| ABI | Acquired Brain Injury |
| ABF | Activity Based Funding |
| ACI | Agency for Clinical Innovation |
| ADR | Alternative Dispute ResolutionAlternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is a way of solving problems without having your dispute determined by a court or a tribunal. ADR might occur without a complaint being lodged with a complaint handling body or a claim being filed in court. ADR could occur after a complaint or claim is made, but before it is finally decided. Sometimes ADR may have to be considered before you have the right to go to a Court or Tribunal to have your claim decided. |
| BH | Boarding House |
| CID | Council Intellectual DisabilityDisability is defined in the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) as total or partial loss of the person’s bodily or mental functions; total or partial loss of a part of the body; the presence in the body of organisms causing disease or illness, capable of causing disease or illness; the malfunction, malformation or disfigurement of a part of the person’s body; a disorder or malfunction that results in the person learning differently from a person without the disorder or malfunction; a disorder, illness or disease that affects a person’s thought processes, perception of reality, emotions or judgment or that results in disturbed behaviour. |
| CJS | Criminal Justice System |
| CMH | Community Mental Health |
| CMO | Community Managed Organisation |
| COPMI | Children of Parents with Mental Illness |
| COAG | Council of Australian Governments |
| DCJ | Department of Communities and Justice |
| FaCS | Department of Family and Community Services |
| GD | Guardianship Division (NCAT) |
| ID | Intellectual DisabilityDisability is defined in the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) as total or partial loss of the person’s bodily or mental functions; total or partial loss of a part of the body; the presence in the body of organisms causing disease or illness, capable of causing disease or illness; the malfunction, malformation or disfigurement of a part of the person’s body; a disorder or malfunction that results in the person learning differently from a person without the disorder or malfunction; a disorder, illness or disease that affects a person’s thought processes, perception of reality, emotions or judgment or that results in disturbed behaviour. |
| ILC | Information, Linkages and Capacity Building (formerly Tier 2 NDIS) |
| IPHA | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority |
| ISC | Industry Skills Council |
| ISP | Integrated Services Program |
| JH | Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network |
| LAC | Local Area CoordinatorLocal Area Coordinators are organisations which are partners with the NDIA in local communities who work with people, their families and carers to access and manage the NDIS. LACs also help connect people to supports and services outside of the NDIS. (NDIS) |
| LGA | Local Government Area |
| LHD | Local Health District |
| MHA | Mental Health Australia |
| MHA | Mental Health Act 2007 (NSW) |
| MHAS | Mental Health Advocacy Service (Legal Aid) |
| MHC | Mental Health Commission of NSW |
| MHCC | Mental Health Coordinating Council |
| MHB | Mental Health Branch |
| MHPN | Mental Health Professionals Network |
| MHRM | The NSW Mental Health Rights Manual |
| MHRT | Mental Health Review TribunalThe Mental Health Review Tribunal is a specialist quasi-judicial body constituted under the NSW Mental Health Act 2007. It has a wide range of powers that enable it to conduct mental health inquiries, make and review orders, and to hear some appeals, about the treatment and care of people with a mental illness. The Tribunal has a wide jurisdiction, and conducts both civil and forensic hearings. NSW |
| MoH | Ministry of Health |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| NADA | Network of Alcohol and other Drugs Agency |
| NDAP | National DisabilityDisability is defined in the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) as total or partial loss of the person’s bodily or mental functions; total or partial loss of a part of the body; the presence in the body of organisms causing disease or illness, capable of causing disease or illness; the malfunction, malformation or disfigurement of a part of the person’s body; a disorder or malfunction that results in the person learning differently from a person without the disorder or malfunction; a disorder, illness or disease that affects a person’s thought processes, perception of reality, emotions or judgment or that results in disturbed behaviour. Advocacy Program |
| NDIS | National Disability Insurance Scheme |
| NDIA | National Disability Insurance Agency |
| NDS | National Disability Service |
| NGO | Non-Government Organisation |
| NMHS | National Mental Health Standards |
| NMHSPF | National Mental Health Service Planning Framework |
| NMHC | National Mental Health Commission |
| T&G | NSW Trustee and GuardianIn NSW, guardians can make some medical and lifestyle decisions for a person who does not have capacity to make the decision themselves. These decisions may include decisions such as where the person lives; the services they should receive, and what medical and dental treatment they receive. A Guardian does not have authority to make financial decisions on a person’s behalf. A guardian can be a person or officer (e.g. Public Guardian) appointed by the Guardianship Division of NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal. A guardian can be a relative or kinship carer, a family friend or is a carer who has an established and positive relationship with the person. There is no legal definition of who may be a suitable person. – Public GuardianIn NSW, guardians can make some medical and lifestyle decisions for a person who does not have capacity to make the decision themselves. These decisions may include decisions such as where the person lives; the services they should receive, and what medical and dental treatment they receive. A Guardian does not have authority to make financial decisions on a person’s behalf. A guardian can be a person or officer (e.g. Public Guardian) appointed by the Guardianship Division of NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal. A guardian can be a relative or kinship carer, a family friend or is a carer who has an established and positive relationship with the person. There is no legal definition of who may be a suitable person. |
| OV | Official VisitorAn ‘official visitor’ is a person appointed to visit, inspect and raise any matter of concern about the conditions of persons who are detained or accommodated in certain restrictive environments or living under certain restrictive conditions. Official visitors are appointed by the NSW Minister for Health under the Mental Health Act 2007 (NSW) to visit NSW public mental health facilities. There are also official visitors to correctional facilities and official community visitors to a range of residential facilities accommodating people with disability in NSW. |
| P4H | Partnerships for Health |
| PHaMS | Personal Helpers and Mentors |
| PHNs | Primary Health Networks |
| PIR | Partners in RecoveryIndividual or personal recovery is defined as being able to create and live a meaningful and contributing life within a community of choice, with or without the presence of mental health difficulties. ‘Recovery’ can mean different things to different people; but in general, it means: gaining and retaining hope; understanding of one’s abilities and difficulties; engagement in an active life; personal autonomy; social identity; meaning and purpose in life, and a positive sense of self. |
| PC | Productivity Commission |
| Q&SC | NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission |
| OPMHS | Older Persons Mental Health Service |
| RANZCP | Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychology |
| SDM | Supported Decision Making |
| SIL | Supported Independent Living |
| TICP | Trauma-informed Care & Practice |
| TOR | Terms of Reference |
| UNCRPD | United Nations Conventions on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities |
| VET | Vocational Education Training |
| WDO | Work and Development OrderA work and development (WDO) order is an order made by the NSW State Debt Recovery Office which enables eligible persons to reduce or pay their fines through a broad range of approved activities. These activities could include courses, counselling, drug and alcohol treatment, volunteer work, medical or mental health treatment or mentoring programs. |
| WHS | Work Health and Safety |
