Albany Support Coordination

The provision of specialised NDIS social work services including
- Specialised Support Coordination for complex needs NDIS participants
- Functional Capacity Assessments to support plan reviews or to assisting people to access the NDIS
- Psychosocial Recovery Coaching for NDIS participants with psychosocial needs
- Counselling and therapeutic interventions

I am a qualified Social Worker, accredited with the Australian Association of Social Workers and specialising in the provision of high quality disability services.

Undertaking support coordination I can assist NDIS participants in understanding their NDIS plans and find services that meet their needs and plan goals.  Specialised support coordination services can be provided for participants with complex needs or who are also linked to government agencies such as Department of Communities, Department of Justice or Acute Mental Health settings.

Additional to support coordination, I am fully trained to perform Functional Capacity Assessments for participants with psychosocial needs, intellectual disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder and FASD.  These assessments are foundational to any application to the NDIS and crucial to the ongoing plan reviews to ensure funding meets the needs of participants.

Psychosocial Recovery Coaching supports psychosocial NDIS participants to access specialist support for their mental wellbeing, including recovery strategies to collaboratively create recovery plans, establish ongoing rapport and relationship building and ultimately foster capacity building to enable wellbeing.  I work with participants through regular face to face visits or via telehealth to maintain wellbeing, identify and work towards recovery goals.

Therapeutic provisions can include brief intervention or task orientated sessions that support participants to build new skills, particularly social skills and share resources to upskill not only participants but also providers and family members.  Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques alongside Narrative Therapy strategies assist participants to identify barriers or mental blocks and look to reframe experiences so they can be understood and processed differently.

Please feel free to contact me for an informal chat about services