as well as supports that enable the Mainstream interface: participant to enjoy social and community activities independent of Family Support their informal carers supports aimed at increasing the Supports the NDIS will fund in sustainability of family caring relation to family support arrangement, including personal care and domestic assistance related to the disability person’s About the NDIS where a caring or living child’s arrangement changes due to a child The National Disability Insurance Scheme protection order, the Scheme can (the Scheme) is a new way of providing continue to fund the child’s community linking and individualised support disability-related supports such as aids for people with permanent and significant and equipment, therapies, transport or disability, their families and carers. community access. The National Disability Insurance Agency (the Agency) has been established to Supports funded by the community implement the Scheme. services system The Agency will build relationships with The community services system continues mainstream service providers and the local to have responsibility for broad, population community. This will improve their wide programs and statutory services. understanding about how they can assist This includes: people with disability. family support and counselling, parenting skills programs and family What assistance related to relationships services family support will the Scheme all aspects of the statutory child fund? protection system, including assessing and responding to suspected child Families can play an important part in the abuse and neglect lives of participants both as a critical – relationship and as a source of care and arranging out of home care for children support. Some participants and families may subject to child protection orders, need assistance to sustain these including making these arrangements sustainable for children with disability relationships and participants may need additional supports when their family and caring arrangements change. Supports funded by the Scheme The Scheme funds supports that families need as a result of a family member’s disability, as well as supports that enable sustainable caring by family members. This includes: family support and counselling due to a family disability member’s building the skills and capacity of other family members to manage the impact of a participant’s disability on family life supports that increase the independence, participant’s
Mainstream interface: Family Support Supports the NDIS will fund in relation to family support About the NDIS The National Disability Insurance Scheme (the Scheme) is a new way of providing community linking and individualised support for people with permanent and significant disability, their families and carers. The National Disability Insurance Agency (the Agency) has been established to implement the Scheme. The Agency will build relationships with mainstream service providers and the local community. This will improve their understanding about how they can assist people with disability. What assistance related to family support will the Scheme fund? Families can play an important part in the lives of participants – both as a critical relationship and as a source of care and support. Some participants and families may need assistance to sustain these relationships and participants may need additional supports when their family and caring arrangements change. Supports funded by the Scheme The Scheme funds supports that families need as a result of a family member’s disability, as well as supports that enable sustainable caring by family members. This includes: family support and counselling due to a family member’s disability building the skills and capacity of other family members to manage the impact of a participant’s disability on family life supports that increase the participant’s independence, as well as supports that enable the participant to enjoy social and community activities independent of their informal carers supports aimed at increasing the sustainability of family caring arrangement, including personal care and domestic assistance related to the person’s disability where a child’s caring or living arrangement changes due to a child protection order, the Scheme can continue to fund the child’s disability-related supports such as aids and equipment, therapies, transport or community access. Supports funded by the community services system The community services system continues to have responsibility for broad, population wide programs and statutory services. This includes: family support and counselling, parenting skills programs and family relationships services all aspects of the statutory child protection system, including assessing and responding to suspected child abuse and neglect arranging out of home care for children subject to child protection orders, including making these arrangements sustainable for children with disability
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