2.5 hr Live Training All training is in AEST/QLD time.
ADVANCED SUPPORT COORDINATION
Who is this training for? - All Support Coordinators looking to provide the best service to their Participants!
With so many changes it is vital that you have the knowledge and ability to keep up, without tearing your hair out! New STR Guidelines, Incorrectly listed Impairment Categories, Quarterly funding releases, transport changes - the risks to our Participants have just gone up even higher! Find out how to deal with these changes, pre-empt others, prevent cuts and obtain more SC funds, learn about relevant guidelines and legislation, because knowledge is power!
Combined with all the training content listed below - this 2.5 hr Live training delivers essential skills and information to all Coordinators.
PLAN VARIATIONS, CHANCE OF CIRCUMSTANCE APPLICATIONS AND PLAN REASSESSMENTS.
To say the current Industry climate is challenging is an understatement! With so many things changing, obtaining additional funding for our Participants is becoming harder and harder.
Are you finding that the applications you are submitting on behalf of Participants are often being turned down? This live webinar training covers the knowledge you to need to submit Plan Variations, Change of Circumstance Applications and Plan Reassessments that have the best chance of succeeding and obtaining that crucial funding so desperately needed. Learn how to write powerful, correctly worded applications using our specifically designed templates (not just the little box in the NDIS form!)
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Function Capacity Assessments/Needs Assessments - Controlling the narrative: Working with OT's/Social Workers to get FCAs/Needs Assessments that have all the key things required by NDIS Planners and none of the things that will have it discarded/rejected. Knowing what key words and statements need to be in the recommendations and tying them to the assessments and impact of Participants Disability, the importance of budget breakdowns for recommended Core supports, ensuring all areas of funding have been looked at and covered.
Gathering and aligning other reports: Where possible we look at what other reports and recommendations we can find and get completed, learning how to tie them all together in the application is what makes the difference.
Writing the Applications: Learning what specific things need to be covered, using key words and utlising the key information from the reports and evidence. Presenting them in our custom designed templates to make each area clear and concise - Related to Disability, Related to goals, Value for Money and Risks if not Funded.
Getting things escalated: Learn the best way to get things escalated so they don't sit in a queue for 6 months!
COMBATING NDIS ON "PARENTAL RESPONSBILITY" - "PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSIBILTY"
The trainers years of dealing with NDIS Planners means an understanding of what they try to use to not fund things. Learn the best way to prove why your Participants Disability and the Impact of their Disability means that NDIS should fund the requested Supports.
COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY SUPPORTS AND PUBLIC HEALTH SUPPORTS
Support Coordination to Navigation: With the proposed recommendations it is vital to expand your knowledge and working relationship with Community and Public Health Supports, specifically in areas where our Participants have the greatest risk - Housing and Mental Health. Learn how to create and foster your network within these areas so you can put vital Crisis Plans in place when needed.
SUPPORTING PARTICIPANTS WITH "CHALLENGING PROVIDERS"
At the core of our role, we are there to make sure our Participants are receiving Safe, Quality Supports, and to protect their funding. This training covers how you can best do this, what NDIS documentation you can use to "Guide" Providers to ensure they are doing the right thing by your Participants.
LEARNING FROM THOSE WORKING IN THE INDUSTRY
Who is the trainer? Sonia Johnston is a current Senior Support Coordinator with 8 years experience in the NDIS Industry. With a background in Political and Investigative Journalism her ability to gather information, reports and evidence and present compelling applications, based on years of dealing with NDIS Planners, has resulted in hundreds of successful outcomes for Participants. As an NDIS Compliance trainer her knowledge and understanding of the Practice Standards and Pricing Arrangement Guide is incorporated into this training for when we are supporting Participants with "Challenging" Providers.
WHAT WILL YOU RECEIVE AFTER THE TRAINING?
- Certificate of Completion of Advanced Support Coordination Training.
- Zoom Webinar recording.
- Training Slideshow.
- Custom Plan Reassessment template
- Relevant NDIS Compliance Resources.
Discounts available for organisational bookings - please contact learning@myproviderdirectory.com.au