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Accessing Support Coordination Without Specific NDIS Funding NDISSupport Coordination

Accessing Support Coordination Without Specific NDIS Funding

If you don't have Support Coordination in your NDIS plan, you can still get help from a Focal Support Coordinator by having a Support Coordination Package service agreement drawn up to come out of your Core or Capacity Building funding. Today I will explain a little about support coordination and how a Support Coordination Package could help you. Understanding Support Coordination Support coordination is a service funded under the NDIS to help participants make the most of their plans. A support coordinator can assist with: Engaging with service providers Ensuring service agreements fit within your budget Monitoring your funding regularly…
Bec
24 July 2024
Understanding Positive Behaviour Support Plans (PBSP) in NDIS: A Quick Guide NDISSupport Coordination

Understanding Positive Behaviour Support Plans (PBSP) in NDIS: A Quick Guide

Focal support coordinators work with clients who have Positive Behaviour Support Plans (PBSP) all the time, we understand that they are individual plans with strategies developed to make a client’s life better in some way. Today we are going to look at what is included in a PBSP, what sort of NDIS funding is needed and how a support coordinator can help you get a plan. What is a PBSP? PBSP’s are crafted with the aim of enhancing an individual's well-being and overall life satisfaction, by focusing on the individual's strengths, goals, wants, and needs, and implementing strategies that prioritize…
Bec
10 June 2024
Understanding Your NDIS Plan: Capacity Building Funding NDISSupport Coordination

Understanding Your NDIS Plan: Capacity Building Funding

One important aspect of your NDIS plan is the funding allocated to different categories of support. Today, we will be looking at Capacity Building funding, explaining the purpose of capacity building and what you can use this funding for.  Capacity Building supports are used to support goals that focus on building independence and skills.   Predominately, Capacity Building funding is used for therapies such as Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy and Physiotherapy and these come from the Improved Daily Living category and can usually be used flexible within this category to make sure you are receiving the correct therapies.  If you have…
Bec
2 May 2024
Unlocking NDIS Housing with Support Coordination NDISSupport Coordination

Unlocking NDIS Housing with Support Coordination

NDIS Housing Options There are many reasons why you might need a housing solution, just some of these include where an adult (under 45 years) resides in an aged care facility and wants to live with people of their own age, a decline in health, or upon discharge from hospital after having a stroke, an amputation or an acquired brain injury diagnosis. The NDIS provides a range of housing options for clients, these include: Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) Supported Independent Living (SIL) arrangements Buying your own property Living with flatmates or host arrangements Other mainstream housing options, including private rentals, public housing, and…
Bec
20 March 2024
Introducing Access 4000: Australia’s first disability access app NDIS

Introducing Access 4000: Australia’s first disability access app

A revolutionary new smartphone app is helping people with disability navigate their way around Brisbane in an Australian first. Brisbane-based disability support service Carers Link, in partnership with Disability Support Queensland, has launched Access 4000: a smartphone app which provides disability access information on some of Brisbane’s venues and infrastructure. The app highlights access features like wheelchair and pram ramps, disabled toilets and parking, and support for low vision or blindness. Carers Link Director, Debby Brennan, said Access 4000 was an exciting step forward for people with disability, their families and carers. “For people with a physical disability and other…
Tracy Warren
10 July 2017

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