that is designed around the identified needs, expectations and wishes of the people who will use the service, whether it is an accommodation, rehabilitation or personal support service.
Because there is no 'one size fits all' answer to the accommodation or support requirements of young people with high or complex support needs, service responses will need to be as creative and innovative as the needs of the people they are designed to support.
As well as assessment and identification of the young person’s desires and expectations, transition planning should bring the service provider and the young person and their family together so that they can work together in the growth of the new service.
Young people and their families must be involved from the outset in the development of new services and the redesign of existing services. All those with information about the support needs of the individual should be invited by the young person concerned (and their family), to participate in the planning and development of the service.
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