Community Visitors
Alternative labels
Official Community Visitors (OCV)
Official Visitors (OV)
Official Visitors Disability (OVD)
Official Visitors Scheme
Health visitor
Description
This role title varies between Australian jurisdictions. The core role of the Community Visitor is to safeguard the interests and rights of vulnerable people who have a disability and are living in eligible services. Community Visitors are independent advocates who can ensure that the concerns, views and wishes of people in out of home care, supported accommodation and other institutionally managed settings are listened to and seriously considered.
Report
Investigation following concerns raised by community visitors about a mental health facility
This report raises matters of significant public interest in relation to how some of the most vulnerable people in our society are treated.
Annual Report
Community Visitors annual report 2013-2014
The report includes identification of important issues which cross the three Community Visitor Program streams: Disability Services, Residential Services, and, Mental Health. Introduction Community Visitors are independent volunteers who safeguard the interests of people with a disability. The findings have been drawn from 5079 visits by 443 volunteer Community Visitors across the state. The Community...
Report
Community Visitors annual report 2012-2013
Victorians with a disability or mental illness are increasingly finding they have no place to call home, according to Community Visitors' latest annual report. Community Visitors are independent volunteers who safeguard the interests of people with a disability. The Community Visitors Program is part of the Victorian Office of the Public Advocate. The program is...
Report
Views of children and young people in foster care survey: education
This paper explores the educational experiences of children and young people living in foster care in Queensland. Findings are drawn from the responses of 845 children and 1180 young people to the 2011 Views of Children and Young People in Foster Care survey, which is a rich source of information about children’s and young people’s...
Report
Views of young people in residential care survey: Young people’s views about the support and advocacy provided by Community Visitors in residential care
The Commission has released the third in a series of reports detailing findings of its latest surveys of young people in residential care. These are anonymous surveys of young people in residential care conducted across Queensland by the Commission on a regular basis as part of its Views survey series. The survey is one of...