online workshop

Developing an Employment-Related Service: CoS and PRC

The NDIA have now added 'Support Coordination' and 'Psychosocial Recovery Coaching' to the Finding and Keeping a Job support category. An exciting opportunity for CoS and PRCs to develop a new specialised service – one that supports people with a disability to take their rightful place in employment.

Registration

Flexible rescheduling

Change up to 4 hours before.

Why take this course?

Finally, some good news. Participants can now use their ‘Finding and Keeping a Job’ funding on Support Coordinators (CoS) and Psychosocial Recovery Coaches (PRC). An opportunity that’s too good to miss. It’s a triple whammy of positive benefits: A chance for Participants to get the support they need to navigate employment, a chance for the NDIS to move the needle on employment outcomes, and last but not least, a chance for CoS and PRC to develop a unique specialisation in employment.

But becoming specialised isn’t a walk in the park. It involves time and energy to first understand the employment landscape, and second, to understand how to structure employment services in a way that leads to the best possible outcomes. This informative 2 hour workshop will introduce you to this change, guide you through what this specialisation might look like, and get you started on the right foot with this exciting opportunity. 


What you’ll gain

Across 2 hours, we’ll dive into:

  • What is capacity building employment support? Understand the current market, structure and outcomes framework.

  • Current statistics on “Finding and Keeping a Job”, including how many participants are funded for it, average funding and more.

  • The opportunity for Support Coordinators and Psychosocial Recovery Coaches to improve employment outcomes.

  • The ins-and-outs of “Finding and Keeping a Job”, including practical applications like hourly rate, provider travel, report writing and cancellation.

  • How to design an employment-related service. What might it look like? How do you structure it? What are some case study examples?

  • What are common employment-related NDIS goals and the pathways to achieve these goals?

  • Where can you find participants who need support with employment goals? Build your knowledge and networks for a successful employment-related service.

  • Capacity Building opportunities for participants – for example, the right to reasonable adjustments, negotiating employment opportunities and self-advocacy regarding employment.


Who’s it for?

  • Support Coordinators and Psychosocial Recovery Coaches 

  • Business owners, team leaders, managers and sole traders

What’s included?

  • 2 hour virtual workshop via Zoom

  • Downloadable copy of the slides for you to look back on

  • Certificate of completion

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Ann Drieberg

With over 25 years experience in the disability, mental health and aged care sectors, Ann understands the big picture of organisational success in the NDIS. Give Ann a complex problem and she will break it down to its workable bits and then collaborate with you to build the human solutions. Her ability to work at the heart of things is her superpower for the design and implementation of new systems and services in employment, accommodation, community inclusion and training. Ann has that rare mix of systems expertise with co-design nous that delivers outcomes that people own. She is our go-to for organisations wanting to develop through engaging the people that matter, from services users to the Board and everyone in between.

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Sally Coddington

Sally is our resident NDIS wonderwoman (also fondly known as our 'pocket rocket'). Don't be disarmed by her humour, she packs a punch with her huge NDIS knowledge, intellect and energy. Sally has diverse experience across financial services, human services, B2B, B2C, for profit and for purpose industries around the world. Sally is especially passionate marketing products, services, spaces and experiences that include people with a disability. Sally is a dynamic trainer and presenter, a Certified Practicing Marketer and advocate for the rights of people with a disability.

Sally has been a prominent figure in the disability sector for nearly 15 years. She currently serves as the Director of Hunter Circles and has held key roles as a board member at The Centre for Universal Design, Business Hunter, and Community Disability Alliance Hunter (CDAH), as well as serving on the NSW Disability Council. Sally, who finished her MBA at Harvard, recently returned to university to pursue a Master’s in Disability and Inclusion (did we mention she’s dynamic?). Her dream is to do a PhD and she's putting it out there to hold her self accountable.

One of Sally's three daughters, Nicky, who passed away in 2018, was an NDIS participant for four years. Sally translates her personal and professional experience into a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities for business.

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Lisa Duffy

After starting out as a Physiotherapist, Lisa found her passion in complex case management and working with people with a disability to navigate their options in the 10 years prior to the NDIS roll-out.

Since the rollout in NSW, Lisa's specific interest areas are working with people to gain NDIS access for the first time and planning for NDIS reviews, with a particular passion for 'translating' the complexities of the NDIS, and working with people to build their skills, capacity and knowledge about the NDIS so that they can be informed, empowered, and objective self-advocates.

It's a passion that doesn’t go unrecognised: we’re talking about the winner of the award for Most Outstanding Support Coordinator at the 2022 Australian Disability Services Awards!