Help key stakeholders embrace NDIS
Frontline staff are key in communicating a positive and consistent message about the NDIS.
They also need to see, feel and grasp the opportunity.
We can craft information sessions which focus on key staff embracing change, what it can mean for people with disability and their families and how their roles are more crucial than ever.
Connect families into the opportunity of the NDIS
It is understandable that families might be feeling reticent, overwhelmed or resistant to change.
Families talking to families can be a powerful catalyst for change.
Adopting a more person-centred approach within your organisation requires consideration of family capability and readiness.
We offer three services:
- We can work with your staff, bringing them the tools, resources and methodology that families need to implement their role in person-centred approaches
- Partner with us to value-add to your offering by running one of our programs with families connected to your service
- We can engage directly with families via a workshop or information session
We get great feedback on our sessions!
“This was the most helpful NDIS information session I have been to, and I’ve been to a few. Some of the carers that are part of our carers group are here and I can see how they have shifted from worry just in this one session”
What’s the InCharge difference?
- We’re focussed on the perspective of people with disability and families
- We get real: acknowledging deep fears and flaws in the scheme
- We get smart: what are the opportunities for better if we move beyond our worries and get strategic?
- We’re independent: you don’t just have to think same-old-same-old any more. We want you to know new possibilities to experience genuine choice and control
- We break down successful experience in the planning process.
Our workshops
Turning passions into valued roles
Everyone has a contribution to make. A workshop which introduces participants to skills and ideas needed to develop and sustain roles for people in their community. It takes participants through a process of discovering interests, passions and capabilities, turning these into a role for a person and working at sustaining such efforts. How can we assist people to cultivate their unique gifts and contributions?
Foundations of a Good Life
A series of sessions outlining a ‘tool kit’:
- Vision and planning for the future
- The ultimate safeguard: building relationships
- Valued roles and real participation
- Planning to action
- Real authority
Risking Vulnerability
This is a very powerful session for families because it is about some of the things that can hold them back, that potentially get in the way of them taking a chance on behalf of their member with disability. A chance that might pay that person big benefits.
This is a very important conversation as we move to systems which increasingly support self-direction and family/consumer governance. What are the ethics of decision-making families need to be aware of if they are to also develop high quality and inclusive supports for their family member with disability?
It deals with issues of responsibility and authentic power.
Contact us to inquire about how we can help your service engage people with disability and families.
Create Don’t Wait
In this presentation Libby offers her experiences of attempting to create a place for Matthew, her loved brother. Matthew has lived in his own home for 16 years. Of significance is that they began this journey without funding. Matthew has always shared his home with people who don’t have disabilities. He has started his own small business. He has had a circle of support for 17 years. This is a significant achievement for somebody labelled ‘profoundly intellectually disabled and autistic’. An inspiring presentation for service workers and families interested in how people make change, the idea of ‘home’ and how to support genuine service partnerships with families.
Risking Vulnerability
This is a very powerful session for families because it is about some of the things that can hold them back, that potentially get in the way of them taking a chance on behalf of their member with disability. A chance that might pay that person big benefits.
This is a very important conversation as we move to systems which increasingly support self-direction and family/consumer governance. What are the ethics of decision-making families need to be aware of if they are to also develop high quality and inclusive supports for their family member with disability?
It deals with issues of responsibility and authentic power.
Siblings: For Each other, For Ourselves
Brothers and sisters are likely to have the longest relationship with a person with disability. Usually continuing after parents have died, it can last for 70 years or more. Some of the most important issues consistently identified by brothers and sisters are
- A desire to be involved in their sibling’s life but often feeling ill- prepared or uncertain about their ability to do this
- Feeling concerned about their own lives, and the dreams and goals they have for themselves
- Difficulty sometimes discussing these topics in their family
This workshop focuses on the unique perspective of brothers and sisters, and addresses these 3 key issues with practical tools and strategies. It is facilitated by siblings.
