What Does A Support Coordinator Do? What are Their Roles?
NDIS is like a boon for people with disabilities in Australia. NDIS provides several supports and services to people with disabilities to improve their lives and make them independent and confident.
Among many services, NDIS provides support coordination services to people with disabilities to achieve the goals they desire for a better lifestyle. If you are unaware of support coordinator, this blog will help you understand the role of support coordinators and how they can help the NDIS participants in the long run.
What is NDIS Support Coordination?
NDIS provides support coordination services to the eligible NDIS participants. The coordinator can be included in your plan according to the eligibility of your NDIS plan.
A support coordinator assists people with disabilities in developing knowledge, experience, and connections with the community. He is also connect the participants to the NDIS and help them achieve the goals in their plan.
Support coordination providers also provide coaching assistance to participants and check on their outcomes and budget accessed by NDIS.
In this blog, we will get to know about the role of a support coordinator and how they help people with disabilities. So, let’s begin with the discussion.
What are the Role of a Support Coordinator?
Here are some of the roles and responsibilities of a coordinator who help the NDIS participants achieve their goals under the proper assistance.
Support Connection
They assist the NDIS participants in developing knowledge and connecting them with society to live confidently and interact socially.
Support Coordination
This support helps the NDIS participants in building their skills and implements their NDIS plan. He is helps the participant in understanding their NDIS plan so that they can use their funding correctly.
The role of NDIS coordinator also includes connecting the participants with NDIS service providers and helps resolve any issue the participants come across.
Support Design
NDIS Coordinators work with the participants to understand plan funding and its purpose. They are understand the participant’s confidence and skills and help the participants understand their skills and the type of services they require.
Develop A Plan
They help the NDIS participants develop a plan so that they can use their NDIS funding to achieve the goals in the proper manner.
Provides Plan Knowledge
Many NDIS participants fail to understand their NDIS plan. If you are new to NDIS, understanding the terminology can be challenging. This is where support coordinators come to the rescue.
They have complete knowledge of the NDIS plan and help the participants understand their plan for better results. Your coordinator will also make recommendations after understanding your NDIS plan so that you can make the most out of your plan.
Coach, Refine, and Reflect
NDIS participants coach the participants with the challenges that come up in their NDIS plan. They help the participants prepare for the review and achieve the desired outcomes.
Specialist Support Coordination
This type of support is designed for people who have complex needs. Under this support coordination, the coordinators assist the participants in accessing supports. Under this support, a highly trained coordinator will help the NDIS participants access the supports by reducing the barriers.
These were some of the role of support coordinator, which help people with disabilities in achieving their goals and spend their funding correctly.
At the end of the day, a support coordinator is hired to help the participants achieve the goals, and they will do everything to help the NDIS participants.
