Our experienced team provides a friendly service with the flexibility to meet your needs and accommodate your choices. We provide a range of services for children, teenagers and adults under the NDIS, including:
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speech pathology, occupational therapy and physiotherapy
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assistive technology
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early intervention
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respite care
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assistance with daily life
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community participation
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daily tasks
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in-home support
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household tasks
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assistance with travel and transport
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group- and centre-based activities
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life skills development, e.g. cooking, personal care, numeracy and literacy, and skills for independent living
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assisting with life stage transitions
- plan management.
Do you have an NDIS Plan, or are you ready to start planning? Do you need help to access the NDIS? We are happy to walk you through this process. Contact us through our website, or email us directly at adminteam@gbss.org.au.
If you want to start your own research, the NDIS has produced new resources to step participants through how creating plans and obtaining funding works through the NDIS.
- Guidelines:
- Creating your plan – this explains what participants can expect as their plan is being created, and including how the planning conversation helps determine what supports will be necessary.
- Reasonable and necessary supports – this explains how decisions are made on funding, and what constitutes ‘reasonable and necessary’ supports.
- Your plan – this explains how a finished plan is implemented, and the formal and informal review processes to check how it is progressing.
- Principles we follow to create your plan – this explains how the NDIS makes decisions about which supports it can fund through a plan.
- Would we fund it – this gives clear examples of what would and would not be funded under the NDIS.
If you have questions about the NDIS, or need assistance resolving issues, advocacy services such as the ones below can help provide information and guidance.
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Australian Government Disability Advocacy – Disability Advocacy Finder
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Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) – Self-advocacy for the NDIS [PDF]; Self-advocacy for the NDIS (accessible version) [Word doc]
For more information on the NDIS please see:
- National Disability Insurance Scheme website
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