Support Coordination: 2 Day Intensive (Entry Level)

Sally, our NDIS wonderwoman and 'pocket rocket,' combines humour with a wealth of NDIS knowledge, intellect, and energy. With extensive experience in financial and human services across B2B and B2C sectors, she’s a dynamic trainer, Certified Practicing Marketer, Harvard Alumni and passionate advocate for disability rights.

For over 15 years, she has been a key figure in the disability sector, currently as a Director of Hunter Circles. Sally has served on boards like The Centre for Universal Design, Business Hunter, and Community Disability Alliance Hunter (CDAH), and contributed to the NSW Disability Council. 

Sally's personal experience deepens her professional insights; her daughter Nicky, an NDIS participant for four years, passed away in 2018. This unique blend of experience shapes her understanding of the challenges and opportunities in the NDIS business landscape.

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!

Stephen is a support coordination and mental health subject matter specialist and DSC Expert Trainer. He is an experienced NDIS program manager and managed organisational NDIS transitions for services at two separate organisations. Passionate about supporting people with psychosocial disability to get better outcomes he is currently undertaking a new challenge of establishing his own NDIS business. Stephen is a proud dog-parent to a rescue greyhound named Russell. Oh and by the way, the drums and keyboard that feature in his Zoom background aren't just for show, he loves to make music.

Kate is a huge NDIS nerd, with broad knowledge of NDIS policies and processes, and a strong advocate for human rights. Kate is passionate about the potential of the NDIS, and is fluent at translating the scheme to support people to get great outcomes.

Through personal lived experience of disability, Kate has a deep understanding of the experiences of NDIS participants and those who support them. Kate is a strong believer in the power and unique value of the peer/lived experience workforce and enjoys supporting individuals and organisations to make their work practices more inclusive.

Kate runs a small support coordination business and has worked as a support coordinator for the past three years, specialising in psychosocial disability, developmental disabilities, autism, and "invisible" disabilities.

Kate enjoys the local arts scene, working on creative projects, and spending time with her cat.

Todd is a political nerd with an academic background in political leadership, party politics, and disability policy who has taught these subjects at multiple universities. He is also an NDIS Participant who has a severe form of Cerebral Palsy. Todd combines these two seemingly different interests to bring a wide variety of experiences to Team DSC. His writing has been published in academic journals, The Conversation and the ABC. He has also worked for NGOs in the Home and Living sector, working directly with other individual participants to help fill funding gaps. Todd has a deep passion for political history and sorting through electoral redistributions (He really does! Ask his wife). Todd also spends his free time reading multiple books simultaneously, following the mighty Port Adelaide Power, and assessing the plausibility of plots on too many TV teen dramas

Chris entered the sector as a support worker 13 years ago. Early on, Chris was working alongside a person who was unnecessarily detained in a prison. The injustice ignited a fire in their belly for a fairer system and drove them to study social policy. Completing a masters from the London School of Economics, Chris gained a global lens to dissect disability policy in Australia.

Chris has since supported the roll-out of the Justice Liaison programme with the NDIA, and worked as a non-legal Appeals Advocate. A side gig as an Independent Expert Reviewer gives Chris hope about a fairer system for NDIS reviews, while writing articles and training brilliant workers with DSC fills Chris' cup.

Chris’ enthusiasm and eagerness to learn from all makes them a valued team member. Chris’s other talents include hide-and-seek and making people feel good about themselves.

Annika is a perfect match for DSC with her joy for making the NDIS world simple and accessible. Arriving from Denmark just in time to see NDIS kick-off down here, she puts her human rights and philosophy background to use not just as a DSC Expert Trainer, but also as a Support Coordinator at Ablelink, specialising in housing and complex supports.

When she's not busy building capacity, Annika rolls up her sleeves in the garage where she's building her own campervan!