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Disability Services based on
the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner
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Warrah is a disability services
provider based in Dural, a suburb in north-west Sydney. It provides
services for people who have an intellectual disability with moderate to
high support needs. It provides about 100 places for adults and 20
places for school children. It occupies 30 acres at 20 Harris Road Dural
and owns and rents other sites in nearby suburbs. We employ about 120
staff members. Our annual turnover is in excess of $7.5 million a year.
Warrah’s guiding philosophy comes from the principles and methods of
Rudolf Steiner. Dr Steiner was an Austrian born philosopher, artist,
educator and spiritual researcher. He lived from 1861 to 1925. |
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Warrah was founded in 1969 when the first residential cottage was
built. Warrah now has 10 residential cottages, or Group Homes, which
make up Warrah’s Adult Residential Services; they accommodate 49
people with intellectual disabilities. Six of the 10 Group Homes are
located on the Harris Road site and they accommodate 30 residents.
The other four Group Homes (and 19 people) are spread through
suburbs in north-west Sydney.
Warrah also provides Adult Day Services. These are designed to
support adults with an intellectual disability by providing them
with meaningful planned activities. They have 65 clients and are
located at 20 Harris Road and another nearby site in Dural. Most of
the clients are from Warrah’s Adult Residential Services with the
rest coming from other sources.
Finally, we have Warrah School. Warrah School aims to offer a high
quality, individualised education for students with intellectual
disabilities. The school seeks to encourage each student to achieve
to the best of his or her abilities. Warrah believes that every
student has the right to receive a full, balanced, holistic
education and should not be deprived of a full range of curriculum
subjects because of developmental or intellectual impairment.
As a not-for-profit organisation and a registered charity, we have
always relied on support from the community.
More about Warrah
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Member: Association for Rudolf Steiner
Curative Education and Social Therapy in Australia
Auspices: Services provided under the Disability
Services Act NSW (1993) |
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