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
A community visitor program for children in state care?
The Guardian’s office has released A Community Visitor Program for Children in State Care reporting on the feasibility of introducing a community visitor program for children and young people in state care in South Australia to promote the rights and monitor the wellbeing of young people in residential or inpatient facilities, foster homes, secure sites...
Report
Views of children and young people in foster care and residential care in Queensland
This research investigates and documents the views of children and young people in alternative care (foster care and residential care) and in detention centres in Queensland. The research features a repeated cross-sectional longitudinal design enabling the Commission to identify changes in these views over time. The first phase was conducted in 2006, the second in...