A workshop designed for families who are considering self-managing their NDIS funding.
If you or a family member has an NDIS plan, you’ll likely be aware there are three ways to manage your funding:
- NDIA-managed
- Plan-managed, and
- Self-managed.
Self-managing can provide the most flexibility when it comes to utilising NDIS funding.
The NDIS website lists the benefits of self-managing as follows:
- Choice in deciding what supports you purchase in line with what is included in your plan, who provides these supports and how they are delivered.
- Flexibility to use any provider that will best help you to pursue your plan goals.
- Capacity to employ or contract staff directly or have someone employ staff on your behalf.
- Ability to negotiate the costs of your supports to get the best value for money and to use savings to buy more or better quality supports.
- Control over and responsibility for your NDIS funding so you can manage your own budget for the duration of your plan.
Along with these benefits come responsibilities: purchasing support, managing your funding, and managing others. Unfortunately, the perceived onus of these responsibilities often dissuades people from pursuing self-management.
So in August 2023, we held a workshop to help families
- make informed decisions about whether or not to self-manage
- figure out how to make the most of the benefits of self-management, and
- learn how to meet their self-management responsibilities more efficiently.
We hope you enjoy the recording of this workshop.