@healingwatersqld.net

ABN: 72 144 330 646

ADVENTURE CAMPS

> up to 2-6 single tents;

> a set up bush kitchen for catering and to utilise as a communal kitchen; and

> access to a range of onsite outdoor and adventure activities and facilities.

We add to these recreation facilities:

> key activities are planned such as basket weaving, artwork, bush walking, horse-riding,

fishing and yarning space.

All activities take place at the location.

Accommodation, Catering and Transport

> Two nights camping in tents sleeping up to one person in their own tent including bed linen, blanket, pillow and one towel per person.

> A get-to-know first arvo/eve followed by four full days of activities.

> A first night catered bbq, and a final night catered feast only (fully catered)

> Lots of time to socialise with the other families attending.

> Airport transfers if required from Brisbane Airport. Transfer schedules are subject to arrival times of other families. Although we do ​recommend you hire a car during your stay to make the most of our beautiful region on your days off.

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Our Team

> Aboriginal Camp Leader (on call 24/7 for the duration of your stay)

> Qualified Support Workers - Lead Carers x 2 (8.30am-4pm every day)

> Qualified Support Workers - Carers (9am-4pm every day)

> In our planning, consultation with local Traditional Owners is essential. Local Aboriginal elders are involved in programme delivery when ​appropriate.

All our Carers are qualified disability support workers, or youth workers with National Police Checks, WWCC/Blue Cards, Disability Yellow Cards ​and First Aid training.

Final night celebration

A Big Campfire night and our feed, our way as a celebration on your last night.

Extra’s

An Healing Waters t-shirt, water bottle and a sun protection hat for every person taking part in the Program.

How to Enrol

Head on over to the Pricing and Eligibility pages to register for this camp.

Email: healingwatersqld@gmail.com

To request a team member contact you, please complete our Intake form, and a Terms of Participation Waiver via Contact Us.

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Our Pricing for Cultural Appreciation Camps - Pricing

PURGA, IPSWICH REGION, QUEENSLAND (REGIONAL)

Costs associated with the camp will be broken down into two invoices for…

> Your Enrolment Fee (Out-of-pocket expense which cannot be billed to the NDIS)

> NDIS Individual Plans (Plan Managed and Self-Managed only - not NDIA managed)

Enrolment Fee - $50 (Administration Costs)

NDIS - $1,500 (local SEQ) - $2,000 (outside SEQ covering flights)

Total $1,550 (local SEQ) - $2,050 (outside SEQ covering flight)

DAJARRA/BOULIA/MOUNT ISA, QUEENSLAND (REMOTE)

Costs associated with the camp will be broken down into two invoices for…

> Your Enrolment Fee (Out-of-pocket expense which cannot be billed to the NDIS)

> NDIS Individual Plans (Plan Managed and Self-Managed only - not NDIA managed)

Enrolment Fee - $50 (Administration Costs)

NDIS - $2,500 (local Mt Isa) - $3,000 (outside Mt Isa region covering flights)

Total $2,550 (local Mt Isa) - $3,050 (outside Mt Isa region covering flight)

Please do not assume you meet eligibility and funding requirements.

PLEASE CHECK ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS HERE.

AND PLEASE CHECK FUNDING CATEGORIES ON OUR NDIS PAGE BEFORE ENROLLING.

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This cost includes:

> One to Four nights accommodation including tent, sleeping bag/doonas, bed linen, pillows and one towel per person

> A get-to-know first arvo/eve followed by one to four full days of activities

> A fully-catered camp in QLD, with just first night catered bbq, and a final night catered feast.

> Airport transfers if required (from local airport only - Brisbane Airport) (A bus will be organised from Mt Isa)

> One participant in the high needs category with a 1:1 carer ratio of care (you can pay the additional carer costs for

additional high needs people in your family to attend – see above)

> Up to two participants in the Parents/Carers Program

Accommodation is in tents.

Up to six people are able to stay in the accommodation in QLD (max 1 adults, 6 persons) in their own tent.

If you are a single parent you are welcome to bring another adult with you, eg a grandparent or friend. Another option for single parents, is to ​come with another single parent and child and then split the costs.

Due to the high demand for our camps, a family cannot be allocated until an Enrolment Fee is paid and camp fee payment is confirmed. We don’t ​want to waste your time, or ours, so please confirm all funding before starting an enrolment process.

All camp locations are priced exactly the same. Packages, programs and access to facilities are developed to ensure equity across all sites. Some ​are catered, some are not. Styles of accommodation differ. This ensures choice and flexibility to the greatest number of families. Each site has its ​own unique characteristics but all follow the same structure of programming.

Enrolment Fee

You will be asked for an Enrolment Fee of $50 to secure your families spot at Healing Waters. This is a contribution towards costs incurred by Healing Waters during ​our comprehensive enrolment process. This Enrolment Fee is an out-of-pocket cost and cannot be billed to the NDIS. This Enrolment Fee is fully refundable until you ​commence your Camp Interview (Stage 4) at which time it becomes non-refundable. We offer a payment plan if a one-off payment is not possible.

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NDIS

For NDIS payments, there are several support category options. Please go to the NDIS page for details. You’ll also find info on Goals, Outcomes, a ​useful Case Study and Evaluation there.

Carer organisations

As a carer you may be eligible for a Tailored Support Package offered though Carer Gateway. If your child has limited funds in their NDIS plan ​this can be a good option to consider. Carer Gateway Tailored Support Packages can be used for a range of supports to help you in your caring role ​including planned respite to take a break at Healing Waters. To speak to your local Carer Gateway service provider about services and supports ​available, call 1800 422 737 and select Option 1. The Carer Gateway website (www.carergateway.gov.au) also has useful information and resources ​and also has a ‘call back’ form to submit to your local Carer Gateway service provider who will then contact you at a date and time convenient for ​you. If you live in regional Queensland you could also try BUSHKids. If this organisation is unable to fund a larger amount they will often help ​with the deposit.

Enrolment Stages

PLEASE CONFIRM ALL FUNDING BEFORE STARTING AN ENROLMENT PROCESS.

The process for application to attend a camp is as follows:

Stage 1 > Complete a Camp Family Enrolment, provide proof of diagnosis/diagnoses, and select your top three preferred camp dates/locations.

Stage 2 > We will send you a Camp Intake Questionnaire to complete for each of the people in the family group attending. You will be asked at this ​stage to pay a $550 Enrolment Fee. This is a contribution towards costs incurred by the charity during our comprehensive

enrolment process. This Enrolment Fee is an out-of-pocket cost and cannot be billed to the NDIS. We offer a payment plan

if a one-off payment is not possible.

Stage 3 > HW provisionally allocates camp dates to family.

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Stage 4 > We will arrange a time to conduct an over-the-phone intake interview with the primary contact for your family.

Stage 5 > HW issues an Invoice for payment.

Stage 6 > HW issues Camp Agreement.

A Camp Agreement will not be released until Stages 1-5 are completed. Camp Agreements are released on a first in, best dressed basis. The ​Enrolment Fee is fully refundable until you commence your Camp Interview (Stage 4) at which time it becomes non-refundable. All other fees ​listed in the Camp Agreement are refundable until 10 clear business days before camp. In the event that HW has to postpone your camp due to ​Covid-19 restrictions (or bushfire or some other matter beyond our control as noted in the Camp Agreement), your family will be offered ​alternative camp dates.

In the event that a family wishes to postpone or book alternative camp dates after a Camp Agreement has been signed (Stage 6) a $100 ​administrative fee will be charged. In the event that a family has to postpone or cancel, ten clear business days’ written notice will be required. All ​fees associated with postponements/cancellations made within 10 clear business days of the camp are non-refundable. Our cancellation terms are ​balanced to share the risk between our charity and families. We support this by running a standby list so usually there are families who can step ​in on late notice. We will always endeavour to fill late cancellation spots from our standby list but we cannot guarantee this.

If you would like to begin the Camp Family Enrolment process, please go to our QLD Camp Family Enrolment now. Please

ensure you have read through the Eligibility page, and confirm all funding before starting your Camp Family Enrolment

process. The Camp Family Enrolment is easiest to complete on a desktop computer.

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Enrolment and Eligibility

Family enrolments are for families of up to a maximum of six people.

The program is open to young people to adult age (7 to adult age).

Additional NDIS people, and other siblings, outside of this age range are welcome to attend with their family, but, to ensure the safety of all ​attending, we cannot provide for them in our activities programs between 8.30am-3.30pm each day. There are lots of great things for you to do ​with them before or after your camp. Please look through suggested activities for your family under the location you are applying for. For ​babysitting and disability support worker options please see our FAQs page (to be updated).

We work on a 1:1 carer ratio for high needs catergory people taking part in our day activities. High needs catergory must be able to participate in ​group sessions with their peers. Behaviour challenges and communication needs will be discussed in your intake interview.

We welcome undiagnosed young people in our program, however, at least one young person in your family must be formally diagnosed.

As part of our Camp Family Enrolment process you will be asked to provide proof of diagnosis and during our camp intake

process you will be asked for other medical details for all of the young people attending as part of your family.

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PLEASE CONFIRM ALL FUNDING BEFORE STARTING AN ENROLMENT PROCESS.

The process for application to attend a camp is as follows:

Stage 1 > Complete a Camp Family Enrolment, provide proof of diagnosis/diagnoses, and select your top three preferred camp dates/locations.

Stage 2 > We will send you a Camp Intake Questionnaire to complete for each of the people in the family group attending. You will be asked at this ​stage to pay a $50 Enrolment Fee (Administration Costs). This is a contribution towards costs incurred by the charity during our comprehensive ​enrolment process. This Enrolment Fee is an out-of-pocket cost and cannot be billed to the NDIS. We offer a payment plan if a one-off payment is ​not possible.

Stage 3 > HW provisionally allocates camp dates to family.

Stage 4 > We will arrange a time to conduct an over-the-phone intake interview with the primary contact for your family.

Stage 5 > HW issues an Invoice for payment.

Stage 6 > HW issues Camp Agreement.

A Camp Agreement will not be released until Stages 1-5 are completed. Camp Agreements are released on a first in, best dressed basis.

The Enrolment Fee is fully refundable until you commence your Camp Interview (Stage 4) at which time it becomes non-refundable.

All other fees listed in the Camp Agreement are refundable until 10 clear business days before camp. In the event that HW has

to postpone your camp due to Covid-19 restrictions (or bushfire or some other matter beyond our control as noted in the

Camp Agreement), your family will be offered alternative camp dates.

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In the event that a family wishes to postpone or book alternative camp dates after a Camp Agreement has been signed (Stage 6) a $80 ​administrative fee will be charged. In the event that a family has to postpone or cancel, ten clear business days’ written notice will be required. All ​fees associated with postponements/cancellations made within 10 clear business days of the camp are non-refundable. Our cancellation terms are ​balanced to share the risk between our charity and families. We support this by running a standby list so often there are families who can step in ​on late notice. We will always endeavour to fill late cancellation spots from our standby list but we cannot guarantee this.

If you have NDIS and/or Carer funding in place your Enrolment Fee should be your only out-of-pocket expense. If you don’t have NDIS and/or ​Carer funding you are welcome to pay those costs as out-of-pocket expenses to attend our camps.

We accept enrolments from overseas with all costs being paid as out-of-pocket expenses.

Qualitative Evaluation Data

• We aim to have captured data to provide the the most comprehensive camp program in Australia, for families of Aboriginal and Torres Strait ​Islander people living with a disability.

• We aim to have our programs are tried-and-tested, in order for the results to speak for themselves. We aim to evaluation data from the past ​years showing feedback from families, in the areas of:

- improved skills/knowledge

- increased motivation and confidence

- had a boost to self-esteem, mental and physical health and resilience

- reduced social isolation and enhanced social networks

- achieved improved capacity and resilience in emotional and behavioural functioning

Support Categories

There are three main support category options we can invoice for the camp from:

CORE We can bill to any category in CORE 04_104_0125_6_1 Increased Social and Community Participation - Participation In Community, Social ​And Civic Activities or

Or

CAPACITY BUILDING 09_011_0125_6_3 Community Participation Activities

This is a very specific category. It is not the same as some of the other categories which mention ‘assistance with social and community ​participation’.

Please ask to have the camp funded specifically in one of the above two categories when negotiating your new plan with your Local Area ​Coordinator (LAC). We are happy to provide a quote for you.

Many participants have most of their funding in Capacity Building (CB) Daily Living. We CANNOT bill for the entire camp from CB - Daily Living. ​The most we can bill from CB Daily Living is $7372.95. Any additional costs can be billed to CORE and/or as an Out-of-Pocket Expense. Out-of-​Pocket costs attract GST.

Outcomes

It is advisable to discuss the outcomes and benefits of attending a camp with members of your key support team and, if they

are happy to do so, have them endorse the benefits in terms of capacity building from your attendance at a camp in their

report for your NDIS planning meeting.

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Short Term Outcomes

• Participants experience a ‘safe’ environment alongside other participants and their families and supported by specialised team members. They ​share stories and experiences with people who have lived experiences or are living within other family.

• Participants feel a sense of relief from social isolation and form new valuable and reliable social connections with people from their community.

• Participants are able to ‘just be’ while at camp. The expectations of day-to-day mainstream life are put to one side, and they are encouraged to ​celebrate their identity and culture. Participants engage with positive role models and experience inclusion, acceptance and autonomy.

• Participants are engaged in therapies, education, skills development and peer-to-peer support as part of the program. They benefit from ​increased knowledge, understanding and training.

• Participants in the programs build capacity in confidence, self-reliance, independence and self-advocacy skills.

Medium Term Outcomes

• Participants form long and lasting friendships. They meet with, and talk with new friends, and reach out to other members in their community. ​They have increased social supports. They foster a strong sense of belonging and increase their social cohesion, connection and functioning within ​their ‘safe’ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.

• This new sense of inclusion, acceptance and autonomy is empowering for participants. Their new approach is transformative, reducing anxiety ​and building self-worth. Participants experience an improvement in their mental health.

• Participants are able to participate more at other programs and in everyday life. Their new found confidence helps them

navigate the often confusing idiosyncrasies of sterotypical behaviour and social situations become easier.

• Families have a greater ability to maintain informal support of the person, to advocate for, and support them to participate

and contribute to community and enjoy an enduring and mutually sustaining relationship.

• Parents experience an increase in confidence and this enables them to explore new opportunities like volunteering, work

placements, training and apprenticeships, as well as practical assistance and supports.

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Individual activities and their direct benefits:

> Proprioceptive/Sensory Play – supporting cognitive development, improvement in fine and gross motor skills and processing, boosting creativity ​and self-discovery, social competence, improved social interaction skills;

> Aboriginal Corroboree – integrative dance – improvement in gross motor skills and processing, connection, social and community participation, ​communication (especially for non-verbal young people), improved social interaction skills;

> Social Skills Support & Learning – new friends - social and community participation, improved family relations, confidence, social competence, ​improved social interaction skills;

> Equine Assisted Learning – improvement in gross motor skills and processing, assertiveness, emotional awareness, empathy, stress tolerance, ​flexibility, impulse control, problem-solving skills. self-actualisation;

> Art Sessions –– improvement in fine motor skills and processing, behavioural management, process feelings, emotional release, stress and anxiety ​relief, increased self-esteem, self-discovery;

> Horse-riding & Bush Walks – improvement in fine and gross motor skills and processing, increased flexibility and muscle extension, encourages ​internal regulation, develops the vestibular system, problem solving, decision-making, ability to think sequentially, improved focus on cognitive tasks, ​cardiovascular exercise and general health and fitness;

> Bush Medicine Walks – improvement in gross motor skills and processing, balance and mobility, problem-solving skills, independence, confidence ​gaining, cardiovascular exercise and general health and fitness;

> Colour Play/Nature Craft – improved cognition and fine motor skills and processing, social and community participation,

confidence, develop interactive skills, stress and anxiety relief, increased self-esteem, self-discovery;

> Cultural basket weaving/boomerangs/digeridoos – reduced anxiety, improved cognition, fine and gross motor skills, social

and community participation, confidence, develop interactive skills, increased self-esteem, self-discovery; and

> Group Interaction Out of Hours - social and community participation, improved family relations, daily living skills,

choice and control, confidence, improved social communication and social interaction skills.

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Through the establishment of partnerships with various departments, specialised service agencies, motivated individuals, traditional ​owners' associations, and community elders, we strengthen our collective strength to address the challenges at grass-roots level.

There are a few ways to you can partner with us:

1. Purchase our unique programmes through a Train the Trainer model of distribution in order to offer them to your clientele.
   

• We can provide your employees with the necessary expertise and approaches to proficiently instruct others in both formal and informal ​contexts through training sessions and by allowing them to observe the trainer in action. This will guarantee that knowledge is passed ​on to others in a proficient and engaging manner. (Duration of one month or two weeks)
• (Please be advised that all programme delivery would be required to include the logo of Healing Waters Support Services Queensland as ​an acknowledgement.)
• Class plans and Program Schedules will be provided

Cost:

1. Murri Art Sessions - $5,000

2. Murri Cooking Classes = $12,500

3. Adventure Camps - $12,500

Along with Murri Spear Cultural Mentoring Program (Men’s Business) and Taka Kinytya Cultural Mentoring Program (Women’s Business) ​both are embedded all the programs.

2. Healing Waters will deliver the programs with our staff at fee-for-service (quotes can be provided or costs are on our website).

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To form partnerships with us, please ​email healingwatersqld@gmail.com

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