Understanding your NDIS plan - Capacity Building supports
Capacity building
Capacity Building supports are all about helping you build your independence and giving you the skills to reach your goals.
Capacity Building Supports
This funding type supports you in building skills to become more independent. These supports are not flexible, so you can’t move budget from one category to another – you have to spend it on the agreed services.
Your Capacity Building supports will be organised into the following categories:
Support Coordination and Psychosocial Recovery Coaches
- Helps you find and connect with the best supports for you so you can live the life you want and achieve your goals.
- Supports you with issues that might arise with your service providers.
- Plan Partners provides Support Coordination.
Improved Living Arrangements
- Helps you find, secure or keep suitable accommodation for you.
- Includes helping you transition to more independent living.
- May include going to inspections, finding a group home, or support with negotiating contracts.
Increased Social & Community Participation
- Helps you participate in community activities that build your skills and independence, such as study, life skills training or sports coaching.
- Can also fund a mentor to help you build your independence in the community.
Finding and Keeping a Job
- Supports you to get, or keep, a job.
- Funds supports like help with a resume and support at interviews.
- Can also fund preparation to move into work after school or some time away from work.
Relationships
- Supports you to make positive changes that will improve your relationships and your life.
- Funds supports like psychology, social skills building.
Health and Wellbeing
- Helps you support, maintain or increase your physical mobility or wellbeing if that is limited by your disability.
- Covers supports like dietitians, exercise physiologists, personal trainers and social skills building.
Lifelong Learning
- Helps you transition from school to further education.
- Funds advice, help with applications or support through orientation.
Choice and Control
- Helps you to build your financial and organisational skills.
- Includes Plan Management, which supports you in managing your NDIS supports.
- Plan Partners provides Plan Management.
Improved Daily Living Skills
- Helps you develop basic skills you need to get more from your day-to-day life.
- Funds supports like physio or occupational therapy, speech therapy, early childhood intervention strategies.
- Psychology and exercise physiology can be funded from this category.
- Can fund assessments and reports you need during your plan or before a plan review to assess how you are developing.
Behaviour Support
- Supports to help you develop behavioural management.
- Funds supports like specialist behavioural intervention.
Learn about the other supports:
Core
Core supports are basic things you need to live your daily life. This funding is quite flexible, so you can move your budget from one Core Support category to another.
Capital
This funding type is for more significant, ‘one off’ items that you need to support you in your daily life. These supports are not flexible, so you can’t move budget from one category to another.
Recurring
Support specifically designed for ongoing assistance are regularly paid by the NDIA, removing the need for you to make a claim for these essential supports.
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