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About us

Information about our department.

Our organisation
Our Minister
Our Director-General
Corporate publications A listing of our department's corporate publications.
Funding and sponsorship Information about departmental funding and sponsorship, including supporting documents and other resources for funded organisations.
- Departmental sponsorship Departmental sponsorship is available to businesses, association, local councils and not-for-profits.
  - About sponsorship funding
  - How to apply
- Funding available
- Legislative safeguards for funding
- Streamlined agreements
  - Service agreement archive
- Investment specifications
  - Archived versions
- Non-government organisation access to interpreting services
- Output funding and reporting
News and media Follow us on social media and read our media releases for news about what's happening across the state.
Legislation
Right to Information Find out about our approach to giving the community greater access to information.
- Publication scheme The publication scheme describes and categorises information routinely available from the department.
- Disclosure log The Right to Information Act 2009 requires agencies to publish information and documents on RTI disclosure logs.
  - Applications received prior to November 2020
  - Documents accessed prior to November 2020
Work for us Temporary and permanent vacancies are advertised on the Smart jobs and careers website. You can view all vacancies, vacancies by agency or search for jobs that match your requirements.

Our work

Information about our department's programs of work.

Seniors Queensland Government support for seniors including information, support and services, age-friendly communities, elder abuse prevention and awareness and events.
- Information, support and services for older people
- Queensland: an age-friendly community Information about the Queensland Government's vision to build an age-friendly state.
  - Strategy and reporting
  - Advancing Queensland: an age-friendly community grants program
  - Age-friendly toolkit Our toolkit is your go-to guide to bringing age-friendly initiatives to life in your community. It is a learning resource to help community organisations, businesses and local government include age-friendly concepts in their work and to contribute to building an age-friendly Queensland.
  - Resources
  - Residential Transition of Older Queenslanders
  - B.OLD short films Learn more about this fun initiative designed to challenge negative perceptions about ageing.
    - Watch the 2021 B.OLD short films
    - The 2019 B.OLD films
  - Seniors Month
- Elder abuse awareness and prevention
- Grandparents Day
- Ministerial Seniors Roundtable
Disability services Learn more about Queensland Government support and services for people with disability, their families and carers.
- Disability Connect Queensland Learn about the support and services we provide to people with disability, their families and carers.
  - Our role in disability
  - Disability worker screening
  - Australia's Disability Strategy 2021-2031
  - State Disability Plan 2017-2020 Find out about Queensland's State Disability Plan.
  - National Disability Insurance Scheme The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is now fully operational in Queensland and is how eligible Queenslanders with disability are accessing the services they need to live an ordinary life.
  - Positive Behaviour Support and Restrictive Practices Understanding Positive Behaviour Support.
  - For disability service providers Information and resources for Disability funded non-government organisations.
    - Contracting with us
    - Comprehensive Health Assessment Program (CHAP)
      - Request for CHAP access
  - Queensland Disability Advisory Council The Queensland Disability Advisory Councils is a key channel for advice to the Minister on a range of disability and related matters that affect the broader community.
    - Membership and role of the current council
  - Preventing and responding to abuse, neglect and exploitation Information about preventing and responding to abuse, neglect and exploitation.
    - Identifying abuse, neglect and exploitation Information about indicators, signs and risk factors.
      - Indicators and signs
      - Risk factors
    - Preventing abuse, neglect and exploitation Information about values, key features and preventing abuse and exploitation.
      - Values and key features
      - Preventing abuse and exploitation
    - Responding to abuse, neglect and exploitation
    - Evaluation and audit Information about ways of evaluating abuse, neglect and exploitation prevention measures and includes a self audit tool.
      - Ways to evaluate measures
      - Creating a learning environment
    - Key agencies
  - Disability Services Act 2006 The Disability Services Act 2006 took effect on 1 July 2006.
  - Guide, hearing and assistance dogs Information about guide, hearing and assistance dogs.
- Accommodation, Respite and Forensic Services Our department is currently operating under a Bilateral Agreement between the Commonwealth of Australia and Queensland on the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
  - Accommodation Support and Respite Services AS&RS offers support with daily living for people with a primary diagnosis of an intellectual disability who have standard or high-support needs.
  - Forensic Disability Service
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships We provide whole-of-government leadership in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander policy, coordination and monitoring, and the delivery of services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders.
- Business and economic development We provide whole-of-government strategies to improve business and economic participation outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders.
- Culture Our department administers Queensland's Cultural Heritage Acts and delivers programs of work that celebrate and help preserve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and culture.
- Discrete and remote communities We are committed to delivering innovative and effective services for Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islander people across Queensland, particularly to people living in remote and discrete communities.
- Family and social programs We deliver and support social programs that improve outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families, communities and culture.
- Grants
- Reconciliation and Tracks to Treaty Through our reconciliation and reform programs we are committed to a new way of working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders.
  - Closing the Gap
  - Indigenous Voice
  - National Redress Scheme
  - Reconciliation Action Plan
  - Tracks to Treaty The Queensland Government has committed to a new way of working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders. The Tracks to Treaty: Reframing the Relationship with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders initiative has been developed to give effect to this reframed relationship.
    - Local Thriving Communities Local Thriving Communities is a significant, long-term reform that will result in a visibly different way of government working with communities to deliver better outcomes for the state's 19 remote and discrete Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
    - Path to Treaty Path to Treaty is the journey to create a new future between First Nations and non-Indigenous Queenslanders, with truth-telling and healing at the heart of this dialogue.
    - Statement of commitment
Human Services Quality Framework Quality assurance requirements for service providers in Queensland.
Carers Information about support and services available for Queensland carers.
- About carers
- Support and services for carers
- Queensland Carers Advisory Council The Queensland Carers Advisory Council helps ensure carers have a voice in government decision-making processes.
  - Membership
  - Queensland Carers Charter
- Initiatives to support carers
- Publications and resources
Events and important days
Queensland Government concessions

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