The Intellectual Disability Rights Service (IDRS) is a community legal centre in New South Wales. We work with people with an intellectual disability to exercise and advance their rights.
Enabling Justice Report
Enabling Justice is a report on problems and solutions in relation to diversion of alleged offenders with intellectual disability from the New South Wales local courts system with particular reference to the practical operation of s32 of the Mental Health (Criminal Procedure) Act 1990 (NSW)
Enabling Justice report
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Please click here for the complete Enabling Justice report (pdf file)
Enabling Justice Report Easy-read Version
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Please click here for the easy-read version of the Enabling Justice report
(pdf file)
Latest Employment Opportunities
For information about employment opportunities, please call (02) 9318 0144.
Volunteering Opportunities
Please contact IDRS via email to find out about other volunteering opportunities.
Volunteer Police Station Support Persons Needed – Full training provided
Location – Sydney Region
CJSN provides a support person for people with intellectual disabilities
who are detained by police. The purpose of the support is to ensure a
person understands what is required of them while police process them.
They also receive legal advice from our service and the support person
ensures they understand that advice.
Does this type of role interest you?
- Do you have experience working with people who have an intellectual disability?
- Are you interested in supporting vulnerable people who have been arrested?
- Can you drive to the support location?
- Are you prepared to be on a monthly roster, ready to be called to do a police support within the hour?
- Are you available for our 2 day November training?
For more information or to arrange a telephone interview please
contact:
Mitch Fraser or Joanne Karcz (Sydney Regional Coordinators) on 9318 0144
Who We Help
IDRS will help anyone in NSW of any age with an intellectual disability exercise their rights under the law.
What We Do
Legal Help
Legal advice and information is provided for people with an intellectual
disability or others acting on their behalf within NSW. Initial advice
is provided over the phone by appointment.
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Criminal Justice Support Network (CJSN)
The Criminal Justice Support Network (CJSN) is a State-wide support and
information service for people with an intellectual disability who are
victims, witnesses, suspects or defendants in criminal matters.
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Police Kit - Getting Arrested Kit - What to Do!
Priority Issues
The priority issues are Criminal Justice and Parents with an Intellectual Disability.
Education
Education and training is provided to people with an intellectual disability,
their carers, service providers as well as employees and volunteers in
the legal system.
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Information
IDRS produces a number of publications and distributes useful resources,
including fact sheets, books, brochures and training materials.
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Annual Reports
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2006
~ 2007 Annual Report (pdf version)
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2005
~ 2006 Annual Report (pdf version)
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2004
~ 2005 Annual Report (pdf version)