The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has been developed to improve choice and create better outcomes for people with a disability. NDIS funds any goal that you set for yourself (those that NDIS considers reasonable and necessary) and you are free to choose any NDIS service provider you want.

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is a national insurance scheme and a way of supporting people who are living with a permanent disability. The NDIS has changed the way that disability services are delivered. With NDIS, you are able to choose your services and how you want them delivered. It provides funding directly to individuals.

There are around 4.3 million Australians who have a disability. Within the next five years, the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will provide support an estimated 500,000 Australians who have permanent and significant disability. For many people, it will be the first time they receive the disability support they need. The NDIS can provide all people with disability with information and connections to services in their communities such as doctors, sporting clubs, support groups, libraries and schools, as well as information about what support is provided by each state and territory government.

• National: The NDIS is a National Initiative
• Disability: The NDIS provides support to eligible people with intellectual, physical, sensory, cognitive and psychosocial disability. Early intervention supports can also be provided for eligible people with disability or children with developmental delay.
• Insurance: The NDIS gives all Australians peace of mind if they, their child or loved one is born with or acquires a permanent and significant disability, they will get the support they need.
• Scheme: The NDIS is not a welfare system. The NDIS is designed to help people get the support they need so their skills and independence improve over time.

The NDIS aims to provide every Australian citizen with disabilities with information and support services to be able to live to the fullest. While looking to avail of the benefits of NDIS, you must check your eligibility criteria and have properly prepared a care and support plan that lists your immediate and future needs that the NDIS can fund. Here are a few points to check if you fall under the eligibility criteria of the NDIS:

• Your age must be between 7 and 65 at the time of applying
• You must be an Australian citizen or hold a permanent resident or special category visa.
• You must provide evidence of your disability and show the requirement of support from another person.
• You must mention if you require any special equipment to support your disability.
• You must state your current support requirements to minimise future complications or needs.
• Have a condition or an impairment that is permanent and prevents you from participating in everyday activities.

Visit the Am I Eligible page on the NDIS site.

To support children with developmental delay or disability in the age group of 0-6 years, the NDIS adopts its Early Childhood Early Intervention (ECEI) approach. This approach recognises the special needs of children and that the support they require will be different from what adults with disability would. The NDIS also supports children who are 7-18 years old with a diagnosed disability.

NDIS funds the support for children with developmental delays or disability for the following outcomes:

• to help them attain their goals
• enable their social and economic participation in the community, and
• foster independence.

To access the NDIS, your child must meet the following eligibility criteria:

• have developmental delays
• have a diagnosed disability
• must live in an area where NDIS is being implemented
• be an Australian citizen, or
• hold a permanent visa, or
• hold a protected SCV.

The NDIS plan will determine the type of supports you can receive. This will depend on the age-group of your child, namely, 0-6 years or 7-18 years, and their present status of availing disability support under the NDIS.

The NDIS provides ongoing funding for all ‘reasonable and necessary’ disability equipment, care and support services. Generally, the supports and services provided to you assist you to achieve your goals and live as independently as possible. Services also include community participation and assistance with gainful employment.

NDIS has got different types of plans – core supports, capacity building, and capital supports.

Under these plans, NDIS will provide support to you.

NDIS can fund your personal care plans, nursing support, travel assistance services, accommodation, respite and more services.

Core Supports Budget

Core Supports help you with everyday activities, your current disability-related needs and to work towards your goals. Your Core Supports budget is the most flexible, and in most cases, you can use your funding across any of the following four support categories. However, there are instances where you do not have flexibility in your funding, particularly for transport funding

Capacity Building Supports Budget

Capacity Building Supports help build your independence and skills to help you pursue your goals. Unlike your Core Supports budget, your Capacity Building Supports budget cannot be moved from one support category to another. Funding can only be used to purchase approved individual supports that fall within that Capacity Building category

Capital Supports Budget

Capital Supports include higher-cost pieces of assistive technology, equipment and home or vehicle modifications, and funding for one-off purchases you may need (including Specialist Disability Accommodation). It is important to remember that funds within the Capital Supports budget can only be used for their specific purpose and cannot be used to pay for anything else. The Capital Supports budget has two support categories: Assistive Technology and Home Modifications.

With the NDIS, you will work out what reasonable and necessary supports you need to live your life and achieve
your goals. You’ll then receive funding to pay for these supports.

The types of supports that the NDIS may fund for participants include:

• daily personal activities
• transport to enable participation in community, social, economic and daily life activities
• workplace help to allow a participant to successfully get or keep employment in the open or supported labour market
• therapeutic supports including behaviour support
• help with household tasks to allow the participant to maintain their home environment
• help to a participant by skilled personnel in aids or equipment assessment, set up and training
• home modification design and construction
• mobility equipment, and
• vehicle modifications.

Find more information on types of funded supports

• A carer is a person who provides unpaid care and support to family members or friends with a disability, a serious long-term illness, a terminal illness, a drug or alcohol issue or who are frail and aged.
• Do Carers receive support outside of the NDIS? Carers receive a range of supports including respite support, counselling, education and training, peer support and advocacy.
• The Carer Advisory Service provides information and advice to carers and their families about carer supports and services.

The NDIS does not provide funding for support if it is:

1. Unrelated to your disability
2. Duplicate of another support.
3. Is better addressed by an alternative support option.
4. Is related to daily living expenses that are not related to your disability.

If your support worker is too unwell to work, then it is important for a suitable alternative arrangement to be put into place in order to ensure that you continue to receive the required level of assistance. AL Marwa Care has a pool of experienced and qualified staff members who will assist with continuity of supports.

Yes, all our support workers are trained and insured. Being a NDIS service provider we have abide by all the requirements prescribed the commission. AL Marwa Care does not only care for their Participants but also focus on their staff’s health  and well-being.

All our support staff are trained, experienced and qualified, based on the severity staff will act. First aid will be provided and the Ambulance will be contacted for further medical assistance. We will also make sure to inform your support network.

Absolutely, AL Marwa Care offers a wide range of services – you may choose the right supports suitable for you. Person Centred approach is the back bone of our business, you are the focus in everything we do.

Yes you can! If you are not happy with the disability service provider, you can change to make sure you are getting the support you need.

Every NDIS beneficiary has different needs; therefore, we will offer flexibility and an individualised care plan. This allows each participant to take control of their own choices.

Our utmost priority is to provide the necessary support and help to people with disabilities to enjoy their life to the fullest.

We aim to employ staff with multicultural backgrounds to cater to participants where English is not their first language.

• We will conduct routine compliance checks for every staff member, ensuring that training and qualifications are up to date and compliant with NDIS legislation.
• We will also audit participants’ feedback to improve our service where required.

We are committed to excellence in service delivery, complaints and compliments are a vital for our growth, we respond to our participant’s complaints in an accountable, transparent and in a timely manner.

You can fill out the feedback/ Complaint form HERE or call us on 0432 876 541 or write to us almarwacare@outlook.com

We’re here to help you so contact us on 0432 876 541 or send us an email at almarwacare@outlook.com

Plan Managed

You may choose to pay someone to help manage your NDIS funds and pay invoices. The NDIS will add extra funds into your NDIS Plan to cover the cost of a Plan Manager. If you choose this option, then you are a ‘Plan Managed NDIS Participant’.

Self-managed

Self-managed is when you manage your NDIS funds yourself (including with help from your family / carers). You, or your family, will purchase services and supports, manage your NDIS budget, claim and pay for supports and keep
invoices and receipts. If you choose this option, you are a ‘Self-Managed NDIS Participant’

If you appoint a plan manager they will look after the financial and administrative elements of the plan for you. The NDIA will pay your plan manager who will then pay your providers for you. You can choose to have NDIA manage your plan or you can choose to manage your Plan yourself. Talk to your planner at your planning meeting about what will be best for you.

If you are not able to use public transport because of your disability, you may be able to get NDIS funding to cover transport such as taxis.

If you previously received funding through a taxi subsidy scheme, the NDIA will also take this into account.

The NDIS will not provide funding to carers or family members to transport a person with a disability to everyday commitments.

The NDIS can also fund supports that help you build confidence and learn how to travel or use public transport independently.

For example, if your goal is to get your driver’s licence, the NDIS may be able to support you to achieve this.

Yes! You can invite family members to be a part of your planning process and really every step of the way.

You might like your family members included a lot, or a little – the choice is yours.

There are 3 different ways you can manage your NDIS plan.

You don’t have to choose only one of these options. You can use a combination.

For example, you might self-manage some parts of your plan while the NDIA may look after other parts.

The three options are:

• Your plan is managed by someone from the NDIA
• Your plan is managed by a Plan Manager
• You manage your NDIS plan

Yes. We meet all quality requirements under the National Standards for Disability Services and Department of Human Services Standards.