Creating your NIS plan will start once you are an NDIS participant. You need to apply to the NDIS in order to become a participant. The NDIS plan will set out the supports you need in order to achieve the goals you have focused on in the plan. Your disability needs are taken into account when creating the plan.
No two plans are the same as you will have to create something that responds to your specific needs. You can have as many goals as you like and these can be customised in any way that you want. Some of the things that you plan will include are your living situation, goals that you want to achieve in the future, NDIS supports that you will receive funding for, the entity managing your NDIS funding, the many ways you can use funding and your support network whether it is family, community, government services etc.
You will need to attend a planning meeting in order to find out what supports you will need to meet your goals. Before your meeting, you will have to collect relevant assessments or reports that will help the provider understand which supports you need. You can also get the help of NDIS support coordination for this. They will also help you understand what supports are in your plan and how you can get the maximum out of these benefits.
Your planning meeting can be conducted in person or over the phone. This is just to gather all relevant information to create the right plan for your needs. You need to have a good idea of the activities and goals you want to pursue so that you can explain it at the meeting. These are important aspects of the NDIS plan and you should have a clear idea of what you want to work towards.
The goal can be to achieve more independence in something whether it is learning to use public transport or finding employment that is best suited to your skillset. Sometimes the goals can be quite big which will require them to be broken into smaller goals so you have a reasonable timeline and planning to achieve these smaller goals when you are on the path to your main objective.
Your NDIA planner will discuss with you how long it will take for the plan to get approved and what you need to do next. Once the plan is approved by the NDIA, you will get a copy of it whether in person or through the mail so that you can see what is included in it. If there is a certain accessible format you want this plan to be in, you can mention this at the planning meeting.
You can also have the plan translated into a language that you are comfortable with. After the plan is approved, you then have to consider how this plan is managed and who can help you get started with it. You can choose the services that you need for your goals and you can also specify when these supports are to be delivered.
