Providing services for people with a disability from Wollongong to Nowra
Welcome
Our Vision: “is to be the best provider for people with developmental and other disabilities in day support and employment services”
Our Mission: “is to provide quality services which enhance the skills of people with developmental and other disabilities”
Greenacres Disability Services has been providing services for people with a developmental disability in the Illawarra Region for more than 55 years and more recently in the Shoalhaven area. In 1953 a group of parents of children with a disability who had no appropriate services to access, banded together and started Greenacres Special School. The hard work and foresight of these parents was the catalyst for the development of the multifaceted organization that Greenacres Disability Services is today.
Greenacres supports over five hundred people in Wollongong, Shellharbour, Nowra and their surrounds each week. We provide a wide range of programs from open employment to supported employment to transition from school to work through to living skills, community access, leisure and retirement. The corner stone of Greenacres success is its total commitment to training for both service users and staff. Training is the key to Greenacres continuing success and ongoing evolution.
Greenacres Disability Services Administration Centre is located in North Wollongong as is Greenacres Industries' two supported employment facilities. Greenacres supports eight Community Participation Centers including Greenacres Retirement Options ( GRO ); these are located throughout Wollongong , Shellharbour and its surrounding suburbs.
Greenacres has a Transition to Work (TTW) program called Joblink which is located in the Wollongong CBD and Nowra, an Open Employment service called Greenacres Employment Solutions which has two offices, one at Unanderra and the other at Warilla and a VETAB accredited Training Service which is situated at the Administration Centre.
If you have any questions or need advice with regard to a service or program that might best suit your needs, please do not hesitate to contact us by phone or have a closer look at our website.