DHS Disability Services - Family Forum - 6 April 2023
Update as at 6 April 2023
Thank you to everyone who joined our online Family Forum last week. It was great to have so many of you join in and hear about the next steps to support your loved one or friend to receive services delivered under the NDIS. We acknowledge this is a very busy time and thank you for taking the time to attend these forums.
We understand that a number of you have now had a planning meeting with the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), as many of you informed us of this and we have now received some new NDIS Plans from you. We are not provided with the new NDIS Plan unless it is provided by you. These are important for us to continue to provide services to your friend or family member in line with their goals. So if you have not yet shared these NDIA documents with us, please email a copy to DHSDisabilityServices@sa.gov.au. If you have any questions, please call 1800 952 962 (and press 3).
Importantly, if you feel your friend or family member‘s NDIS Plan or Home and Living Support letter does not represent their support needs, please speak with your DHS Disability Services Service Coordinator, so that we can support further discussions with the NDIA.
Developing a Service Agreement
After an NDIS Plan is prepared by the NDIA, DHS Disability Services will develop a new Service Agreement for your consideration. This will define the supports funded by your new NDIS Plan, and who will deliver these services.
As an NDIS provider, we now have a number of services that NDIS Participants can access through DHS Disability Services: These include:
- Home and living supports – referred to as Supported Independent Living or SIL – provided by qualified disability support workers
- Community participation – personalised regular outings and activities in the community
- Positive behaviour supports – addressing behaviours of concern
- Access to nursing supports and allied health professionals – including nurses, occupational therapists, speech pathologists, psychologists and dieticians
- Specialist Support Coordination and Support Coordination – ensuring access and coordination of supports
- Transportation – access to vehicles for client appointments and activities
- Assistive technology and equipment - we have previously provided in the past and will offer maintenance and new assistive technology and equipment.
In our upcoming forums we will be speaking in more detail about client’s Service Agreements and the services DHS Disability Services are registered to deliver to clients under the NDIS. You can register your attendance to a suitable forum location further down in this newsletter. We look forward to seeing you at one of these events.
Joe Young
Executive Director, DHS Disability Services
Sarah White
Director, DHS Disability Services
Julie Rogers
Director, Quality and Clinical Services, DHS Disability Services
The next in-person DHS Disability Services Forums
Please RSVP for our upcoming in-person Forums to be held in Adelaide North and Adelaide South. Please note the location change from the pervious, save the date information.
Date and time | Location | |
|---|---|---|
April | ||
Thursday 13/04/23 | 11:00am – 12:30pm | Adelaide North Coopers Alehouse Gepps Cross 560 Main North Road, Blair Athol |
Monday 17/04/23 | 12:00pm - 1:30pm | Adelaide South Marion Hotel 849 Marion Road, Mitchell Park |
Save the Date for May Forums
Mount Gambier - Thursday 4 May
Adelaide South - Thursday 11 May
Adelaide North - Thursday, 25 May
How to contact us
If you have any queries you can:
- Contact your Service Coordinator or Team Leader
- Email us at AccomFeedback@sa.gov.au
- Phone us on 1800 952 962 (and then press 3)
If you know another family member or friend who would like to receive this e-newsletter, please encourage them to sign up via the DHS website or phone 1800 952 962.