Support Co-ordination
We will work creatively and resourcefully with you in how you utilise your support budgets to achieve your goals by assisting in the following areas:
Liaise with mainstream, community, informal and provider options.
Negotiate services and prices with preferred providers.
Arrange assessments to determine the nature and type of funding required.
Manage your funding budget allocation for each provider.
Liaise with funding bodies and plan managers.
Link to mainstream or community services (i.e. housing, education, transport, health).
Strengthen and enhance their capacity to coordinate supports, self direct and manage supports and participate in the community, including providing participants with assistance to:
- resolve problems or issues that arise or understand their responsibilities under service agreements
- change or end a service agreement.
Ability Plus Support Coordinators may also undertake some specialist activities including:
- Assist you to get ready for your plan review by helping you to:
- Assess whether you achieved your goals and got value for money for your plan.
- Identify solutions to problems experienced in implementing the plan.
- Consider new goals.
Help you decide on what actions to take to achieve goals in relation to exploring housing options and life transition planning.
