Support coordinators have a lot of responsibility on their shoulders. They need to get to know their clients, build relationships of trust with them and their support networks, foster positive engagement with the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) and providers of disability and mainstream supports, and coordinate a team of wrap around supports designed to assist their clients to achieve their goals.
At My Plan Manager, we see plans every single day and we know the ins and outs of maximising ever dollar. Getting help at the start of your plan can set you on the right track to spending, and make it work the best for you. And the good news is, we’re here to assist.
We recently spoke with support coordinator, Elizabeth Hickey (AFA Support Coordination) about the importance of goal setting in the NDIS.
To help you to better understand how the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) makes decisions about what it will and won’t fund – and to explain the payments My Plan Manager can and can’t process – we’ve pulled together all the information and resources you need.
If you’re sending an invoice our way for processing, here’s a quick tip to get the money from the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and into your bank account faster. But before we get to that, you may want to use this client invoice template, which tells you exactly which details to include in your invoices.
If you’re a taxi user with disability in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria or Western Australia then you’re going to want to know about this! A dedicated disability taxi service has launched with a host of tech features that allow you to keep track of your travel spending, see your average trip costs and even nominate your preferred driver – plus much more.
Masks, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), social distancing, excellent hand hygiene – for many people with disability, this was a way of life before the pandemic. And the community’s increased commitment to staying home when sick and following infection control protocols has not just helped stop the spread of COVID-19, but it’s created a safer community for vulnerable people with compromised immune systems – often, people with disability.
We might not have the hoverboard from Back to the Future and the flying cars from The Jetsons have yet to zoom in, but technology is opening up access in ways we wouldn’t have dreamed of in previous generations. In Apple products alone, there are tonnes of accessibility options designed to support people with disability, from vision impairment, hearing loss and deafness, through to mobility limitations and cognitive impairment.
Whether you’ve been personally affected or you’ve seen it on the news, floods, fires and cyclones have been a common occurrence for many Australians in recent years. If you live in an area where cyclones can hit, or a flood or bushfire zone, you need to be prepared.
