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Ethnic Community Services Co-operative
We provide services for CALD elderly people, who needs support to live in their homes in Sydney’s Inner West and Eastern Sydney regions. This includes individual support or linking individuals into various group activities.
ECSC is a not-for-profit organisation that provides multilingual/multicultural services and support to meet the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) people. We develop and deliver innovative programs for children, families, people with disability, the aged and carers.
For over 40 years we have, through community development, community engagement, research and partnerships with other like-minded organisations, collaborated with all levels of government and service providers both in NSW and across Australia to support our vision for every Australian.
We are a proud bilingual/bicultural workforce who speak over 108 languages (including some Indigenous languages) supporting our clients through direct services and providing care.
We develop and deliver innovative programs and provide targeted services across Sydney and NSW to the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people from CALD backgrounds, including children and families, people with disabilities and their carers and older persons living at home and their carers.
Our work also focuses on building the capacity of mainstream service providers to facilitate culturally appropriate service delivery and promoting the rights of CALD people through systemic advocacy and input into local, state, national and international policy.
To make a difference in the lives of all Australians by listening, educating, advocating and providing services that support diversity and inclusion.
Our commitment to CALD communities is guided by international conventions and national legislative and policy frameworks.
Our underpinning principles are:
CALD communities are afforded the same rights as other Australians
Centrality of culture and community when engaging CALD communities
Inclusion is incorporated into mainstream services
Universal consideration & inclusion of CALD communities in policy, program & evaluation frameworks
Recognising that CALD communities have a right to autonomy & self determination to make their own life choices.