Disaster Recovery Star
For people impacted by a natural disaster
Who is the Disaster Recovery Star for?
The Disaster Recovery Star has been developed to help support people recovering after a natural disaster such as a bushfire / forest fire, flood, earthquake, or storm.
The Disaster Recovery Star helps people recovering form a natural disaster and the services supporting them identify progress towards key outcomes like home and property, finances, and hope and trust.
Using the Outcomes Star approach
The Disaster Recovery Star is designed to be used as part of the Outcomes Star approach. That’s why we provide essential training and ongoing support to all licenced practitioners, so you can embed the Outcomes Star approach in your practice.
How does the Disaster Recovery Star work?
The Disaster Recovery Star covers seven key outcomes areas to help people impacted by a natural disaster to recover from practical, physical, emotional, psychological or other effects they have experienced and assess their progress towards each following a five-stage Journey of Change.
You and the people you support will fill out the Star together, and use it to better identify where their strengths lie and where they might need more help, and to make plans for moving forward along the journey.
Outcome areas
Home and property
Finances
Daily life, work and routine
Health and well-being
Family and close relationships
Connection and community
Hope and trust
The Journey of Change
01
Not ready
02
Taking it in
03
Moving into action
04
Making progress
05
Managing well
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Always rooted in expertise and experience
The Disaster Recovery Star was developed in collaboration with Gippsland Lakes Complete Health (Bushfire Case Support Program) and Emergency Recovery Victoria who funded the development.
Additional thanks for participation to Co-health, Windermere Child and Family Services and VACCA (the Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency).
