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Enabling Positive Services Australia
Why Enabling Positive Services Australia?
The pioneers of EPSA have over 18+ years of experience working in the Disability Sector, Public and Private Sector Health and Social Services. EPSA aims to primarily support Victorian and Tasmanian NDIS participants, their families and stakeholders. Enabling Positive Services Australia (EPSA) follows a structured and defined approach to developing Positive Behaviour Support Plans whilst remaining flexible in our approaches to meet individual needs. This considered approach allows us to tailor strategies and support to the individual and their support teams. At EPSA, We support individuals and their wider teams to build capacity, develop individual skills and support a reduction in behaviours of harm or concern and the use of Restrictive Practices.
Our Mission
Mission statement:
- To respect and empower all people to be their best version of themselves.
- To empower people with a disability to engage opportunities of their choice in a supported and inclusive environment.
- To be the first choice for people with disabilities. We aim to be creative and responsive to the needs and aspirations whilst embedding people in their community.
- To empower individuals to coordinate their NDIS plans to achieve personal goals.
- To develop services to enhance quality of life and individual outcomes.
Our Vision
To be community’s premier support provider delivering comprehensive services that are competent and responsive to the needs of people with disability across all age groups.
- Empowering all people to take ownership of their life.
- Everyone is treated as individuals with respect.
- Every Person has a life of fullness.
- People hold the power to create opportunity for themselves and others.
Our Values
Our Values
- Allowing clients with various levels of needs to be the owners of their care and life.
- Our focus is on the individual care of the individual, so programs are designed with their interests, needs and care.
Our work will be guided and informed by our beliefs and commitments to:
- Inclusiveness - we respect people, value diversity and are committed to equality.
- Participation - we value and recognise the contribution of people with disabilities within organisations and communities.
- Quality - we strive for excellence through continuous improvement.
- Openness - we are committed to a culture of teamwork and collaboration with all our stakeholders and families.
- Innovation - We create and respond to innovative practices that will enable our people to flourish.
- Honesty & Integrity - In all that we do, in all that we say, in all that we create.
- Empathy - We understand what others are going through and are here to provide support.
- Accountability - It is what we do and do not do for which we are accountable.
- Respect - We show people they are important to us and the community by what we do and speak.
Our Approach
Our service includes
Evidence Based Support for Improved Quality Of Life.
Using evidence-based strategies that are personalised to individual strengths and needs, EPSA works to reduce the frequency and intensity of behaviours of harm or concern to support an improved quality of life.
Restrictive Practices
At EPSA, we work closely and develop sound Positive Behaviour Support Plans. We work towards reducing and eliminating the use of Restrictive Practices where appropriate.
Our Team
Anarene Vidanarachchi
Anarene Vidanarachchi
Anarene Vidanarachchi
Director / Practice Lead
Qualifications
- Master of Social Work (MSW) (La Trobe University)
- Bachelor of Psychology - Specialised in Psychology & Neuroscience (Monash University),
- Graduate Diploma In Community Development (Victoria University),
- IABA - Institute of Applied Behaviour Analysis
- Enabling Quality Behaviour Support Planning
Director / Practice Lead
Qualifications
- Master of Social Work (MSW) (La Trobe University)
- Bachelor of Psychology - Specialised in Psychology & Neuroscience (Monash University),
- Graduate Diploma In Community Development (Victoria University),
- IABA - Institute of Applied Behaviour Analysis
- Enabling Quality Behaviour Support Planning - University of Melbourne,
- Authorised Program Officer Training - University of Melbourne.
About Anarene
Experienced Advanced level Behaviour Support Practitioner/ Public and Private Sector Specialised representative with a demonstrated history of working in the Government Health and Administration industry.
Skilled in Disability Services, Child Protection, Aged Care, National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Positive Behaviour Support, Therapy and Counselling support, Neuropsychology, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Psychological report writing and research, Functional Behaviour Assessment report writing, Behaviour Support Plans (BSP), Customer Services, Intake Services, Governmental Administration tasks, Roster Management, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Psychological Assessments.
Don Wanniarachchi
Anarene Vidanarachchi
Anarene Vidanarachchi
Director / Administrative Officer
Qualifications
- Master Of Computing (RMIT University)
- Bachelor Of Information Technology (RMIT University)