Cognitive Disability Secondary Consultations (Professional Advice)

Family Planning Victoria provides a secondary consultation service for families, carers and professionals to build their knowledge, skills and capacity to support and educate their client/family member in relation to their reproductive and sexual health, sexuality and relationships.

The secondary consultation service involves an FPV Educator working to support the referrer in relation to a specific client. The client is not present during the consultation. The aim of the consultation is to clarify pertinent issues and to provide advice and resources for the client’s ongoing support and management. Sessions usually are an hour long and you can book multiple consultations if required.

How much does it cost?

• $250.00 per hour gst free

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion criteria for secondary consultations:

• the consultation is in reference to an individual client (for consultations in reference to multiple clients please refer to Tailored Workforce Development Sessions)
• has a cognitive disability
• consents to the consultation occurring

What is the process?

All initial enquiries for secondary consultations should be directed to the Disability and Community Educator on T\9257 0130 or E\ disability@fpv.org.au

Once eligibility for the service has been confirmed, referrers will be required to ensure that consent and intake forms are completed and returned before the consultation will be scheduled. Once the consultation is complete, the referrer will be provided with a summary and suggestions for future practice.

Location

Secondary consultations can be held off-site, at a suitable location of your choice (travel costs may apply), on-site at Family Planning Victoria (Box Hill or Melbourne CBD) or via video conferencing (for regional and rural consultations only).

Forms and resources

You can download some relevant forms and resources below

FPV Disability Rights and Responsibilities

FPV Disability Complaint Information

Advocacy Services List

Information about our terms and conditions can be found here