Novita Children's Services

Novita is a South Australian disability organisation, providing support, services and equipment to children, teens and young adults living with disability, their families and carers. In August 2019, it was announced that scosa was to merge into Novita.

Novita
PredecessorCrippled Children's Association of South Australia, Inc
Founded1939
TypeIncorporated
Headquarters341 Port Road, Hindmarsh, South Australia 5007
Location
  • Children's Services: Hindmarsh, Parafield Gardens, St Marys and Elizabeth, Whyalla; with services also provided throughout regional South Australia plus Broken Hill, New South Wales.
Area served
South Australia, Broken Hill, New South Wales
AffiliationsNational Disability Services
Websitehttp://www.novita.org.au/
Ashford House in Adelaide, South Australia

History

The Crippled Children's Association of South Australia (CCA) origins lay in the Crippled Children's Committee formed in 1932, an inaugural meeting of the CCA was held the on 13 December 1938[1] and it was incorporated in 1939. The name was changed to Novita Children's Services in 2004.[2]

It originally focused on supporting children with poliomyelitis, expanding to support those with cerebral palsy by 1944, and now works with children with a broad range of needs.[3] With the current emphasis on community based care and deinstitutionalisation, Novita Children's Services stopped providing institutional care at Regency Park in 1993,[4] working with children and families in locally based centres and in community settings. It also provides support under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).[5]

Initially relying on public and South Australian Government support the CCA ran the Somerton Crippled Children's Home from 1939,[6] and the Ashford House School,[7] both to 1976. Both accommodation services and the school then moved Regency Park Centre for the Young Disabled.[8]

In 2019, Novita merged with scosa[9][10] and their headquarters relocated in 2020 to a new facility at Hindmarsh.[4]

People

References
  1. "Assistance For Crippled Children". The Chronicle. Vol. LXXXI, no. 4, 643. South Australia. 15 December 1938. p. 31. Retrieved 25 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. Crippled Children's Association of South Australia, Inc. at Find & Connect Retrieved 22 February 2016
  3. FAQ: Who do we help, Novita Children's Services Retrieved 22 February 2016
  4. Our history— Novita has been supporting young people to achieve amazing things every day, since 1939 at the Wayback Machine (archived 28 November 2022)
  5. Glenn Rappensberg, (2010), Submission To The Productivity Commission Disability Care & Support Inquiry, Novita Children's Services Retrieved 26 February 2016
  6. Somerton Crippled Children's Home at Find & Connect Retrieved 22 February 2016]
  7. Ashford House (1952 - 1976) at Find & Connect. Retrieved 23 February 2016
  8. Regency Park Centre (1976 - 1992) at Find & Connect Retrieved 23 February 2016]
  9. (19 Aug 2019), SA NDIS providers Novita, scosa finalise merger after members approval, The Advertiser (subscription required)
  10. (22 Aug 2019), One big family Novita and scosa in alliance, The Advertiser, pg. 25


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