Assistance with planning (limited or extensive) is provided to assist people with a disability to identify their goals, needs and aspirations, and the range of informal, community-based and disability supports that can assist them to meet them. Assistance with planning is proactive and takes place, in most circumstances, as a person enters the disability service system, prior to the receipt of disability supports. It is also available to a person who is already in receipt of disability supports and who is at a point of significant change in their life, needing an extensive planning process to identify new goals, needs or aspirations. Support plans are required for any person in receipt of an ongoing disability support. Support plans document a person’s goals and needs and how the disability service provider(s) will support them to meet those needs. 9 Assistance with planning The following sections of the Act refer to assistance with planning: Section 53 (1) A person with a disability or a person on their behalf may request the disability service provider to provide assistance with planning. (2) The disability service provider must within a reasonable period of receiving the request for assistance arrange for the assistance to be provided. Section 55 (1) If a person with an intellectual disability or a person on behalf has requested disability services from a disability service provider, the disability service provider must offer assistance with planning in accordance with the principles specified in section 52. (2) If an offer of assistance with planning under sub-section (1) is accepted, the disability service provider must arrange for the assistance to be provided within a reasonable period after the offer is accepted. 9.1 What is assistance with planning? Guided by the note in the Act, assistance with planning: is a proactive approach that is undertaken with people with a disability and their families assists a person to plan earlier and build strong links with the community supports a person to identify their goals and needs and the range of informal, community-based and disability-funded supports required to meet those identified needs. Assistance with planning takes place without reference to any required support responses, enabling a person to develop a vision for the type of life they would like to lead. In determining how this vision may be achieved, assistance with planning considers available community and informal supports, complemented by disability supports where required. The degree of assistance with planning required by an individual will depend on the person’s needs, and may be limited or extensive:
Assistance with planning (limited or extensive) is provided to assist people with a disability to identify their goals, needs and aspirations, and the range of informal, community-based and disability supports that can assist them to meet them. Assistance with planning is proactive and takes place, in most circumstances, as a person enters the disability service system, prior to the receipt of disability supports. It is also available to a person who is already in receipt of disability supports and who is at a point of significant change in their life, needing an extensive planning process to identify new goals, needs or aspirations. Support plans are required for any person in receipt of an ongoing disability support. Support plans document a person’s goals and needs and how the disability service provider(s) will support them to meet those needs. 9 Assistance with planning The following sections of the Act refer to assistance with planning: Section 53 (1) A person with a disability or a person on their behalf may request the disability service provider to provide assistance with planning. (2) The disability service provider must within a reasonable period of receiving the request for assistance arrange for the assistance to be provided. Section 55 (1) If a person with an intellectual disability or a person on behalf has requested disability services from a disability service provider, the disability service provider must offer assistance with planning in accordance with the principles specified in section 52. (2) If an offer of assistance with planning under sub-section (1) is accepted, the disability service provider must arrange for the assistance to be provided within a reasonable period after the offer is accepted. 9.1 What is assistance with planning? Guided by the note in the Act, assistance with planning: is a proactive approach that is undertaken with people with a disability and their families assists a person to plan earlier and build strong links with the community supports a person to identify their goals and needs and the range of informal, community-based and disability-funded supports required to meet those identified needs. Assistance with planning takes place without reference to any required support responses, enabling a person to develop a vision for the type of life they would like to lead. In determining how this vision may be achieved, assistance with planning considers available community and informal supports, complemented by disability supports where required. The degree of assistance with planning required by an individual will depend on the person’s needs, and may be limited or extensive:
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