Carolina Albornoz

Carolina Albornoz is a Community Educator with Care Financial who assists people of all ages and stages in understanding and improving their financial situations. With a background in education and information technology, Carolina enjoys developing and facilitating financial workshops. She recently qualified as a counsellor.

Your money, your life

People with intellectual disability often face significant challenges in managing their finances. They are at heightened risk of accumulating high debt due to overspending and can become targets of financial exploitation and abuse, sometimes even at the hands of family members, friends, and paid support workers.

What can be done to reduce the financial vulnerability of people with disability and to enhance their ability to lead more financially independent lives?

In this session, Care Financial’s community educator, Carolina Albornoz, answered this question by highlighting the common financial pitfalls and exploitative scenarios that people with disability may encounter and discussing ways to safeguard against them.

She shared effective strategies and tools that have helped people with disability develop essential skills like budgeting and managing daily expenses.

This session was as relevant to people under guardianship as it was to those living more independently.

Learn about the other conference speakers and their presentations

Pre-conference webinars

• Webinar 1 – Decision-making in everyday life – Janet Klees
• Webinar 2 – Medical safeguarding – Jo Massarelli and Cathy Ludlum
• Webinar 3 – Now is the time for vision – Darcy Elks

Main conference

• Never too late to get a life – Cathy McMahon and Josey McMahon
• The secrets of fabulous skin self-direction – Margaret Ward
• What happens when I cark it? – Linda Hughes
• Planning ahead: Safeguarding decision-making – Helen Connolly
• The importance of trust and relationship in supported decision-making – Kim Roots
• Dream big! – Laura Esplin and Bernadette Esplin
• Building bridges to neighbourhood – Sarah Faulkner
• Safeguarding a Micro Enterprise for the future – Helen Neale
• Finding and safeguarding a job – Jan Kruger
• What’s the plan? Estate planning consideration for parents and carers – Stacey Bell
• Passing on the “How”: A sibling’s journey – Rebecca Altaffer
• It’s a long game: Planning for a great future for Valen in a constantly changing world – Ann Greer, Valen Litster, and Sally Aubrey
• How to set your Executor up for success – Stacey Bell
• Safeguarding the future: A sibling’s perspective – Libby Ellis
• Dispelling myths about the Disability Support Pension, Rent Assistance, and employment income – Paul Kruger
• Your money, your future – Carolina Albornoz
• Helping relationships flourish – Tim Bavinton
• Who is the person behind the behaviour, and what do they need? – Kane Morgan
• Safeguarding Isaac’s good life through a Service for One – Sheree Henley
• Emma Davidson MLA
• Planning future finances – Chris Oates
• Crafting and safeguarding a meaningful week for Cameron – Karen Caldwell, Cameron Zellner, and Markus Zellner