NDIS

Feeling overwhelmed by your NDIS plan? Support Coordination helps participants, their families and carers understand their funding, connect with providers, navigate the system, and more. However, recent legislative changes, effective October 3rd, 2024, have altered how participants without dedicated Support Coordination funding can access this crucial service. Read on to understand these changes and explore your options for getting the support you need. Understanding Support Coordination Support Coordination is a service funded as a separate item under the Capacity Building budget of your NDIS plan. It helps participants understand and navigate their NDIS plans effectively. A Support Coordinator plays a…

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…

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…

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…