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NDIS PLAN
Understanding the NDIS
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) aims to support people with disability, their families, and careers. The NDIS is an Australian national scheme providing funding support to people with permanent and significant disability that restricts their ability to lead normal active lives. Additionally, the NDIS funds early intervention supports for children with developmental delay or people with disability. It provides individualized support that allows people with disability to exercise greater choice in availing the support package that is designed to meet their needs.
Through the Australian NDIS, people with disability are empowered to make progress towards their goals by identifying and choosing the right provider that can support them in their goals. One of the prominent features of the NDIS is ‘community and mainstream.’ This means that those who are unable to receive Australian NDIS funding can be supported through the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) in the form of advice and referrals.
It can be challenging to understand how the NDIS works and what needs to be done to access support services. At Trusting Hands Disability Services, we work with people with disability and their carers to help them prepare for the NDIS. We can support you in navigating the NDIS system, connect with government agencies, and acquire support after formalising service agreements. Our staff has the expertise to help you understand the following:
The Code of Conduct
The NDIS Code of Conduct promotes safe and ethical service delivery by setting out expectations for the conduct of both NDIS providers and workers. In providing supports or services to people with disability, Trusting Hands Disability Services and staff will ensure to:
- act with respect for individual rights to freedom of expression, self-determination, and decision-making in accordance with relevant laws and conventions
- respect the privacy of people with disability
- provide supports and services safely and competently with care and skill
- act with integrity, honesty, and transparency
- promptly take steps to raise and act on concerns about matters that might have an impact on the quality and safety of supports provided to people with disability
- take all reasonable steps to prevent and respond to all forms of violence, exploitation, neglect, and abuse of people with disability
Take all reasonable steps to prevent and respond to sexual misconduct
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What Disabilities are covered by NDIS?
Types of Disabilities
Disabilities are of wider categories few of the known ones are:- Cognitive disability
- Physical disability
- Sensory disability
- Neurological disability
- Intellectual disability
- Psychiatric disability
NDIS Eligibility
A permanent development delay, in a child, showing signs of some early intervention. The agenda of early intervention is to support the child in the earliest stage rather than in the later period through:
Effective support for improvising their caring ability.
Empowering the support group including their family members.
Assisting them to diminish the impact of disability.
Disability in some individuals affects their functional capacity, therefore the caretakers assure the family members in assisting them in normalizing their communication, socialization, interaction activities. It also assures the members to support daily tasks and personal care.
However, if your family member is suffering from disability and has the ability then they are not eligible for the NDIS package.
Disability confines people from participating and performing social interactions. It also prevents them from joining employment.
No temporary disability is eligible for the NDIS package. This means the disability assistance package is designed only for individuals holding permanent disability. No disabilities are regarded as permanent if they can be treated and cured in a short period.
Preparing for the First NDIS Meeting
Once the application for the NDIS gets approved, the next step is to attend the NDIS plan meeting set with the local agency of NDIA. Every individual is given a unique coverage; therefore, the first meeting is all about the requirements and goals. The planning meets gives in an opportunity to share the service importance and NDIS needs.
Pre-plan your requirements and make sure to discuss the future needs with the local coordinator. If you wait to plan for a day ahead, you may miss out on potential supports which may later downturn your goal.
At once, you may not be able to remember the daily needs but with the right support. Actively jotting down the requirements and daily challenges is a great way to head start to keep up with the NDIS package. Once aware of all the barriers you will be prepared for future goals.
A visual diary is a great way to keep up with the emerging challenges. Further, it will be easier to help you showcase your local coordinator of the required services and barriers. This helps to get the most out of the NDIS package.
Once aware of the future plan it’s good to jot down the ideas. Try to be specific and creative when taking service from the NDIS package. This allows you to enjoy independence, so thinking big in the earliest stage is a great way to take hold of every service.
Well, you might think this is too much. But not really, as pre-planning session helps to prepare for the NDIS meeting. If the members are struggling to come up with appropriate supports and goals a pre-plan meeting can be a great idea.
NDIS plan is all about highlighting the service needs. Be sure to remain focused and how the needs can be properly supported. This way we can be sure of the tailored NDIS plan.
Once every goal and need is noted you can easily dictate it to the NDIS agency. NDIS service providers list is a great place to explore the supports and achieve the goals. Prepare yourself to discuss the potential support.
If you are not aware of the NDIS meeting, then you can involve a family member who has already taken up the meeting earlier. They can help you re-think the support and goals to discuss in the meeting. A pre-planned meeting with them before the final round can help you re-structure the entire goal.