What we do

We are a small team that supports staff and managers across health, disability, education and Child, Youth and Family to better meet the needs of children and young people when they are high and complex. We were established in 2001 as part of the High and Complex Needs Interagency Strategy.

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Our functions

  • supporting collaboration: we provide tools, resources and information to support interagency working
  • allocating funding: to support local agencies to develop and implement a plan to create lasting opportunities for change for individual children
  • managing information from a variety of stakeholders: to support and encourage interagency working and best practice
  • reporting to stakeholders, including our:
    • Annual Report
    • Communications Plan
    • Client Information Report.
HCN Unit Annual Report (Word 735KB)
HCN Unit Communications Plan (PDF 1.5MB)
HCN Unit Client Information Report (Word 1.07MB)
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Our structure

There are five regionally-based HCN Advisors and a small team of national office staff.

We have two decision-making panels to help us with funding decisions:

  • the Application Panel decides if someone meets the criteria for funding
  • the Plan Approval Panel decides if the plan is likely to meet the needs of the young person.
HCN Unit organisational structure (Word 115KB)
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