Redress Support Services in Australia

Deadline: 13-Sep-21

The Australian Government is inviting organisations in an open process to apply to deliver services under Families and Communities for the Redress Support Services (RSS).

The RSS program component aims to provide timely access to trauma-informed and culturally appropriate community-based support services to support people’s engagement with the National Redress Scheme (the Scheme).

Objective

The primary objective of RSS is to provide flexible, timely and trauma informed assistance and support to people engaging with the Scheme.

Outcomes

The expected outcomes for people who have experienced institutional child sexual abuse using an RSS are having:

been treated with dignity and respect, including an acknowledgement that their experience of childhood sexual abuse was wrong and should never have happened
been assisted, through sensitive support, to complete their application and process the assessment outcome
accessed flexible support services throughout the application process when needed
been well informed about the Scheme process
a good understanding of other support services available for themselves and their families/support network
support from individuals and organisations independent of past providers of care and/or institutions responsible for institutional child sexual abuse
support to understand and manage an offer of redress
been safely referred to ongoing support once engagement with the Scheme has finished
been provided appropriate support to clients to engage with institutions through the Direct Personal Response (DPR) process as required
been provided with a referral to other services where they are not eligible, or they decide they do not wish to proceed with the process of making an application for redress.

Funding Information

Up to $43.072 million over 2 years is available for this grant opportunity, starting from 1 July 2022 and ceasing 30 June 2024.
Organisations can apply for up to a maximum of $2.5 million in funding under this grant opportunity over the funding period. Successful organisations may be offered less funding than requested.

Eligible Activities

The grant can be used for the following grant activities:

delivery of support service activities, including providing information and support to assist clients to access the Scheme
staff salaries and on-costs which can be directly attributed to the provision of RSS in the identified service area/s as per the grant agreement
employee training for paid and unpaid staff that is relevant, appropriate and in line with RSS objectives
relevant staff supervision and support for those working with RSS clients
departmental approved subcontracting arrangements and brokerage to provide support for clients with specialised needs or in rural and remote locations where the funded RSS provider is unable to deliver the service directly.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible, you must be one of the following entity types: