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Statewide Disability Services (SDS) sits within the Specific Needs cluster, Corrective Services NSW. It is a multidisciplinary team that addresses the additional support needs of offenders with disability. SDS assists all offenders with disability whether in custody or in the community.
Psychology services in SDS operate within a multi-disciplinary team. Various roles in SDS include:
An offender must have one or more of the following disabilities:
SDS is based at Long Bay Correctional Complex, however on occasion the role may involve travel to conduct assessments or training at other NSW locations
SDS oversees the Additional Support Units (ASUs) at Long Bay Correctional Complex which house inmates with cognitive impairment.
If you have a client, friend or family member that has a disability and is in custody or managed by Community Corrections, and would benefit from specialist assistance, please contact SDS - 02 9289 2136 or email sds-osp@justice.nsw.gov.au
11 May 2023
We acknowledge Aboriginal people as the First Nations Peoples of NSW and pay our respects to Elders past, present, and future.
Informed by lessons of the past, Department of Communities and Justice is improving how we work with Aboriginal people and communities. We listen and learn from the knowledge, strength and resilience of Stolen Generations Survivors, Aboriginal Elders and Aboriginal communities.
You can access our apology to the Stolen Generations.