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A handbook offering practical advice and support on how to achieve the best possible outcomes for both the person being cared for and for carers.Navigating the NDIS as a new entrant or along the way can be daunting. The Carers Victoria NDIS Carers Handbook is a clear guide offering practical advice and support on how to achieve the best possible outcomes for both the person being cared for and for carers.

01 May 2021... Fact sheet on NDIS planning. Your NDIS plan is how much the NDIS will pay for your support workers, services, and other items you might need. It is essential that you receive the proper funding to purchase the services you need. Your NDIS plan will also include a copy of your NDIS goals. These are the goals that the NDIS will ask about at your 12-month review meeting. You will have regular reviews with the NDIS, most reviews are at 12 or 24 months (1 or 2 years).

01 May 2021... Brochure about using a psychologist through the NDIS. Psychologists help you to learn about yourself. They can help you learn skills to manage your thoughts and emotions. The brochure includes information about mental health, what psychologists can (and can't) do for you, your rights and entitlements and steps for using a psychologist.

19 May 2023... This book is about the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission. The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission is a group of people who help NDIS providers do a good job, help you get good services, and help to keep you safe. The commission can help with complaints, and helps service providers follow Australian Consumer Law.

01 May 2021... Brochure about using a physiotherapist with the NDIS. Includes information on what Physiotherapists can (and can't) do for you, how your physiotherapist can help with NDIS planning and review meetings and your rights and entitlements.

01 Mar 2021... A collection of Auslan videos explaining the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

19 May 2023... This book is about the National Disability Insurance Scheme or NDIS. The NDIS helps people under 65 with a permanent and significant disability.

01 May 2021... Factsheet on Support Coordinators and how they help NDIS clients. It explains what support coordinators are and what they do.

01 May 2021... Brochure about NDIS support workers, Support workers help you with everyday tasks and activities.

01 May 2021... Brochure on using an Occupational Therapist through the NDIS. Occupational Therapists help you to learn new ways of doing things

01 Jun 2021... This brochure outlines the steps you can take to challenge a National Disability Insurance Scheme decision you are not happy with.

29 Apr 2021... This translated video will help you understand the role of providers in the NDIS market place.

This Easy English resource contains words relating to the NDIS. The video explains key NDIS concepts in Auslan.

01 Jul 2022... The NDIS code of conduct applies to all NDIS providers, registered and unregistered, and all persons employed or otherwise engaged by an NDIS provider.

19 May 2023... This book is about the National Disability Insurance Scheme or NDIS. The NDIS gives funding to people with disability. Funding is money from the government for disability supports and care. The NDIS can help you find advocacy services to help you deal with stigma, feel confident, get the support you need –for example, therapy. The NDIS can also help your family. For example, provide money for other carers. A Local Area Coordinator or LAC can help you make an NDIS plan. If you have a culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) background you can talk to a community connector for NDIS help.

19 May 2023... This book is about the NDIS code of conduct that protects your rights and includes rules to keep you safe before and after you get NDIS funded services. All NDIS funded services must follow the code of conduct including registered providers, providers that are not registered, and all staff who work for NDIS funded services. There are 7 rules in the code of conduct that protect your rights, and many of them are about your NDIS funded service's responsibility to protect your privacy, how to share personal information, and how to keep you safe.

01 Mar 2021... This video will help you understand what the NDIS is, it also available in Auslan.

19 May 2023... This book is about who can get the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). To get an NDIS plan you must meet the NDIS rules. The rules say you must have a permanent disability, have a significant disability which affects your everyday life, be between 7 and 65 years old, be an Australian citizen, or have a certificate that says you can live here, and live in a part of Australia where NDIS is available. To get an NDIS plan you must also need special equipment to do daily tasks, and need help from another person to do daily tasks.

25 May 2023... Scroll to the end of each translated resource to read the English version.  This translated resource outlines the Disability Support Pension that provides financial support for people who have a physical, intellectual or psychiatric condition. It outlines eligibility for the pension, the process of claiming the pension and the associated Job Capacity Assessment and Disability Medical Assessment.

01 Mar 2018... This Pilot Resource Study explores the experiences of a range of people from CALD communities around accessing and participating in the NDIS.