About ACCV
Aged & Community Care Victoria (ACCV), is the single and united voice for more than 90 per cent of Victorian aged and community care providers and other organisations. This includes residential care, community care, retirement or independent living and bush nursing.
ACCV is a membership organisation governed by a Board of 12 industry representatives. ACCV strives to strengthen the capacity of our aged care system to successfully meet the needs of our ageing community into the future. ACCV exists to promote, encourage and assist the health and care needs of aged and community care clients and to support and provide leadership to our members from private business, community organisations and church and charitable organisations in the aged and community care sector.
Representation & leadership
ACCV’s major role is to provide leadership for our members to ensure the sustainability of the aged and community care industry for all providers and their clients. Through regular and timely communication with key industry representatives and media representation, ACCV ensures issues of importance remain firmly on the social agenda so our members have an effective representative voice.
ACCV provides direct representation on key State and Commonwealth government department panels to ensure members have a voice in negotiations, discussions and policy development within the aged and community care sector.
ACCV provides national representation for members through Aged and Community Services Australia (ACSA) and Aged Care Association Australia (ACAA). Both Federal peak bodies provide a strong representative voice at a national level for members.
Advocacy
ACCV is proud to be an advocate for both service providers and their clients. Members can report not just on their own issues but can represent the people they serve, therefore ensuring issues of importance are brought to the forefront of public debate and discussion.
Training & Consultancy
ACCV is a nationally recognised Registered Training Organisation (RTO) providing a vast range of accredited education and professional training programs specifically designed for ACCV members.
Expert advice & assistance
ACCV provides professional hotline advice and assistance to all members to promote best practice in aged and community care. Advice is provided by telephone, email, fax, and personal visits to member organisations on operational issues affecting the service.
ACCV also provides an aged and community care specific Workplace Relations service for members inclusive within membership fees. This includes telephone advice on Awards and general industrial matters. Additional representation is also available on a consultancy basis.
Inform & update
ACCV ensures that members are kept up to date on all current information affecting the industry on a regular basis through:
- Access to an informative and up-to-date website including ‘members only’ pages
- Weekly and fortnightly e-communications
- The quarterly ACCV magazine ACCViews
- Regular publication of Federal body publications
Networking opportunities
Through regular metropolitan and regional meetings, ACCV provides opportunities for members to network with each other, share information and keep up to date on all the latest trends in aged and community care. ACCV provides a wide range of events, conferences, seminars and forums throughout the annual calendar.
Taskforces
The development of a range of ACCV Member Taskforces covering areas such as Residential Care, Community Care, Bush Nursing, Human Resource & Workplace Relations Issues, Legal & Industrial Issues and Media & Public Relations, offers members an opportunity to provide input and feedback to the development of all issues papers and policy statements.