NDIS Ipswich

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The National Disability Scheme (NDIS) has been implemented throughout all the states and territories of Australia since 2014 and is expected to be effective throughout the entire country in 2020. The rollout of the NDIS and the services it provides is now available for persons with disabilities in Ipswich.

Current data shows that more than 68,900 people are getting support and benefits from the NDIS with more than 28,000 people reporting that, thanks to NDIS, they have received support for their disabilities for the first time. These data show that the NDIS is providing much-needed support and benefits to people living their everyday lives with a disability including citizens in Ipswich.

Persons with a significant and permanent disability that is significantly affecting their day to day functions can go through the application process for the NDIS to obtain necessary support for services and resources to help with the challenges that they face brought on by their disabilities.

The NDIS is committed to giving the necessary support towards the services and resources that people with disabilities living in Ipswich need to live life as normally as possible and help them learn skills to gain independence throughout in the long term.

What is NDIS?

The NDIS is a scheme run by the Australian Government with the goals to help Australian citizens with disabilities through funding the support and services that they need to live daily lives as normally as possible. The funding is meant to go directly to the providers of the support and services that the NDIS participant requires for an efficient administration of support and services.

Administered by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), the NDIS focuses on giving support to people with a permanent and significant disability who face everyday challenges and have reduced function brought on by their disabilities throughout all of Australia’s states and territories.

Through its support, the NDIS seeks to improve the lives of people who face intellectual, physical, sensory, cognitive, and psychological disabilities.

In fact, one of the main goals of the NDIS is to provide early intervention to both children and adults with disabilities to reduce the future negative impacts of their disabilities and address any signs of developmental delays in children. Throughout the early intervention support, the NDIS focuses on building its participant’s skills to gain greater independence in life.

The NDIS has developed a process in which its participants have the option to carefully select the services and support that they need to alleviate the challenges of their disabilities and help reach their goals. Unlike insurance or welfare schemes, the NDIS does not have a set of services or support that they give to their participants but rather tailor their treatment plans as per the participant’s special needs and/or requirements.

The NDIS understands that when supporting participants with lifelong disabilities, it is impossible to have a one size fits all solution. For this reason, they give participants the opportunity to customise their NDIS plan by choosing the support services that best suits their situation and will effectively address the daily challenges they face.

Furthermore, with the help of NDIS-registered providers, organisations or individuals that the NDIS curated and deemed qualified will be able to provide their services to participants. Ipswich participants are guaranteed to be in good hands as they receive the services and support as laid down in their customised NDIS plan.

Different Support Budgets in the NDIS

Participants are given the option to tailor their NDIS plans according to their specific needs and personal goals in life. The supports and services given by that NDIS providers to Ipswich NDIS participants are to be chosen by the participants themselves with the help of either a guardian or an NDIS support worker to best best suit their situation.

Depending on the requirements of their disabilities and their personal goals, participants can apply for different supports budget that the NDIS has laid out. There are three support budgets that the NDIS has to develop to best address the different and diverse needs of the NDIS participants. These three support budgets are listed below:

Core Supports Budget

The Core Supports Budget is meant to be allocated for the NDIS participant’s daily needs to alleviate the challenges that their disabilities bring and help them work towards the goals they set. This is the most flexible support budget as the NDIS participant can use their funding to switch across the different four support categories in the Core Supports budget. These different categories are:

Assistance with Daily Life;
Consumables;
Assistance with Community and Social Participation; and
Transportation.

Capacity Building Supports Budget

The Capacity Building Supports Budget is focused more on the NDIS participant gaining independence in their daily life and helping them reach their long-term goals. However, unlike Core Supports Budget, the Capacity Building Supports budgets is not flexible and requires the NDIS participant to only allocate funding for approved individual support that falls in their chosen support category. These Capacity Building categories are:

Support Coordination;
Improved Living Arrangements;
Increased Social and Community Participation;
Finding and Keeping a Job;
Improved Relationships;
Improved Health and Wellbeing;
Improved Learning;
Improved Life Choices; and
Improved Daily Living.

Capital Supports Budget

The Capital Supports Budget is meant to allocate to higher-cost pieces that the NDIS participants need to function in their daily lives. These can be assistive technology like medical equipment, or home or vehicle modifications. This support budget is the least flexible of the three as funding can only be spent on:

Assistive Technology; and
Home Modification.

How to Know if You’re Eligible for the NDIS

If you’re living in Ipswich and want to become an NDIS participant, the NDIS has developed an eligibility checklist for applicants for people to find out if they are eligible. You can apply for this scheme if you are:

Between the ages of 7 and 65; and
Living in Australia (Applicable to Citizens, Permanent Visa holders and/or Protected Special Category Visa holders); and
Have a permanent or significant disability that requires another person’s support; or
Using special equipment because of a permanent or significant disability; or
In need of support to reduce future needs.

You are eligible to apply for NDIS if the first two and one of the last three requirements apply to you. NDIS is readily available in Ipswich for those eligible and once approved, NDIS will provide funding for ‘reasonable' and ‘necessary' support that is required to address the certain disability. To determine what is reasonable and necessary, an assessment will be conducted to determine the person’s goals and needs in their daily life.

Once the individual’s needs are determined, NDIS can provide resources and refer professionals to help with the pursuit of their goals and aspirations, develop their capacity to become active in the community and increase workplace and community participation. In Ipswich, NDIS will provide participants information and services available in their communities such as doctors, support groups, specialists, sports club, amongst others.

To apply for support from the NDIS, applicants must only call the NDIA office at 1800 800 110 to make an Access Request, and once approved, you can start your journey to becoming an NDIS Ipswich participant.