Woodstock Support provides Respite Services within the Albury and Greater Hume area to a range of carers within the community

• The primary carer of a person with a disability or diagnosed special need
• Parents over 60 years of age providing care for a son or daughter with a disability
• The primary carer of a person who is frail or aged
• An Indigenous primary carer for a family member with a disability or diagnosed special need.

Respite Services provides a range of opportunities for families and carers to take advantage of a break from their caring role, by arranging an experienced support worker to provide temporary care. Respite can be arranged for a few hours, overnight or in special circumstances for a longer period of time to meet individual needs.

Respite can be provided through a range of options best suited to the carers individual needs ie:

• Care in the family home for a few hours or overnight
• Care in the community to participate in recreational activities
• Day activities for small groups of children or adults
• One off day or overnight respite for carers to attend special activities ie weddings, dinners etc.

All requests will be dealt with on a case by case & priority of access basis to determine the level of respite which can be provided to individual families,and will depend on the availability of appropriate support staff to meet respite needs.

Please contact the Woodstock Support office if you have any questions or to discuss your eligibility for service and your individual respite needs.

Group Respite
This respite is run in two different age groups, school aged and adult. These groups are age appropriate groups.  Group respite runs day activities from 9am to 3pm.  Considering the clients age each group runs different activities. Day activities cost $15 for the day.

By running group respite it allows the primary carers respite knowing that their child is safe and having fun in a secure social setting with their peers. The group setting helps the person with a disability to build friendship networks and learn to socialize in the community.

The selection process for attending group respite uses a priority of access policy which takes into consideration the respite the primary carer is receiving and the needs of the person with a disability. Every three months the dates for the upcoming group activities are sent out and families are asked fill out and send back when they most require respite. We then use our selection processes to select and allot families respite according to their needs.