Portfolio: Stronger Communities
https://dcj.nsw.gov.au/
$12.5B
NSW 2025-26 Budget$8.5B
2024-25 Total Revenue22,000
Headcount (2024-25)12 tagged
Reform proposals on YourGov that name this department as a delivery partner — drawn from citizen voice, government strategy, research, international examples and gap analysis.
STRATEGY SUMMARY
We made our plan to make NSW more inclusive. Inclusive means everyone can join in, including people with disability.
PURPOSE
We made our plan to make NSW more inclusive. Inclusive means everyone can join in, including people with disability.
Corporate Plan 2026 · p.5Outcomes
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Positive attitudes and respect for rights
We will treat all people with disability with respect when they use our services, use inclusive language, hear from people with disability before we change policies that might impact them, support DCJ caseworkers to learn more about disability inclusion, teach DCJ carers new skills to help them support people with disability, help retailers and their workers learn more about disability inclusion.
KEY ACTIVITIES
Liveable and safer communities
We will make inclusion part of our work each day. We will make more accessible buildings, events, services, products. We will see how we can make social housing more accessible. When we procure services, we make sure they are accessible. We will help volunteer groups include people with disability.
KEY ACTIVITIES
Employment and independence
We will be a great place to work for people with disability, help people with disability get jobs at DCJ, make sure the people in charge at DCJ understand and support inclusion, offer workplace adjustments for people who need them. We will train our workers about hidden disability and neurodiversity. We will create a group of advocates in DCJ to support our plan. We will continue participating in the Access and Inclusion Index.
KEY ACTIVITIES
Mainstream services
We will make sure people can find and understand our information, change things in our services to help people use them, use universal design principles. We will tell people about the Companion Card. We will help DCJ workers make information accessible. We will help community workers understand and work to stop coercive control.
KEY ACTIVITIES
Source documents
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Guidelines for Using Record Linkage Data (Technical Report no. 15) (1.0 MB,PDF File)
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2026
NSW Out-of-Home Care Strategy
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NSW Disability Inclusion Action Plan Progress Reporting Guidelines east
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2020
Disability Inclusion Action Plan 2020-24 east
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2026
Easy read summary
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2026
DCJ Disability Inclusion Action Plan 2026-2029
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2026
DCJ DIAP Plain English Summary
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2021
DCJ Inclusion Strategy 2021-2025
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2020
NSW Carers Strategy: Caring in New South Wales 2020–2030
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2025-26
NSW Carers Strategy 3rd Action Plan 2025-2026
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2020
NSW Carers Strategy 2020–2030 Co-design Summary Report
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2023-24
NSW Carers Strategy 2nd Action Plan 2023-2024
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2026
Corporate Plan
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Ideas distilled from this entity's strategy & evidence
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KPI evidence register with named owners
Create a simple register mapping each KPI to source data, owner, frequency, target, and last result.
inclusion-strategy-2021-2025.pdf)
Outcome dashboard linking budget, delivery, and public impact
Build a public-facing outcome dashboard showing spend, outputs, outcomes, and delivery confidence.
inclusion-strategy-2021-2025.pdf)
Plain-language service pages and proactive status updates
Rewrite high-volume pages and letters into plain language, add status notifications, and measure contact reduction.
dcj-disability-inclusion-action-plan-2026-2029.pdf)
Single front door for life-event based services
Bundle services around life events so citizens can complete related steps across agencies in one journey.
dcj-disability-inclusion-action-plan-2026-2029.pdf)
Consultation feedback summaries with response tracking
Summarise consultation submissions by theme and publish what changed in response.
nsw-carers-strategy-2020-2030-co-design-summary-report.pdf)
Always-on policy participation platform
Create a standing participation platform where citizens and stakeholders can propose, vote, and track ideas.
nsw-carers-strategy-2020-2030-co-design-summary-report.pdf)
Procurement lessons library for repeat purchases
Capture reusable procurement clauses, market lessons, supplier performance notes, and common evaluation criteria.
dcj-diap-2020-2024.pdf)
Portfolio delivery office for major investments
Stand up a portfolio delivery office that tracks benefits, risks, dependencies, procurement, and delivery confidence.
dcj-diap-2020-2024.pdf)
Recommendation tracker for audits, reviews, and inquiries
Publish a single internal tracker for audit/review recommendations, owners, due dates, and implementation evidence.
who-we-are-and-what-we-do.html)
Integrated assurance and lessons-learned system
Create an assurance system that connects audit findings, risk registers, delivery reviews, and investment decisions.
who-we-are-and-what-we-do.html)
Reusable briefing and summary assistant for internal documents
Create controlled templates for summarising reports, submissions, minutes, and ministerial briefs.
dcj-disability-inclusion-action-plan-2026-2029.pdf)
Department-wide knowledge and briefing platform
Build a secure knowledge platform that lets staff search, summarise, and cite approved departmental material.
dcj-disability-inclusion-action-plan-2026-2029.pdf)
KPI evidence register with named owners
Create a simple register mapping each KPI to source data, owner, frequency, target, and last result.
inclusion-strategy-2021-2025.pdf)
Outcome dashboard linking budget, delivery, and public impact
Build a public-facing outcome dashboard showing spend, outputs, outcomes, and delivery confidence.
inclusion-strategy-2021-2025.pdf)
Plain-language service pages and proactive status updates
Rewrite high-volume pages and letters into plain language, add status notifications, and measure contact reduction.
dcj-disability-inclusion-action-plan-2026-2029.pdf)
Single front door for life-event based services
Bundle services around life events so citizens can complete related steps across agencies in one journey.
dcj-disability-inclusion-action-plan-2026-2029.pdf)
Consultation feedback summaries with response tracking
Summarise consultation submissions by theme and publish what changed in response.
nsw-carers-strategy-2020-2030-co-design-summary-report.pdf)
Always-on policy participation platform
Create a standing participation platform where citizens and stakeholders can propose, vote, and track ideas.
nsw-carers-strategy-2020-2030-co-design-summary-report.pdf)
Procurement lessons library for repeat purchases
Capture reusable procurement clauses, market lessons, supplier performance notes, and common evaluation criteria.
dcj-diap-2020-2024.pdf)
Portfolio delivery office for major investments
Stand up a portfolio delivery office that tracks benefits, risks, dependencies, procurement, and delivery confidence.
dcj-diap-2020-2024.pdf)
Recommendation tracker for audits, reviews, and inquiries
Publish a single internal tracker for audit/review recommendations, owners, due dates, and implementation evidence.
who-we-are-and-what-we-do.html)
Integrated assurance and lessons-learned system
Create an assurance system that connects audit findings, risk registers, delivery reviews, and investment decisions.
who-we-are-and-what-we-do.html)
Reusable briefing and summary assistant for internal documents
Create controlled templates for summarising reports, submissions, minutes, and ministerial briefs.
dcj-disability-inclusion-action-plan-2026-2029.pdf)
Department-wide knowledge and briefing platform
Build a secure knowledge platform that lets staff search, summarise, and cite approved departmental material.
dcj-disability-inclusion-action-plan-2026-2029.pdf)
Source library
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7.3MB
2026.pdf
536B
Report-20148.pdf
237KB
aboriginal-oohc-transition-what-can-carers-expect.pdf
276KB
aboriginal-oohc-transition-what-will-stay-the-same-and-what-you-will-gain.pdf
212KB
fact-sheet-transferring-to-an-acco-myth-busting.pdf
3.2MB
dcj-benefits-database-2026-standard-values-for-human-services-cost-benefit-analy.pdf
853KB
nsw-government-response-to-the-family-is-culture-review-report.pdf
151KB
nsw-drc-forum-communiqu-C3-A9-23-october-2023.pdf
343KB
NSW_DRC_First_Nations_Forum_Comnique_final_all_signatures.pdf
156KB
disability-stakeholder-forum-communique-3-June-2024.pdf
1.1MB
guidelines-for-using-record-linkage-data-report-15.pdf
4.8MB
NSW_Out-of-Home_Care_OOHC_Strategy_2026.pdf
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