Accent Possability Consultancy Network

JACOB F BALDWIN
Resume - In - Full

30 Taylor Ave, Goonellabah NSW 2480
ph /fax: 02 6624 4055 m: 0428 843 095
Email: adcnet@netbay.com.au

Qualifications

Cumberland College - Associate Diploma in Rehabilitation Counselling
Macquarie University - completed two years of a B.A. course in Psychology & Education
International Correspondence College - completed a four year course in Journalism
Self-Transformation Centre Sydney - completed a 3 year course in personal development training
Category 2 Certificate 4 Workplace Trainer and Work Assessor - Byron Employment Training
WATS trainer Approved Assessor through NSW. Taxi Industry Association
Technical Expert assisting Quality Management Auditors re Australian Disability Standards

Achievements & Work History

2007

Consulted with Northern Rivers Surgical Supplies re the redesigned of their website.

2006

Facilitated eight week communication session to people with intellectual disabilities ( various degrees )at Ballina District Communities Services Association (BDCSA) Inc
Assisting in the establishment of a Disability Film Agency.
Supervised Quality Assurance officer for On –Q Human Recourses
Took the Position of Managing Director of UniCab [ a national taxi Company]
Continued consultancy with The Other Film Festival and as judge on film panel.
Continued establishment of Mobility Care Agency.

2005

Ran 4 Mobility Care Courses for TACSI.
Consulted in feedback planning for Disability Film Festival and ran workshop on documentary production in Melbourne, for Access Arts.
Attended ACROD National Conference on Aging and Disability Tasmania.
Completed feasibility study for Tabulam Aboriginal Corporation establishment of Tourist business.
Assisted with preparation of legal Report for Family Law court Matter/Advocacy.
Consulted to The Other Film Festival (a national disability film festival)
Continued establishment of Mobility Care Agency.
Took a year off on writing sabbatical.

2004

Produced Election edition of Ability Times Newsletter
Supervised Quality Assurance officer for On –Q Human Resources.
Developed concept, and Instigated working party, for the establishment of NSW first Regional Disability Council
Establishment and finalising a business enterprise re disability travel care.
Instigated the Australian Disability Consultants Network

2003

Completed Training Course for Technical Experts re Quality Assurance [ national disability standards].
Ran and presented Empowerment Seminar Serries.
Designed Book Cover for Youth Resource Book – GETTING REAL…about growing up! and wrote for it, as well as assisting with promotion and sales

2002

Development of the ‘Do you Care’ campaign re Disability Summit Care Charter.
Casual Disability Expert with Quality Assurance Services.
Hired by Byron Bay Taxis and Limousines to develop concept and proposal for an aged and disability transport system for the Far North Coast

2001

Instigated and assisted submission to Department of Aging , Disability and Home Care to fund the establishment of a Disability Consumer Council on the Far North Coast
Developed and started Australia’s first “disability” film festival AM Film Festival.
Created, designed and established a Commercial Disability Access Standard and website
Hired to train Wheelchair Accessible Taxi drivers for Byron Taxis and Limousines
Initiated and organised major fundraising drive to increase awareness of the capabilities of people with disabilities. The drive involves a group of 30 volunteers wheel chairing from Darwin to Adelaide over a period of 4 months. Coordinated sponsorship, support teams, PR and the media.

2000

Produced a 7 week series for local ABC Radio on Global to Local –The Positive News
Gained approval to train Wheelchair Accessible Taxi drivers and ran associated courses through out the year
Assisted in development and facilitation of Adult Community Education [ACE] supported course on building communities.
Ran a Mobility Care Course through ACE.
Created Australian Access Network, an electronic forum for Access Committees nation wide.
Established “Special Needs Shop” Virtual Shopping Mall for people classified as disabled
Launched Australia’s First Interactive Web Portal for people with classified disabilities.
Presented with the Australian Achievers Award 2000

1999

Created the Disability Summit concept, empowerment system for people with disabilities
Created the ADDAPT Programme, an inclusion Program for Youth classified as disabled.
Presented paper on Disability and the Internet at the Australian Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Association Conference

1998

Established E-commerce Website for ADC Network [Cyber Centre on disAbility]
Facilitated Disability Training Module for Category 2 Trainer and Work Assessor - Byron Employment Training
Facilitated Disability Training Modules at TAFE Casino at Byron Bay ACE and ACE Alstonville Adult Learning Centre in Communication, Care and Disability in the Assistant In Nursing Certificate Course
Prepared Mobility Care Training Course for accreditation
Promotion and organisation of the World Premier of the Ability Trek Documentary.
Facilitated training sessions at Byron Bay ACE and ACE Alstonville Adult Learning Centre in Communication Care and Disability in the Assistant In and Nursing Certificate Course
Research, development and submission writing for the establishment of a national Internet Content Provider [ICP]/Internet Service Provider [ISP] for people with classified disabilities.
Created Far North Coast Consumer participation channels between Government organisations and the community.
Development of a lobby and representative base for consumers with classified disabilities on the Far North Coast.

1997

Chairperson/director of the Australian Company of Credited, Ethical, Network Trainers
Ran general Counselling Practice.
Co- directed and produced a film documentary & book, 'The Ability Trek’
Produced Audio Package 'Living with SABAM’ [State of Altered Body and Mind]
Instigated and Chairperson of commercial business 'Quality Access International' providing access information on hotels and motels in Australia.

1996-1991

Presented paper on “Employment Attitudes towards People with Classified Disabilities”, ACE National Conference 1996.
Instigated, developed and managed to fruition The Ability Project – the Disability Research, Education, Access and Mobility ( D.R.E.A.M. ) Trust and Ability Trek, promoting and establishing these concepts locally and nationally. The DREAM Trust is an organisation providing financial assistance to those individuals who have disabilities who are aspiring to become self sufficient in their lifetime. The Ability Trek is a promotional awareness project, visiting every capital city promoting the abilities of people who have disabilities and introducing the D.R.E.A.M Trust concept to the public including schools, Universities, T.A.F.E Colleges, Skill Share Centres, Disability Organisations, Government Departments, Religious Groups, Community Groups, Service Clubs, Councils, politicians and individuals
Developed product and marketing strategy for Ability Trek memorabilia.

1990

Established private business, Disability Advertising & Co. to promote disability services’ and products as well as support community projects
Developed and taught course at the Travel Companion and Travel Service and established to operational status the business's working structure. Further developed Travel Companion and Travel Attendant Training Program.

1989 - 1988

Redeveloped format of Computerised Disability Access Guide to assist architects and builders.
Supervised computer programming of Information System for Minority Groups (originally designed for disability categorical use). Marketed in 1989.
Invited to sit on a course assessment panel for a new course on Residential Care and Development Disability, which commenced in 1989.
Assisted Burwood Community Aid Services to win Bi-Centenary Access Award (State Division) of twenty thousand dollars. This was an Access Awareness Program.
Lectured Sydney University Sociology final year students on Empowerment and Disability.
Lectured Catholic College of Education 2nd year nursing students on Living with Disability.
Lectured University of Technology 2nd year nursing students on Living with Disability.

1987

Conducted a Disability Access Survey for MacArthur College of Advanced Education.
Established an advertising promotion, public relations and marketing agency, The Disability Advertising Agency and Co (DACO), specialising in disability related products and services.
Lectured 2nd year nursing students Catholic College of Education on Living with Disability.
Developed and taught a Travel Attendant Course and established a Travel Attendant Companion Service (first of its kind in Australia).

1986

Instigated a travel organisation for people with disabilities, Australian Disabled Tours, developing the marketing, advertising and promotional strategies.
Counselled in the field of sexuality and disability in private practise.
Assisted with the development of a course for fourth year social work students about "Power and Disability", and lectured in the topics Power and Powerlessness, Organisational Power and the Integration and Assimilation of People with Disabilities into a community".
Began writing scripts for the production for a series of tapes on disability.
Ran a 13-week course at the MacArthur College of Advanced Education to final year Bachelor of Arts Welfare students, "Services to People with Disabilities".
Facilitated five sessions at the Australian Institute of Administration of the University of N.S.W and continued running a consultancy concerning disability related issues.

1985

Invitation to lecture second year nursing students at the University of New England.
Delivered talks to children, interested groups, technical college students, librarians, psychologists etc on the various aspects of disablement, community integration and coping.
Lectured at the Catholic Teachers College on 'Developmental Disabilities'.
Lectured at Northern Rivers TAFE, Lismore, on Special care of children with disabilities.
Whilst employed as Senior Policy and Placements Officer for the Public Service Board of N.S.W. also lectured numerous times, to the following departments:-Attorney Generals Department, N.S.W Water Board, Water and Sewerage Resource Commission, Equal Employment Opportunity Group, Special Employment Group Officers of the Commonwealth Employment Service C.E.S

1984

Delivered 5 day lecture series to post and undergraduates at Monash University, Department of Special Education, covering: Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Curriculum Development, Policy Making, Integration.
Presented paper South Pacific Conference on Cerebral Palsy –Perth, Cerebral Palsy in Society.
Presented paper at N.S.W. Institute of Business Administration, Tourist Management Group, Equal Opportunity in Employment for Persons with Disabilities
Lectured at Disabled People's International Conference, Adelaide, covering: Attitudes to Ethnicity and Disability in Welfare and Work and Employment Survival. Also acted as group leader on the Awareness and Self-Development for People with Disabilities Workshop, as well as co-chairing a Media Workshop.
Lectured N.S.W Institute of Business Administration, Systems Analyst Group, Equal Employment and Management.

1983 -1984

Employed as the Senior Policy and Placements Officer for Persons with Disabilities with the Public Service Board of N.S.W. Responsible for policy writing (area of intellectual impairment), recruiting people with disabilities for base grade clerical positions - stenographers, machine operators and typists. Raised awareness through speaking at:
1. University of N.S.W, Department of Community Medicine, Attitudes, Communication and Image of Disability
2. University of Sydney, Social Work Department, Attitudes and Needs of People with Disabilities in Education.
3. University of N.S.W, Faculty of Law, Legal Rights and Disability
4. N.S.W College of Nursing, Attitudes Towards Disability
Adviser on employment and disability to State Departments and Authorities, and regarding Equal Employment Opportunity in relation to people with disabilities
Presented papers to the Western Pacific Cerebral Palsy Association in Perth, in September 1983; and the National Conference on Dilemmas facing Disabled Persons in a Multi-cultural Society in Melbourne November 1983.

1983 - 1981

Managed own business "Auspice Community Development Associates", a consultancy dealing with promotion, development, planning and counselling in the areas of health, welfare, education, rehabilitation, recreation and employment. Also developed and marketed an information system - The Living Information System - designed to assist small and large businesses and welfare organisations.
Developed and assisted with the implementation a of Catholic Primary School media package on Disability for the Catholic Education Media Group.
Instigated and developed the Australian Disability Research Institute, a community project (Later to be known as the Disability Research, Access, and Mobility [DREAM] Trust).

1981- 1980

Co-ordinator of the Combined Enabling Trust of the Central Coast for the Handicapped. Team leadership, client trouble-shooter, community adviser, as well as instigator of many programs, including: -

1. The Honeycomb Transport System for People with Disabilities. (Funded in 1986).
2. Development of Volunteer Training System in regard to involving the community with the Combined Enabling Trust.
3. Planning a Community Health program specifically designed for people with disabilities to integrate with people who are non-disabled in the community.
4. Instigated the development of a special segment in the local newspaper. The segment was in the form of a centre spread appearing each month, giving insight to the public about the lives of people with disabilities.

1979 – 1978

Invited by the then Minister for Youth and Community Services, Mr R.F Jackson, to become a foundation member of the N.S.W Advisory Council on the Handicapped.
Founded the Consumer Information for the Disabled Resource Centre (C.I.D) and continue to be involved in various committees as an advocate of people with disabilities.
Wrote a booklet produced by the NSW Education Department, to aid primary school children in the understanding of people with handicaps. Involvements with the Mental Health Association through the Community Rehabilitation Task Force, resulted in an integration program between people with disabilities and non-disabled people.
Worked at the N.S.W Council of Social Services, in a voluntary capacity as Projects Officer for people classified as disabled, and helped raise validity of the Council within the consumer field/disabled community. As a result, instigated the Community Awareness [formally Rehabilitation] Task Force, for consumer awareness, education, and lobby group.

1976 - 1978

Successfully planned and completed a handicapped children's integration holiday program, involving multi-diagnostic disabilities with non-disabled children.
Three years course training working voluntarily for Total Care Foundation, coordinating a recreational service for young adults with classified disabilities. This involved coordinating administrative and community work as well as public relations and publicity.

1975 - 1972

Had technical writing experience, especially on the varying aspects and ranges of disability publications: N.S.W Council of Social Services, Australian Council of Rehabilitation of the Disabled, Community Rehabilitation Task Force, State I.Y.D.P publication "Aware", "New Doctor", and numerous other newsletters.

1975 - 1970

Worked at the Centre Industries Rehabilitation Workshop for people with multi-diagnostic disabilities, in a range of positions from manual to clerical, and in different departments. These included Public Relations, Personnel, Psychology, and recreational activities.

Referees

Rick Randel
BH: 02 66 851921 AH: 02 66 802373

Current Community Involvements

Part of core group of Byron Bay Chapter of Australia Connects
Media Co-ordinator for Australia Connects – an organisation inspiring and promoting community spirit and development in Australia.
Board Director of ON-Q Human Resources (formally Personnel Employment) for people with classified disabilities.
Trustee of the Disability Research, Education, Access and Mobility [DREAM.] Trust.
President of the Community Awareness Task Force Inc a disability consumer lobby and education group

Media Experience

Assisted development of audio-visual educational tapes for primary school children entitled "Why Does that Person Look Funny?" Also wrote a book by the same name for use by children aged 4-8. I have appeared on television numerous times; a major program was "A Matter of Chance" series shown on ABC television in 1981 and again in 1983. Also spoken on radio discussing the problems faced by people with disabilities and the attitudes towards them.

Past Committee Involvements

Board Director of the Ballina Community District Services Association Inc.
Byron Bay local Council Access Committee
Member of Mullumbimby Adult Learning Association
Consumer Member at the H.A.C.C. Forum
Member of the Inner West Transport Committee
N.S.W State Steering Committee for I.Y.D.P.
Promotion Committee member Bay Fm Radio
Legal Rights Committee
Handicapped Persons Alliance
Handicapped Action in Politics
Local Government Association Special Committee on Disabled
Total Care Foundation - Executive Director
Artreach - Vice President and one of the co-founders
Community Activities Centre Network - Management Committee
Adviser to the Australian Disability Research Institute
Consumer representative, Far North Regional HACC area funding and planning group.

Past Membership of Organisations

Australian Council of the Rehabilitation of the Disabled
Disabled Peoples International (N.S.W Branch)
Australian Quadriplegic Association
N.S.W Society of Crippled Children
Ethnic Committees Council of N.S.W
Vic President and Board Member of Byron Youth Service Inc. ( four years 3 as Vice Pres.)
Consumer Information for the Disabled Resource Centre -President founder
N.S.W Advisory Council on the Handicapped -
a) Access, Transport and Architecture Committee
b) Vocational and Residential Care Committee

Submissions Written

1. Community Rehabilitation Task Force Funding for Consumer Information for the Disabled Resource Centre Project - this submission was successful.
2. Australian Disability Research Institute - Employment Research Project.
3. Australian Disability Research Institute - Handicapped Persons Assistance Act Review to the Department of Social Security.
4. Australian Disability Research Institute - Research Proposal to Commonwealth Education Department.
5. Australian Disability Research Institute - instigated, planned and assisted in the writing of the constitution.
6. Australian Disabled Tours - wrote sponsorship document aimed at corporate and Government bodies.
7. Produced sponsorship package for The Ability Trek project.
8. Assisted in the production of Ability Trek and D.R.E.A.M Trust Brochure.
9. Submission to Department of Telecommunications and Tourism – Networking the Nation to establish ISP for people with classified disabilities.
10. Submission to NSW. Aged Disability Department for the establishment of Personal Carers Agency.
11. Submission to the National Office of Industry and Economy AccesAbility Division to establish a National Disability Information Website.

Articles and Publications

A range of articles written on the following and published in Australia, United States and Sweden.
Disability Caring
Disability and the Public Service (on employment]
Disability and Technology
Disable and Self Esteem
Disability and Sexuality
Disability and Economics
Disability the Law, Policy and Ethical Practices
Disability and Institutionalisation
Disability and Aboriginality
Information Technology in the 21st Century
The Difference Is the Same
The Vanishing Personal Care
How I lost My Disability on the Net
New Millennium For Disability
Toward A Blueprint for Disability Needs Disability