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Draft City of Boroondara Disability Action Plan 2018-22 Services Special Committee Agenda 13/08/18 3 Presentation of officer reports 3.1 Draft City of Boroondara Disability Action Plan 2018-22 Abstract Under the Victorian Disability Act 2006, councils are required to develop a disability action plan that meets specified requirements aimed at improving and increasing the access and inclusion of people with disabilities in the life of the community. Council has had disability plans and policies in place since 1998. This report presents the draft Boroondara Disability Action Plan 2018-22 (DAP) (Attachment 1) and the draft DAP Discussion Paper (Attachment 2) for endorsement for public exhibition. This will be Council’s fifth disability plan and will replace the Boroondara Access and Inclusion Plan 2013-17. According to the 2016 Census, 6,403 people (2,483 males, 3,920 females) in Boroondara require assistance with core activities due to a severe or profound disability, representing 3.8% of the Boroondara population. The number of Boroondara residents with a disability (according to the Census definition) is projected to increase by 1,240 people between 2018 and 2028. Just over 90% of this increase (1,131 people) will be people aged 70 years and over who have a disability. The draft DAP recognises that the factors contributing to a person having a disability are wide and varied. The term ‘people with a disability’ refers to people with a range of conditions and impairments including cognitive, physical, sensory and psycho- social, which can be acquired from birth or acquired through illness, accident or the ageing process. It also acknowledges the impact of disability and the barriers and inequity that is experienced by individuals and groups can be exacerbated by multiple factors or identity attributes such as age, gender, income, and having a culturally and linguistically diverse background. Furthermore, the draft DAP is based on a social rather than medical model of disability. This approach recognises that people with a disability are often disadvantaged by barriers to services and experiences and opportunities other members of the community take for granted. The model sees these barriers as part of the society, not a part of the person. As a society, we are therefore able to increase the 'ability' of all people to participate in the life of the community by removing barriers to participation in our physical and social environment. The draft DAP supports the vision of the Boroondara Community Plan 2017-27 (BCP) and is structured around the relevant priority themes and strategic objectives of the BCP. Particular effort was made to include the voices of people with disabilities, their families and carers and other stakeholders in the BCP consultations. The thousands of verbatim comments from both stages of the BCP consultations were analysed for specific reference to disability access and inclusion. Further targeted consultation was also undertaken with Council staff, Council’s Community Disability Advisory Committee and disability service providers to identify measureable draft actions that were in Council’s sphere of influence and core business. City of Boroondara 3 Services Special Committee Agenda 13/08/18 Officers' recommendation That the Services Special Committee resolve to endorse the draft Disability Action Plan (DAP) 2018-22 in Attachment 1 and the draft Disability Action Plan (DAP) 2018-22 Discussion Paper in Attachment 2 to be placed on public exhibition for community consultation for a three week period from 15 August to 5 September 2018. City of Boroondara 4 Services Special Committee Agenda 13/08/18 Responsible director: Carolyn McClean Acting Director City Planning ___________________________________________________________________ 1. Purpose The purpose of this report is to seek the Services Special Committee’s endorsement of the draft Boroondara Disability Action Plan 2018-22 (DAP) and the draft DAP 2018-22 Discussion Paper for public exhibition from 15 August to 5 September 2018. The DAP 2018-22 will supersede the Boroondara Access and Inclusion Plan 2013-17 once it is adopted by Council in the second half of 2018. 2. Policy implications and relevance to community plan and council plan The Boroondara Community Plan 2017-27 (BCP), which incorporates the Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan, sets the long-term strategic directions for Council and informs the Council Plan including the Strategic Resource Plan, annual commitments and strategic indicators, the Municipal Strategic Statement and Council strategies, plans, policies and actions. The draft DAP supports the vision of the BCP for ‘a vibrant and inclusive city, meeting the needs and aspirations of its community.’ The priority themes of Your Community, Services and Facilities, Getting Around Boroondara, and Civic Leadership and Governance are particularly relevant to Council fulfilling its legislative role in relation to disability access and inclusion and meeting the needs and aspirations of the community for an inclusive City. The BCP also identified five health issues relevant to the Boroondara community to be focused on over the first four years of the plan. These are: promoting mental health and social connection preventing injury and violence reducing harmful alcohol use promoting healthier eating promoting active living. The BCP addresses these health and wellbeing matters and includes a commitment to enhance the community’s wellbeing through opportunities to connect, participate and access what they need in order to make healthy choices. The draft DAP plays an important role in guiding Council to ensure the interests and needs of people of all abilities are considered in the planning, design and delivery of Council services. The BCP informed the development of the draft DAP and the identification of draft actions. 3. Background According to the 2016 Census, 6,403 people (2,483 males, 3,920 females) in Boroondara require assistance with core activities due to a severe or profound disability, representing 3.8% of the Boroondara population. This is 1.1 per cent lower than metropolitan Melbourne (where 4.9% of residents require daily assistance with core activities). City of Boroondara 5 Services Special Committee Agenda 13/08/18 Seventeen per cent of those with a disability (1,072 Boroondara residents) live alone. Sixty-five per cent of Boroondara residents requiring assistance are aged 70 years and over, and 9% are aged under 20 years. The number of Boroondara residents with a disability is projected to increase by 1,240 people between 2018 and 2028. Just over ninety per cent of this increase (1,131 people) will be people aged 70 years and over who have a disability. These figures are based on the Census definition of profound or severe disability, which measures the number of people who report that they need assistance in one or more of three core activity areas (self-care, mobility and communication) because of a disability, long-term health condition or old age. This definition does not include people living with a disability who do not require carer assistance, such as community members who use a wheelchair or scooter or who have a vision or hearing impairment and live independently. The draft DAP recognises that the factors contributing to a person having a disability are wide and varied. The term people with a disability refers to people with a range of conditions and impairments including cognitive, physical, sensory and psycho-social, which can be acquired from birth or acquired through illness, accident or the ageing process. The Boroondara Access and Inclusion Plan 2013-17 concluded at the end of 2017 and will be replaced by the DAP 2018-22. This will be Council's fifth disability plan, and it builds on the achievements and progress made in disability access and inclusion by the City of Boroondara over the past 20 years since the adoption of the first Community Disability Access Policy in 1998. The Disability Act 2006 requires Victorian public sector bodies to prepare a disability plan for the purposes of: reducing barriers to people with a disability accessing goods, services and facilities reducing barriers to people with a disability obtaining and maintaining employment promoting inclusion and participation in the community of people with a disability achieving tangible changes in attitudes and practices which discriminate against people with a disability. In accordance with the Victorian Disability Amendment Act 2012, councils are required to report on the implementation of their disability action plan in their Annual Report. The draft DAP outlines how Council will meet these obligations and the aspirations of the community. It provides an accountable framework for actions to be undertaken across Council by multiple departments in relation to the accessibility of Council programs, facilities, neighbourhoods, amenity and services for people with a disability. The draft DAP actions are in Council’s sphere of influence and core business. Victorian Government Directions In September 2014, the Parliament of Victoria’s Family and Community Development Committee produced its report and recommendations from the Inquiry into the social inclusion of people with a disability. City of Boroondara 6 Services Special Committee Agenda 13/08/18 Under the heading ‘Leading the Social Inclusion Agenda’, the Inquiry found that: There are no standards for disability action plans or systems for monitoring their effectiveness, yet imposing additional systems or oversight could impose considerable
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