Peer Support
A Peer Support Worker helps clients with everyday activities, their current disability-related needs and assists them to work towards their goals which can include travel support. They also assist clients to build their independence and skills to help them pursue their goals; provide development and training to increase a client’s skills so they can participate in community, social and recreational activities.
A typical support worker provides practical hands-on assistance with daily living tasks, such as personal care, meal preparation, and household chores and can also assist with mobility, medication reminders and attending appointments.
A Peer Worker provides an additional type of support that involves people who share similar experiences, backgrounds, or identities, and who offer each other emotional, social, and practical help based on mutual respect and empathy. Peer support can occur in various settings, such as groups, online platforms, or one-on-one interactions, and can address different issues, such as mental health, addiction, chronic illness, or trauma. Peer support can help clients to feel less isolated, more empowered, and more hopeful, as well as provide them with valuable information, resources, and coping skills.
Please note whilst we are presently going through the process of seeking registration, we are not yet a NDIS registered provider. Therefore, at this time, we can only accept referrals for participants with plan-managed and self-managed funding.
What NDIS budgets can Peer Support be funded from?
Depending on your individual NDIS goals and the functions or skill development activities your Peer Support Worker will be assisting with, the following NDIS budgets can fund Peer Support:
| Core – Assistance with Daily Life | Core – Assistance to Access Community, Social and Recreational Activities | Capacity Building – Increased Social and Community Participation | Capacity Building – Finding and Keeping a Job | Capacity Building – Improved Daily Living |