In the world of disability support team values are the invisible threads that hold everything together. They shape how we show up for the person we support. They influence how we respond to challenges. And they guide how we treat each other, especially when things get hard. But here’s the catch – Values only matter if they live in our everyday actions. What Do Our Values Actually Look Like? It’s easy to say we value Read more…
We recently held our Get Stuff Done Retreat in Brisbane in October and a good time was had by all. Our speakers gave us lots of food for thought and we got some stuff done – although not as much as we’d hoped so next year doing will be a bigger focus. Speaking of next year – it’s going to be in Adelaide! Not sure of the date or venue yet but start planning! Some Read more…
NDIS capacity building funds are not being used effectively The NDIS has a category of funding called “Capacity Building”. It’s designed for “development and training to increase your skills so you can participate in community, social and recreational activities.” Now interestingly enough, only 59% of those capacity building funds are actually being utilized. So a hundred percent of the funds have been allocated, but only about half of them are being utilized. Does that surprise Read more…
When you have a board overseeing the operations of your support team organisation part of their role is to make the “big decisions”. Examples are decisions that… involve risks or opportunities to the vision for the good life of the person such as where the person might live. involve large amounts of money from the budget such as purchasing expensive technology, or having to pay increased rent involve a change in plans, goals and strategies Read more…
What is induction? Induction is the process of getting new staff acquainted with their working environment so that they can become a valuable team member quickly. It isn’t ALL the training a person might need though. Be careful not to end up with information overload for the person in their first few weeks at work. Keep the information to what they absolutely must have. Why is induction important If your staff member injures themselves and Read more…
Why attend? We at the Good Life Builders want to support you as a person with a disability or a parent of a person with a disability to hire and work with great support teams that you choose. We are parents too and we know how hard it can be to find the right support. We know that sometimes life gets in the way and you need time and space to get stuff done with Read more…
The world can feel against you Every day I’m thankful to you my fellow good life builders for walking alongside me because, it feels like the world wants me to put Isaac in a group home and sign him up for a day program. The NDIA thinks this is the best and most value for money option – it’s not of course. People in the community seem to think that he is taken care of Read more…
All abilities means different things to different people I’ve recently noticed some local events being described as “all abilities” events. I’m never quite sure about what I will find when I turn up to an “all abilities” event because it means different things to different people. To me all means all. So an event labelled “all abilities” means open to absolutely anyone to me. I recently did a poll on the Good Life Builders Facebook Read more…
I’ve been running a survey for a few months now across people with disability and their families that use support workers to help their family member to have the good life they want. I’ve been trying to understand how the employment relationship affects outcomes for the people they support. The results so far are interesting While the sample size is still relatively small the trends so far have been interesting…. People who directly employ staff Read more…