We feel incredibly honoured to have been part of the 2021 WA Disability Support Awards and would like to congratulate our Interchangers on their outstanding achievements.

The Winner

Kylie Blakemore – ‘Excellence in Supporting Employment Outcomes’

Congratulations to the winner of the Excellence in Supporting Employment Outcomes Award, Kylie Blakemore.

The Finalists

Joel’s Individual Living Options Team empowered the young man to live in his own home, and exercise choice and control. Having a team around him, 24 hours a day – 7 days a week, enables Joel to live independently in an environment that focuses on his choices, needs, goals and achievements. The team follow Joel’s lead, including him in every decision and respecting his choices. Congratulations, Team Joel!

WA Disability Support Awards

Obviously, the best feedback is always the one coming directly from the people we support. Together with our valued customers we nominated 11 Interchangers, who went above and beyond for the people we support and our organisation, for this years WA Disability Support Awards.

The WA Disability Support Awards celebrate the significant contribution of individuals and teams who support people with disability to achieve their goals. The Awards recognise and reward people who go beyond ordinary standards of service and provide the highest standard of individualised support to increase the quality of life and inclusion of people with disability in Western Australia.

Our Nominees

This year, Interchange, with support of our customers, has submitted three nominations. 10 People who demonstrate excellence, passion, vision and commitment to supporting people with disability. They all have gone beyond ordinary standards of service and had a profound impact on the lives of the people we work with and support.

Interchange’s Nominees for the 2021 WA Disability Support Awards are:

• Support Worker Gail in the category ‘Excellence in Supporting Inclusion and Citizenship’. Gail supported Myaree Customer Frances to be an active member of her local community by exercising choice, building skills, knowledge and experiences to strengthen community connections.
• Customer Joel’s Individual Living Options Team in the categories ‘Excellence in Home and Family Support’ and ‘Excellence in Rights Promotion – Supporting Choice, Control and Capacity Building’. Team Members Steven, Thomas, Ryan, Canmue, Constance, Mark and Kathrin, consistently provided support that met Joel’s complex support needs and empowered him to live independently, while also exercising choice and control and building his capacity to do so.
• Support Worker Kylie in the category ‘Excellence in Supporting Employment Outcomes’. Kylie made a significant contribution to supporting employment outcomes for customer Jordan by securing meaningful and rewarding work for the first time in 8 years.

We would like to thank all Interchangers for their hard work, dedication, and passion in supporting people with disability
to live a good life. Through exceptional people like them we succeed as an organisation and make a real difference in the
lives of the people we work with and support.