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Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003

Needs assessments and care and rehabilitation plans - Assessment of care and rehabilitation needs

18: How needs assessment process to be commenced

You could also call this:

"Starting a needs assessment to understand what support you need"

Illustration for Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003

When you need a needs assessment, a co-ordinator will start the process. They will meet with you and the people who care about you, like your family or caregiver. The co-ordinator will try to explain some important things to you at this meeting. They will explain what an assessor has said about your intellectual disability and why you need a needs assessment.

The co-ordinator wants to make sure you understand what is happening. They will use simple language to explain things, so you can understand. An assessor is someone who helps figure out if you have an intellectual disability, and this can include a health assessor as defined in the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003.

You will have a chance to ask questions and talk about your needs. The co-ordinator is there to help you and make sure you get the support you need. They will work with you to understand what you need to live a safe and healthy life.

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Part 3Needs assessments and care and rehabilitation plans
Assessment of care and rehabilitation needs

18How needs assessment process to be commenced

  1. The co-ordinator must commence the needs assessment process by holding a meeting with the care recipient concerned, and any member of the care recipient's family or whanau or a caregiver of the care recipient or someone else concerned with the welfare of the care recipient.

  2. At the meeting held under subsection (1), the co-ordinator must use his or her best endeavours to explain—

  3. the substance of any assessment by an assessor that the care recipient has an intellectual disability; and
    1. the purpose of the needs assessment.

      1. In this section, assessor includes a health assessor within the meaning of the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003.