Allow us to help you define your goals. We can assist you to prepare for your NDIS planning meeting. Already have an NDIS plan? We can help implement your plan to ensure your goals are achieved or work with you to review and develop your second or third plan.

Prepare

Step one is to meet with us ahead of your meeting with the National Disability Insurance

 Agency (NDIA) representative. You will leave our pre-planning session with a comprehensive  personalised summary outlining the key information you need for your

NDIS meeting This will include your key goals and the services, supports, therapies and equipment you will need to achieve these goals. Take this document, along with medical reports and other documents, to your meeting with your NDIA planner to ensure they understand your support needs.

NDIS planning meeting

This meeting will be with an NDIA Local Area Coordinator (LAC) or if the under six years, an Early Childhood Support Access Partner (AP), and it can happen in person or over the phone. They will discuss your goals or the goals of the person in your care; the supports you or the person has now and the supports, services and equipment required to reach the goals that you have identified. After the meeting, the LAC or AP will submit the plan to the NDIA for funding. Once this has been reviewed it will be sent to you.

Linking goals to outcomes Importance of goals

The NDIS offers supports framed around short- and long-term goals that you or the person you are caring for identifies. Think about what you want to try, what you like doing, want to keep doing or want to change. Also consider what could boost your morale, make daily activities easier or help you get work or stay in your job. Focus on practical things for example, make new friends, lose weight, improve speech, travel independently, try a new hobby or improve mobility. Your goals will then fall under NDIS categories such as Improved Daily Living Skills, Improved Health and Wellbeing, Increase Social and Community Participation or School Leaver Employment Supports.

Service agreement

Once you have your NDIS plan, we suggest you meet with us to discuss the supports, therapies, services or equipment you need to meet your goals. For example, if one of your goals is to improve communication, you may want to access speech therapy; or if you wanted to improve your health and wellbeing you may want to attend hydrotherapy or join our gym program. To facilitate this, we would provide a service agreement outlining the services we will provide including the hours involved and our fees.

Beginning your services

Before you begin receiving services with us, we will assess your current needs and skills– or the needs and skills of the person you care for. This is to ensure that any expected

outcomes or improvements towards meeting your goals can be measured. A review will be provided at the end of the service and we will give you a report that you can take to your next NDIS plan review meeting.

Yearly NDIS review

It’s important that you attend your annual service review armed with all the information required. Make sure that your service provider(s) have completed a Service Review with you outlining and documenting the progress towards your goals; to gather assessments or progress reports to show evidence of what is needed for the next 12 months; and to review your goals and the supports you need to achieve them. For more information go here

Ongoing support

Under the NDIS you can elect to receive funding to have someone help you connect with the services your need. This service is called Support Coordination. Under this we can help you get the most out of your plan by identifying the appropriate supports, services and equipment to help you or the person your support achieve their goals. It also includes working with you to increase your confidence as you prepare for your review or planning meeting.

Not sure where to begin?

If you still need help to get started, then contact us. It can be daunting but you don’t have to do it alone. Our team can assist you to navigate the NDIS, set goals and find the services you, or the person you are caring for, needs to live the best possible life