Building stronger communities through NDIS Supports

This support allows a worker to assist in the family's home to help out and look after a family member with a disabilitty, either for a couple of hours or a whole day/ night. In which it gives the family or carer a small break so they can look after themselves, or do other activities.

Examples what Indy Support Services can do:

• Craft
• Cooking
• Walks
• Board games and card games
• Movies
• Time away - either for a whole weekend or a week

Indy Support services can help you around the home to complet tasks. This is done by assistance with or supervision to develop life skills. 

Indy Support Services helps participants either by assisting with or supervising you to engage in community, social, recreational or economic activities. Lisa will help you by building up your confidence and self-esteem. Empowering you  to learn about independence, safety awareness and general life skills in order to feel comfortable in the community.

Activities might include:

• Visits to parks and gardens
• Market visits
• Shopping 
• Visits to cafés and restaurants
• Local events, festivals and shows
• Community activities
• Classes, camps, holiday activities
• Join a social group

Increased Social and Community Participation under the NDIS is about helping people with disability to participate in social and community activities that are beyond their usual routine or essential needs.

It covers a wide range of activities such as going on a camp or starting dance lessons. The goal is to empower individuals to increase their independence, learn new skills and improve their overall wellbeing.

Mentoring and peer support can improve individuals well being, self-esteem, confidence and social skills. Mentorship can provide numerous benefits such as support, help you learn new things, develop goals and time frames, build networks and grow as an individual. While Peer support can help people develop problem-solving, decision-making, coping and stress management skills. 

Indy Support Services aim to help participants to gain the knowledge, confidence and experience in a range of areas that provide greater independence.

Individual Skills Development and Training includes, but are not limited to:

• Public transport training and support
• Money handling skills
• Developing skills for community, social and recreational participation
• Developing skills for road safety
• Developing decision making skills
• Improving social interaction and communication skills
• Improved decision making skills
• Problem solving skill

Indy Support Services can support you in your goals in finding and keeping a job, Lisa will support you to:

• Career planning 
• Creating a resume and cover letter 
• Job seeking and interview skills 
• How to market yourself 
• Work ethics and behaviours at work 

The aim of the assessment and counselling is to plan for your future. Indy Support Services will explore your transferable skills, experience and qualifications, and to help identify your employment potential and career opportunities. Lisa will do this by:

• Vocational counselling and planning
• Redefining your career goals
• Exploring your purpose
• Building emotional and mental resilience
• Overcoming work challenges
• Assessment tools supporting decision-making
• Soft skills training

Workplace assistance aim to help you to successfully obtain or retain employment in the open or supported labour market. This may include supports to:

• Explore what work would mean for them (discovery); 
• Build essential foundation skills for work; 
• Managing complex barriers to obtaining and sustaining employment; 
• Specialised job customisation; 
• Supports to transition from an Australian Disability Enterprise (ADE) to open employment; 
• Develop a career plan; and 
• Other capacity building supports that are likely to lead to successful engagement in a Disability Employment Service (DES). 

Social skills are an essential part of life, we use to communicate and interact with each other on a daily base. We do this by being verbal, non-verbally, through gestures and body language. this helps us to send and receive a message. Developing social skills will help in managing relationships with other people. 

The  Improved Daily Living Skills support category includes funding for assessment, training or therapy to help increase your skills, independence and community participation. 

Indy Support Services can offer support and counselling to parents and or cargivers.

For Children and teens, counselling  can benfit them greatly by developing the following skills : 

• Emotional Resilience and stress management.
• Improved Social Skills
• Improved focus, concentration, and problem-solving abilities.
• Life-Long Skills

Indy Support Services understand that each person is an individual, we work alongside you to assist in developing daily planning and activities that encourage positive decision making by exploring various options and opportunities that meet your goals and needs.

Lisa can help you in developing your own personal budget plan, and explore ways with you to be able to manage and develop your own daily planning, decision making processes and budgeting into the future. 

Counselling focuses on enhancing your ability to cope with specific challenges in life such as Transitions, Grief and Loss, Stress, Trauma, Caregiver Issues, Domestic Abuse, work or education issues and General.

Together we take time to resolve crises, reduce distress, improve well-being & develop goals for change. During the process, you may gain deeper understanding of your behaviors, choices and decisions.

During this supportive approach we focus on your existing strengths and skills to build resilience, solve problems and develop a path forward.