Welcome to the NDIS The National Disability Insurance Scheme is a model of supporting people with disability to have more choice and control over their supports and services. This includes participating in the local community and building on natural and informal supports such as friendships, neighbours and local community groups. This to Planning in the NDIS is designed to explain the NDIS planning process and to help you begin thinking about planning for your / your family member’s life and future. Being part of the NDIS means you will have access to a Local Coordinator who will assist you through the planning process. This Guide is not meant to replace the conversations that you will have with your Local Coordinator during the planning process. It is simply to help you learn more about how planning works within the NDIS. Your Local Coordinator is there to support and assist you as much or as little as you like. You can also include family members, carers or anyone else you consider important when thinking and talking about planning for your support needs. Local Coordinators support you to: identify your strengths and needs, plus any goals or aspirations you would like to start working towards, to form the start of your NDIS plan; explore how you are going to reach the goals outlined in your plan; choose the supports and services that best suit your needs and goals; develop stronger links with your local community; build on natural and informal supports such as friendships, neighbours and local community groups; write your plan (if you need help with this). NDIS Planning Principles Planning is central to the NDIS approach. Planning assists individuals, along with their families, to consider possibilities, how they would like life to be now and into the future. The resulting plan should be flexible, responsive to challenges and changes in each person’s life, and be as individual as the person it aims to support. NDIS planning principles are as follows: The person with the disability is central to the planning and decision-making process. Planning is on the person’s wishes, capabilities and strengths, and will provide greater opportunities in the future. Planning leads to a more satisfying and secure life and includes safeguards to address vulnerability, enabling the person to take risks and make mistakes.
Welcome to the NDIS The National Disability Insurance Scheme is a model of supporting people with disability to have more choice and control over their supports and services. This includes participating in the local community and building on natural and informal supports such as friendships, neighbours and local community groups. This to Planning in the NDIS is designed to explain the NDIS planning process and to help you begin thinking about planning for your / your family member’s life and future. Being part of the NDIS means you will have access to a Local Coordinator who will assist you through the planning process. This Guide is not meant to replace the conversations that you will have with your Local Coordinator during the planning process. It is simply to help you learn more about how planning works within the NDIS. Your Local Coordinator is there to support and assist you as much or as little as you like. You can also include family members, carers or anyone else you consider important when thinking and talking about planning for your support needs. Local Coordinators support you to: identify your strengths and needs, plus any goals or aspirations you would like to start working towards, to form the start of your NDIS plan; explore how you are going to reach the goals outlined in your plan; choose the supports and services that best suit your needs and goals; develop stronger links with your local community; build on natural and informal supports such as friendships, neighbours and local community groups; write your plan (if you need help with this). NDIS Planning Principles Planning is central to the NDIS approach. Planning assists individuals, along with their families, to consider possibilities, how they would like life to be now and into the future. The resulting plan should be flexible, responsive to challenges and changes in each person’s life, and be as individual as the person it aims to support. NDIS planning principles are as follows: The person with the disability is central to the planning and decision-making process. Planning is on the person’s wishes, capabilities and strengths, and will provide greater opportunities in the future. Planning leads to a more satisfying and secure life and includes safeguards to address vulnerability, enabling the person to take risks and make mistakes.
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