Less-Mess-Logo-2018_transparentLess-Mess-Logo-2018_transparentLess-Mess-Logo-2018_transparentLess-Mess-Logo-2018_transparent
  • Home
  • Decluttering
  • Organising
  • How does it work?
  • Workshops
    • Speaking
  • Tips & Resources
    • Family
    • Paperwork & Time Management
    • Sustainable Living
    • Advocacy & NDIS
    • Downsizing & moving
  • About
    • Testimonials
    • Media
  • Contact
Badge 13 years professiona experience - Organising/Decluttering
Marie Kondo Netflix "Tidying Up'
Why the Konmari Netflix show ‘Tidying Up’ is setting people up to fail
January 8, 2019
Donating to Charities: Is it a sustainable Cycle?
January 28, 2019

Hiring a PO with NDIS funding

Published by Susanne at January 22, 2019
Categories
  • Advocacy & NDIS
  • Organising
Tags
  • disability
  • government funding
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme
  • NDIS
  • NDIS funding

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was initiated by the Australian Government for Australians with a disability, including people with intellectual, physical, sensory and psycho-social disabilities. It creates a managed market for disability services in Australia. The NDIS is established by the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013. The NDIS commenced being rolled out nationally on 1 July 2016

NDIS

NDIS, National Disability Insurance SchemeThe NDIS is meant to give participants more control over what services they hire and what providers they work with.

This has worked for some – and not for others.

Professional Organisers do help people live independent lives, get around their homes easier and function in their households.

Because we are not a registered profession, accessing funding through the NDIS has been challenging.

I know very few POs – and all of them outside of NSW – that have gone down the route of being a registered service provider.
Because of the above-mentioned unregulated nature of our profession, but mostly because we can’t (currently) register for services in the ‘capacity building’ category, which means the hourly rate that gets covered by NDIS in the Home Help category, doesn’t cover our cost. (This conundrum is shared by a lot of suppliers – and makes it hard for participants to find a service.)

These are the three categories of funding:

  1. Self Managed: participant pays provider directly – and claims funding from NDIS. Provider will invoice client directly.
  2. Plan Managed: Plan Manager will pay provider. Provider will invoice NDIS directly using approved line items and pricing.
  3. NDIA Managed: providers will claim payment directly from NDIS plan based on active service bookings. Provider has to be an NDIS registered provider.

If you receive funding in the first tow categories, hiring a PO using your NDIS support is a possibility.

Proposal

Outline of the PO business

  • business expertise
  • certificate of currency for relevant insurance
  • credentials of professional learning
  • membership with a relevant professional industry representation

Outline of services to be carried out

  • benefit for the client
  • relevance for the client
  • long and short-term goals as outlined in the client’s NDIS plan
  • timeline
  • costing

It does also help if other health services support this arrangement, like a letter of recommendation from an OT or geriatric specialist, to just name a few.

Share

Related posts

School-Lunch-Uniforms-Organise
January 20, 2021

Be Ready. Be Organised: Back to School


Read more
photo of a flowering tree, spring is cleaning, decluttering and organising time.
October 4, 2020

Why Spring Cleaning?


Read more
Image of a messy kids room -Life Hacks for the busy mom
July 15, 2020

Life Hacks for the Lazy Smart Mum


Read more

Categories

Recent Posts

  • School-Lunch-Uniforms-Organise
    Be Ready. Be Organised: Back to School
    January 20, 2021
  • 0
    The Clever School Mum’s Guide to Reducing Excess to Less Mess
    November 27, 2020
  • photo of a flowering tree, spring is cleaning, decluttering and organising time.
    Why Spring Cleaning?
    October 4, 2020
  • Image of a messy kids room -Life Hacks for the busy mom
    Life Hacks for the Lazy Smart Mum
    July 15, 2020
  • Title Image of The Pineapple Project on Decluttering and Mess
    Dealing with the hard stuff: LessMess on The Pineapple Project
    June 30, 2020
  • Image of a woman sorting her wardrobe0
    Wardrobe Wonders – How to create a decluttered and organised wardrobe
    May 14, 2020
  • Work from home. Organise and sort your home office
    Working in a Home Office
    April 28, 2020
  • Image of a pantry storage. Declutter and Organise your Pantry
    How To: Declutter your Pantry
    April 6, 2020
  • How to: Declutter and store shoes?
    September 24, 2019
  • Where To Get Help For Hoarding Disorder
    September 8, 2019

Tags

boxes charity charity shop children Christmas clean clothes declutter de cluttering disability donating First aid Germany gifts government funding hoarding hoarding disorder how to inbox kids kids wardrobe kitchen Konmari life hacks Marie Kondo mental health moving moving house National Disability Insurance Scheme NDIS Netflix op shop organised pantry presents school shoes sorting stationery teenagers Tidying Up toys training travelling wardrobe

Institute of Professional Organisers – founding board member

Love Food – Hate Waste Partner

 

 

Mental Health First Aid accredited

© 2021 Less Mess - Less Stress
Less-Mess-Logo-2018_transparent
  • Home
  • Decluttering
  • Organising
  • How does it work?
  • Workshops
    • Speaking
  • Tips & Resources
    • Family
    • Paperwork & Time Management
    • Sustainable Living
    • Advocacy & NDIS
    • Downsizing & moving
  • About
    • Testimonials
    • Media
  • Contact