Your CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORTS budget aims to do exactly as it explains – build capacity, with a focus on working towards the long term goals in your plan and building independence.
The amount of funding in each support category is flexible ONLY WITHIN that category. You cannot combine funding across support categories, as each category is working towards achieving a particular goal.
What is the role of a Support Coordinator?
- Understand and implement the funded supports in your plan
- Connect you to community, mainstream and other government services.
- Negotiate with providers about what they will offer you and how much it will cost out of your plan.
- Ensure service agreements and service bookings are completed.
- Build your ability to exercise choice and control, to coordinate supports and access your local community.
- Assist you in planning ahead to prepare for your plan review.
- Assist you to ‘optimise’ your plan ensuring that you are getting the most out of your funded supports.
What is the role of a Recovery coach do?
A Recovery coach is a NDIS worker that has specific mental health knowledge and experience, and who’s role is to :
- spend time with you, and people important to you, to get to know you and understand your needs
- help you to find out about different services and supports
- help you get support from mental health services
- help you better understand the NDIS and support you with the NDIS
Supports the NDIA may fund (if related to your disability)
- Assistance with searching for suitable rental properties
- Assistance with ensuring the home/area is suitable for your needs
- Assistance with viewing rental properties
- Applying for a rental tenancy
- Meeting obligations of your tenancy agreements
- Assistance with dealing with your landlord, budgeting/bill management for independent living and managing any issues with your tenancy.
Supports the NDIA don’t fund
- Everyday expenses and general living costs such as rent, groceries, utilities, personal costs etc.
Supports the NDIA may fund (if related to your disability)
- Tuition fees, art classes, sports coaching and similar
- Social or group activities like mine craft groups, group tennis lessons, horse-riding and gymnastics.
- Camps, classes and vacation activities that have capacity building components.
- Items or adjustments such as customised tools required because of the person’s disability. i.e. adaptive sporting equipment. An example of this is if you wanted to play all abilities golf and needed to buy an adapted golf club to play. Or you wanted to do a drumming class and needed to buy an adapted glove to allow you to grip the drumsticks.
- A support worker to help you participate in activities, such as help changing into sports clothes or setting you up to join the activity
Supports the NDIA don’t fund
- The basic cost of the activities that everyone would be expected to pay for like entry fees, registration and membership fees.
- Standard equipment you need to take part in a social or recreation activity.
- Participation in activities at professional and/or elite level.
- Support for a young child to attend or participate in social or recreation activities where parents would normally be expected to stay and support their child.
Supports the NDIA may fund (if related to your disability)
School Leaver Employment Supports (SLES)
Accessible for those in year 11/12. This is an early intervention approach for school leavers with significant disability to support and gain the skills and confidence needed to gain employment, and also transition into Disability Employment Services (DES). These supports can be used towards developing skills such as:
- Learning about money handling
- Time management
- Communication
- Discovery activities
- Work experience and building job ready skills
- Travel and personal development
Supports the NDIA may fund (if related to your disability)
- Training for carers in behaviour management strategies
- Support to develop social skills
Supports the NDIA don’t fund
- Mental health supports unrelated to behaviour support
This category used to include funding for Intensive behaviour intervention, Specialist behaviour and intervention supports and social skill development. If you are still using the old NDIS system, you can continue using this funding for these supports until your plan is moved onto PACE (the new NDIS system and budget layout).
Supports the NDIA may fund (if related to your disability)
- Intensive behaviour intervention – for older participants (with plans that started before Nov 2023) – this will still be funded under ‘Improved Relationships’ until your current plan is renewed.
- Specialist behaviour and intervention supports (for harmful or persistent behaviours of concern and use of restrictive practices where necessary) – for older participants (with plans that started before Nov 2023) – this will still be funded under ‘Improved Relationships’ until your current plan is renewed.
- CLICK HERE To find out more about the Positive Behaviour Support Framework
Supports the NDIA don’t fund
- Mental health supports unrelated to behaviour support
- Behavioural supports from unregistered providers (must follow the NDIS Positive Behaviour Support Framework)
Supports the NDIA may fund (if related to your disability)
- Dietitian
- Exercise Physiology
- Personal training
Supports the NDIA don’t fund
Supports the NDIA may fund (if related to your disability)
Training, advice and mentorship to build skills to move from school to further educations i.e. university or TAFE, this may include assistance with:
- Educational Programs
- Course applications
- Social skills workshops
- Student Budgeting
- Planning your study workload
- Time & Workload Management
- Transitioning from high school to further education
Supports the NDIA don’t fund
- Course fees
- Text books
- Memberships
- Education costs
What does a plan manager do?
- Financial Assistance with paying your invoices, and budgeting your funding
- Building capacity with financial management
Supports the NDIA may fund (if related to your disability)
Training, advice and mentorship to build skills to move from school to further educations i.e. university or TAFE, this may include assistance with:
- Allied Health Therapies – Psychology, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, Physiotherapy, Exercise Physiology, Counselling, Podiatry
- Additional therapy supports – Animal therapy, Art therapy, Music therapy, Therapy Assistant
- Skill development & mentoring
- Training for carers/parents in matters related to caring for a person with a disability.
- Early intervention therapies – Key workers
Supports the NDIA don’t fund
- Therapy supports funded by other government agencies
- Clinical mental health treatments e.g. psychotherapy, psychiatry
