Rehabilitation and Peer Support
If you have a spinal cord injury or a similar disability you may need some support or advice from time to time. The Rehabilitation and Peer Support team can assist you by:
- Putting you in touch with someone who has been through many of the difficulties which you may be experiencing yourself;
- Providing counselling for you, your family and/or carers;
- Giving you information about suitable services in your area;
- Supporting or advocating for you when you have difficulties in obtaining and maintaining services;
- Assisting you to select aids and pieces of equipment which will make life easier for you;
- Recommending changes to your home, educational institution or workplace to give you better access;
- Providing a community development role in your locality by identifying barriers and gaps in services and actively lobbying for additional or more appropriate services;
- Presenting public education training sessions to health professionals, carers and clients in your area on topics such as Disability Awareness, Access and Equipment.
Team members can visit you at home, in hospital or at any place at a time convenient to you.
Jack, a 45 year old truck driver, was injured crossing at a busy intersection late at night. While he was at Prince Henry Hospital for rehabilitation he met SCI Australia's Peer Support officer. Click here to find out how SCI Australia was able to help Jack.
Group activities
Our Community Support Worker and Peer Support Officers co-ordinate two groups. One is based in the South Western Sydney area (Campbelltown–Fairfield) and the other in the Ryde area. Group members choose activites which have included dining out, museums, Fox Studios and Olympic Park.
If you are interested in our services or joining one of the groups, contact the Community and Personal Support Department based at Little Bay on 02 9661 8855; 1800 819 775 or email support@scia.org.au
Rehabilitation and Peer Support Services are FREE
