DIAP Working Groups

Internal working group

To lead Council’s delivery of a new DIAP, Alex Moar, Director of Corporate and Community was identified as the DIAP champion.

Alex Moar Director of Corporate and Community

A working group was then formed to co-design the new DIAP. Representatives from Council’s leadership team were active members of the working group to ensure high level ownership of actions and to champion the importance of inclusion planning for people with disability across the organisation.

A staff survey was developed to gain feedback from employees, including staff with disability, frontline staff, staff whose roles relate to access and inclusion, and managers. Questions in the staff survey were voluntary and anonymous. The survey was open for a six-week period, beginning in April 2023, to allow staff time to access the survey. With a particular focus on employment, results of the survey directly informed the development of actions, outcomes and outputs in the new DIAP.

Consultation with community

During the initial planning process to develop a new DIAP, Council consulted the Clarence Valley Access Committee for advice and feedback to ensure consultation was authentic, effective, and accessible for people with disability.

External consultation and engagement with community was delivered over a six-month period across the Clarence Valley region. The six-month time frame for consultation allowed people with disability the time and flexibility to choose from a number of consultation opportunities and inclusive platforms that best suited their needs and timing. This inclusive and fluid process of consultation enabled hundreds of people to share their experiences and be involved in the co-design of this DIAP.