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Applying for SDA: eligibility and evidence for positive outcomes 

Online Workshop – Zoom
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Build your understanding of the evidence required for an application for specialist disability accommodation (SDA). This workshop is valuable if you’re working for people who may be SDA eligible, as you will need to provide the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) with supporting evidence that addresses the SDA eligibility criteria, set out in the SDA Rules (2020). 

This workshop assumes you have good working knowledge of SDA including what it is, how it is separate to support and how it is different to mainstream housing. We will focus on the SDA Rules (2020), SDA eligibility and the evidence required for an SDA application.

This is an interactive workshop via Zoom, facilitated by UpSkill Lead Linda Hughes.
There will be practical exercises, opportunity for group discussion and questions and answers. 

Learning objectives – after this workshop you will be able to:

  • Apply the SDA Rules and eligibility criteria
  • Identify the types of supporting evidence required to support SDA requests
  • Work with other professionals to source and collect evidence for SDA
  • Write a housing report addressing  the SDA Rules
  • Complete a Home and Living supporting evidence form for an SDA application
  • Use new knowledge of NDIS decision-making to inform your applications

Who is this for:

  • Support coordinators
  • NDIS allied health professionals
  • Professionals assisting people with complex support needs 

There are currently no upcoming sessions for this workshop. Please check back again soon! 

Any questions?

If you would like to know more about this workshop or UpSkill training, check out our FAQs page, or email: upskill@summerfoundation.org.au

Online Workshop – Zoom
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This workshop is for NDIS allied health professionals and support coordinators who want to build on their capabilities and ensure the services they provide are of the highest standard, are ethical and empowering for the people they support. 

You will gain insight into the guiding approaches of service provision including taking a human rights and person-centered approach to practice, working in a trauma informed way, practicing cultural sensitivity and promoting self determination. You will learn strategies to demonstrate leadership in promoting and upholding the rights of those you support who live with complex support needs. 

This workshop via Zoom, is facilitated by UpSkill Lead Linda Hughes and Vivien Williams.
There will be practical exercises, opportunity for group discussion and questions and answers.

Learning objectives 

  • Recognise when a person’s rights are at risk and identify ways that you can assist to reassert their rights 
  • Identify key guiding approaches that are essential when working with people with complex support needs and consider ways to incorporate these approaches into how you work
  • Demonstrate strategies to improve your overall practice and identify ways to work collaboratively with mainstream and NDIS services
  • Lead, innovate and develop service improvements in line with contemporary best practice

Who is this for:

  • Support coordinators
  • NDIS allied health professionals

There are currently no upcoming sessions for this workshop. Please check back again soon! 

Any questions?

If you would like to know more about this workshop or UpSkill training, check out our FAQs page, or email: upskill@summerfoundation.org.au

Online Workshop – Zoom
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As the NDIA shifts its focus to living an ordinary life at home, there is much to learn about how to explore and design  an ordinary life through individualised support. 

Support coordinators and allied health professionals are uniquely placed to support the development of innovative and individualised support for people with complex support needs. 

This workshop will:

  • Take a dive into what person-centred practice looks like
  • Unpack notions  about 24/7 paid support 
  • Go through the person-centred process of exploring and designing individualised supports 
  • Provide examples of innovative solutions to meet support needs of individuals

This workshop via Zoom, is facilitated by UpSkill Lead Linda Hughes and Vivien Williams.
There will be practical exercises, opportunity for group discussion and questions and answers.

Learning objectives 

  • Use a person-centred approach to the design and implementation of home and living supports
  • Work with participants to identify their home and living preferences and support needs 
  • Identify risks and safeguarding strategies
  • Understand the importance of circles of support and assist people to expand and strengthen informal, mainstream and community support 
  • Understand NDIS funding packages for home and living support
  • Work with support providers to implement individualised living supports, including negotiations on cost of support, terms and conditions of service agreements

Important note:

This workshop will not focus on  the ‘bricks and mortar’ of housing. To find out more about housing support please see UpSkill training: 

  • NDIS and Mainstream housing 
  • Applying for SDA: eligibility and evidence for positive outcomes

Who is this for:

  • Support coordinators
  • NDIS allied health professionals
  • Hospital clinicians

There are currently no upcoming sessions for this workshop. Please check back again soon! 

Any questions?

If you would like to know more about this workshop or UpSkill training, check out our FAQs page, or email: upskill@summerfoundation.org.au

Online Workshop – Zoom
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The people you support may have complex support needs or may find themselves caught in complex systems.

This facilitated workshop will help you understand the responsibilities of the NDIS and other services systems so you can better support people to access the full range of support available.

This is a 2 day workshop via Zoom, facilitated by UpSkill Lead Linda Hughes.
There will be practical exercises, opportunity for group discussion and questions and answers.

We will look at health, mental health, aged care, justice, housing, child protection and education interfaces. After the workshop you will be able to:

Learning objectives 

  • Understand the broader systems of support, including other government and community services
  • Navigate the complex interface between the NDIS and other service systems and connect participants with services outside the NDIS
  • Support and lead a collaborative approach across service systems 
  • Undertake person centered planning and stakeholder mapping
  • Design mechanisms for communication, collaboration and cooperation

Who is this for:

  • Support coordinators
  • NDIS allied health professionals
  • Professionals assisting people with complex support needs

There are currently no upcoming sessions for this workshop. Please check back again soon! 

Any questions?

If you would like to know more about this workshop or UpSkill training, email: upskill@summerfoundation.org.au or view other courses here.

Online Workshop – Zoom
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Learn about mainstream and non-SDA housing, home modifications, assistive technology and capacity building supports to help a person with disability explore suitable mainstream housing.

This UpSkill workshop, brought to you by the Summer Foundation, focuses on the ‘bricks and mortar’.  It is designed to build the capacity of support coordinators and allied health professionals to assist  people with disability to explore suitable mainstream housing that reflects their goals, preferred living arrangements and support needs.

This workshop via Zoom, is facilitated by UpSkill Lead Linda Hughes.
There will be practical exercises, opportunity for group discussion and questions and answers.

Finding accessible and affordable housing is a challenge and we cannot promise a silver bullet. But we will provide innovative ideas and useful tips to help make a person’s housing goals a reality. We will share successful stories where ‘out of the box’ thinking has made housing dreams come true.

Important note: This workshop does not include information about SDA. If you need introductory information about SDA, you can access free video resources on the Housing Hub here and here.

Learning objectives 

  • Understand the role of the NDIS in Home and Living supports and be able to navigate the NIDS and  mainstream housing interface
  • Explore housing options and opportunities including innovative and contemporary approaches 
  • Develop strategies to address some of the common housing barriers experienced  by people with disability 
  • Determine the necessary components of good housing that promote safety and independence      
  • Recognise the importance of separation of housing and supports

Who is this for:

  • Support coordinators
  • NDIS allied health professionals
  • Professionals assisting people with complex support needs

There are currently no upcoming sessions for this workshop. Please check back again soon! 

Any questions?

If you would like to know more about this workshop or UpSkill training, check out our FAQs page, or email: upskill@summerfoundation.org.au

Online Workshop – Zoom
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The government set ambitious targets of no one under the age of 65 being admitted to residential aged care (RAC) by 2022. While there has been modest progress on these targets there are still 3,435 people under 65 living in aged care, and each month another 44 enter.

This UpSkill workshop, brought to you by the Summer Foundation, will enable you to assist younger people living in aged care to access appropriate home and living supports through the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

This is an interactive workshop via Zoom, facilitated by UpSkill Lead Linda Hughes.
There will be practical exercises, opportunity for group discussion and questions and answers. 

Learning objectives – after this workshop you will be able to:

  • Leverage the implementation of the government’s younger people in residential aged care (YPIRAC) Strategy and NDIS policy
  • Provide YPIRAC with information and examples of NDIS supports
  • Identify and understand responsibilities in the interface between the NDIS and aged care systems
  • Work together with RAC and NDIS professionals to lead a collaborative approach across service systems
  • Assist a person choosing to leave RAC to access appropriate supports to live well in the community

Who is this for:

  • Support coordinators
  • NDIS allied health professionals
  • Professionals assisting people with complex support needs including RAC providers, Nursing Unit Managers and lifestyle coordinators

There are currently no upcoming sessions for this workshop. Please check back again soon! 

Any questions?

If you would like to know more about this workshop or UpSkill training, check out our FAQs page, or email: upskill@summerfoundation.org.au

Online Workshop – Zoom
DATE: There are currently no upcoming sessions for this workshop.
Please check back again soon!

Build your understanding of the evidence required for an application for specialist disability accommodation (SDA). This workshop is valuable if you’re working for people who may be SDA eligible, as you will need to provide the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) with supporting evidence that addresses the SDA eligibility criteria, set out in the SDA Rules (2020). 

This workshop assumes you have good working knowledge of SDA including what it is, how it is separate to support and how it is different to mainstream housing. We will focus on the SDA Rules (2020), SDA eligibility and the evidence required for an SDA application.

This is an interactive workshop via Zoom, facilitated by UpSkill Lead Linda Hughes.
There will be practical exercises, opportunity for group discussion and questions and answers. 

Learning objectives – after this workshop you will be able to:

  • Apply the SDA Rules and eligibility criteria
  • Identify the types of supporting evidence required to support SDA requests
  • Work with other professionals to source and collect evidence for SDA
  • Write a housing report addressing  the SDA Rules
  • Complete a Home and Living supporting evidence form for an SDA application
  • Use new knowledge of NDIS decision-making to inform your applications

Who is this for:

  • Support coordinators
  • NDIS allied health professionals
  • Professionals assisting people with complex support needs 

There are currently no upcoming sessions for this workshop. Please check back again soon! 

Any questions?

If you would like to know more about this workshop or UpSkill training, check out our FAQs page, or email: upskill@summerfoundation.org.au