Want to join our waiting list?

From time to time vacancies become available. In order to continue to operate successfully, it is important for us to develop and maintain a waiting list of people interested in becoming a resident of our facility. 

It’s important for all parties concerned that both the suitability of your child and the conditions of our lease are fully understood prior to lodging a potential resident's name onto the waiting list. 

As such, please request a lease and one will be emailed to you.

 

 

"Christine has really come out of her shell since moving into the house." 
Bill & Betty Connor

Who can attend?

Our aim is to provide appropriate housing that is long term, secure, supported and affordable and which will provide the residents with every opportunity to reach their potential as semi-independent adults. 

The facility helps residents learn a variety of skills including increased self-confidence, the ability to make decisions for themselves, self help skillsand how to interact socially with one another. 

The infrastructure of the facility has been designed based upon certain criteria including the skill levels of potential residents.

Is your child suitable?

Certain criteria need to be met to determine a person's suitability to our premises.
Our residents:

• are adults with a mild intellectual disability who have a degree of independence.
• must attend a day centre or workshop and be in receipt of a disability pension.
• must be able to shower & dress without assistance, keep their room tidy and get a simple meal for themselves.
• have reasonable social skills and there can be no history of aggressive behaviour.
  

All residents need to be able to live in relative self sufficiency.  They need to be able to make a simple meal such as some toast for breakfast or a sandwich for lunch.  They also need to be able to contribute to house hold requirements such as assisting with the cleaning and other chores. It should be noted that the evening meal is prepared for the residents.

What do the residents do?

While all residents are free to do whatever they wish, a number of activities are organised during the week and at weekends.  Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, residents have a choice of attending drama, dancing and other activities.  Room permitting, Hi-city's Social Club is happy for any of the residents to attend functions that occur regularly throughout the year.

Regular weekends away as well as full on one & two-week holidays both locally, interstate and overseas are organised within the network of groups associated with the facility.

While all activities are available to the residents, it is their choice whether or not they participate.

How is it paid for?

Each resident pays an initial contribution as a loan to Noraccom which provides them with a lifetime lease on their own room (further details of actual costs can be provided upon application).  This contribution is treated on a retirement village type lease whereby Noraccom is permitted to use a percentage of the capital per year for the first 5 years.  Along with this, residents pay 80% of their base pension plus their rent assistance.  These fees go towards covering the costs of support staff, food, utilities, insurance and maintenance.  This still leaves them with more than enough money to live on. 

Fees charged cover all operating costs and infrastructure expenses but do not seek to recover the capital cost of the facility.  Funding for the capital cost of the buildings comes from Noraccom’s fund raising activities and the resident’s initial loan.  We recognise that tenants on disability pensions cannot fund both support staff and capital cost repayments.  The facility is based on the principle of no recurrent funding.

The facilities provide each resident with their own bed-sitting room and full en-suite bathroom as well as access to shared entertainment, dining, kitchen and laundry areas.

Being independent of government funding, Noraccom allows, the parents, to continue to have involvement and a say in their living environment whilst also sharing the supervision with professional carers.

What’s your involvement?

Your involvement is essential in providing encouragement and support for your child and the house.

This involvement can be extended in a number of ways including joining/contributing to the monthly committee of management meetings, attending the bi-monthly 'mothers' meetings and participating in the working bees which are held a couple of times per year. 

Different people bring different skills to an organistaion and there are a number of other ways in which your contributions would be greatly appreciated.