Scope is one of Australia’s largest and most trusted disability service providers. We support thousands of people with complex intellectual, physical, and multiple disabilities.
Our Purpose is to create meaningful opportunities for people with disability to belong and thrive.
With an established history in Victoria, Scope is expanding this purpose across the nation and now has a growing footprint in New South Wales.
We offer a wide range of supports and services, to enable people of all ages to achieve their goals. We are a registered NDIS provider and have supported people to successfully transition to the NDIS since its inception in 2013.
Some of our key services include Supported Independent Living, Therapy, Early Childhood Intervention, Short Term Accommodation and Day and Lifestyle Options.
We are driven by our values, they guide how we act and behave. Simply articulated, they are We celebrate people, We excel together, We act bravely.
Scope was founded over 70 years ago in 1948, by families who wanted better support for their children with cerebral palsy.
Without a service provider who would take their children on, the families banded together to create a not-for-profit organisation that believed in the potential of every individual, regardless of the complexity of their disability.
By 2001, the organisation was officially named Scope, reflecting the core belief of our founding families — with the right support every person has scope to achieve their goals in life.
Scope has been active in research for more than 30 years, which helps us deliver positive outcomes. We’ve also led the way in working with corporate and government organisations to remove barriers to social inclusion, through our pioneering work in Communication Access.
We adhere to government standards and have achieved accreditation under the NDIS Quality and Safeguarding Framework. We work within this framework when planning, delivering, and evaluating our services.
In 2018, these credentials and community leadership resulted in the Victorian Government transferring additional services to Scope.
Scope was selected through a competitive process to deliver supported independent living services to residents living in 226 specialist disability accommodation houses and participants accessing 12 short-term accommodation and assistance services across Victoria.
In 2019, a Home@Scope was established as a wholly owned subsidiary to manage the transferring services and support their transition to the NDIS. Home@Scope remains an integral part of Scope, operating with the same values and approach to high quality services.
As we look to the future, the vision and determination of those early families drives us on.
At Scope, we see and celebrate people.