We have made it to Episode 6 on the podcast!

This week's podcast on “The Journey to Conscious Healthcare” features Daisy Sumersford, Senior Support Coordination & Social Worker from Access4u.

This weeks podcast is called “Pre to Post NDIS from Daisy Sumersford's perspective as a social workers on the Do's & Don'ts of Support Coordination”

Today we Discuss:

- Her experience at Minda Incorporated

- Her experience transitioning from Institutionalisation to Person Centred-approach

- Challenges faced by Support Coordinators…sitting with your hands tied…

- Advocating as a social worker for participants & the joy she receives

- The role social workers play in the NDIS

- How to create capacity (Developmental Educators are being used instead of social workers at times)

- How we could look at FCA’s differently with a multidisciplinary approach (functional capacity assessment)

- Support Coordinators empowering participants with knowledge 

- Where to go for information 

- Importance of developing key relationships & checking in

- Frustrations with getting rejected case study with a Legally blind participant

- Disenfranchised loss & how it impact participants 

- Importance of mental health understanding & training as a support coordinator

- Her mentors that have helped her along the way

- Caseloads as a support coordinator, how to manage it 

- Switching off at the end of the day, is it possible?

- A day in the life of Daisy as a support coordinator

- What makes a good support coordinator - check out at (40:57)

- Daisy’s vision of 20 years into the future in the disability sector

Thought provoking ideas & conversations (please chime in):

- Should there be greater support coordinator collaboration across businesses external to each other? 

- The Royal Society for the Blind (RSB)- we’d love your take on whether participants who are blind are getting support for psychological impacts of becoming blind, especially in the early stages?

- Should support coordinators have an understudy? Jake Tiver's innovative suggestion

- What should the social worker scope of practice look like in the NDIS? 

Special Mentions

 - Cathy Miller - (CEO)

- Karen McKew

- Aaron Bryne from National Disability Insurance Agency

- Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) (registration)

- DSC - SC Induction training

- Scott Willis GAICD - Physio role in mental health

- The Resilience Project - Hugh van Cuylenburg & Let Go

- Sian Williams - From Here 2 Home (time blocking)

Check out our episode via the link: https://conscioushealthcaresa.com.au/podcast-conscious-healthcare

Please like & share as you see fit to spread the word & educate others

Shout out to Conscious Healthcare SA for putting this all together.

Where to go to look for information: 

NDIS Website

#NDIS #SupportCoordination #Healthcare #CHSA #Access4U #TheJourneyToConsciousHealthcare #SocialWo

We have made it to Episode 5!

This week's podcast on “The Journey to Conscious Healthcare” features Sarah Sayer, Support Coordination team leader from Enhanced Lifestyles.

This weeks podcast is called “Getting real with Sarah Sayer about The Do's & Don'ts of Support Coordination" 

Today we Discuss:

• Her upbringing and Journey to becoming a support coordinator in the NDIS 
• How her Bachelor of Social work molded her future career and influences her work 
• Support Coordinator caseload management and the intricacies of NDIS plan reviews and plan rollovers 
• The difficulties Support Coordinators have communicating and getting responses from the NDIS 
• Managing participants who are sitting in a ‘limbo’ period during plan reviews 
• Managing expectations of participants and never overpromising
• The power of having a mentor that believes in what you are doing 
• How being organised and assertive can lead to career success 
• What a typical Support Coordinator is like 
• Sarah’s mentors over her time as a Support worker and Support coordinator
• What her team looks for in an Allied health provider 
• A day in the life of a Support Coordinator 
• Sarah’s vision for 20 years into the future of the disability sector 

Please like & share as you see fit to spread the word & educate others

 Shout out toConscious Healthcare SA for putting this all together.

Special mentions 

• Jenny Thompson 
• Kelly Jacob 
• Andrew E. 

Related Episodes for further listening

• Sian Williams - Episode 2
• Kate Turnball - Episode 4 

Where to go to look for information: 

NDIS Website

Enhanced Lifestyles

#NDIS #SupportCoordination #Healthcare #CHSA #EnhancedLifestyles

We have made it to Episode 4!

This week's podcast on "The Journey to Conscious Healthcare" features Kate Turnbull from Turning Point Support. 

Today we discuss:

• Her involvement in the early stages of NDIS
• What has changed with the NDIS since its inception
• How her psychology background influences her work
• The evolution of Support Coordination and transition into psychosocial recovery coaching
• How to make a 12 hour NDIS plan work
• What it takes to building rapport and trust with participants 
• Navigating clinical psychology and therapist options for patients
• Best piece of advice she has learnt from her mentors
• How she ensures quality delivery of services
• Where to go to for information 
• Where people go wrong in support coordination
• Ways support coordinators can navigate the stresses they face
• Developing the skill of expectation management
• A day in the life of a Support Coordinator
• Kate’s vision for 20 years into the future in the disability sector

Please like & share as you see fit to spread the word & educate others

Shout out to Trevor Keen Health Services for putting this all together.

Special Mentions

• Yoga with Adrienne
• Sian Williams 

Where to go to look for information: 

DSC

Turning Point Support

NDIS Website

Occupational Therapy Australia

#NDIS #SupportCoordination #Healthcare #TKHS

Episode 3 is upon us

This weeks podcast on "The Journey to Conscious Healthcare" features Kirsty Bonner from Auscare Support

Called...

A Fresh Take on The Do's & Don'ts of Support Coordination with Kirsty Bonner

Today we discuss

- Kirsty’s history helping women in business
- How she prevented a participant from being homeless
- Mentors who have helped her
- How to hit the ground running as a new support coordinator
- Where to go to for information
- How to navigate different working environments
- Setting boundaries that actually work
- How to juggle being a mother with being a support coordinator
- What she does for self-care to avoid burnout
- How to keep expectations in check
- Where some support coordinators go wrong
- How a participant journey looks
- Getting planners on your side
- The importance of being aware of what allied health professionals do
- Where participants are falling through the gaps
- Key to communicating with the National Disability Insurance Agency
- 20 years into the future in the disability sector

Check out our episode via the link:
https://lnkd.in/gaZXrK6P

Please like & share as you see fit to spread the word & educate others

Shout out to Conscious Healthcare SA (formerly Trevor Keen Health Services) for putting this all together.

Special Mentions
ness geange - Auscare Support
Jo McIntyre - Auscare Support
Cassie Day - The Carers Place
Joe Cook
Courts - Occupational Therapist
Novita
Scott Pape - The Barefoot Investor
LAC - Mission Australia & Baptcare
Careview

Where to go to look for information: DSC

#NDIS #SupportCoordination #Healthcare #TKHS

Episode 2 is upon us on The Journey too Conscious Healthcare

The series is called The Do's & Don'ts of Support Coordination

A massive thank you to Sian Williams who joins us from her company From Here2Home where we discuss

- Exploring Housing Options (EHO)

- Transition from Level 3 to Level 2 Support Coordinators in this space

- Importance of good occupational therapists

- Use of Housing Hub 

- Block funding to open market transition

- How she started her own company

- How to grow a quality support coordination team

- How to develop resilience as a support coordinator

- Debriefing 

- Separating work & home

- Self care (dinner with friends, bath for an hour & switching off)

- Billable hours, how to make the most of your time

- Where Support Coordinators go wrong

- In 20 years time in the disability sector ...

Alternatively watch it on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/KVBH7eTdPPc

Thanks to Trevor Keen Health Services for being the shows sponsor

Special mentions: Yvonne (Sian’s Mum) & Kerry Bryan

Where to go for information: NDIS Website, Word of mouth & Social Media

#NDIS #SupportCoordination #TKHS #EHO #OccupationalTherapists 

The Journey to Conscious Healthcare podcast has launched!!

Today marks the launch of the podcast called "The Journey to Conscious Healthcare" that I've been talking about for a while now.

The series is called The Do's & Don'ts of Support Coordination

A huge shoutout to Ellie Grantham from Australian Carers as our first guest where we discuss

- Reasonable & Necessary
- How support coordinators can avoid burnout
- Where to search for information
- How new SC's should ease into the role
- What's in and out of scope of Support Coordinator
- Financial Restrictive Practice
- What 20 years into the future of the disability sector looks like

Check out our first episode via the link:
https://lnkd.in/gQ6HR4nh

Please like & share as you see fit to spread the word & educate others

Shout out to Conscious Healthcare SA (formely Trevor Keen Health Services) for putting this all together.

Special Mentions
Mentors & influential people: Reg Vitnell from Australian Carers

Where to go to look for information: Summer Foundation Ltd, MyCareSpace, National Disability Insurance Agency Website, National Disability Services

Reasonable & Necessary: Sam Paior from The Growing Space,
Aaron Bryne & Linda Reynolds

Difference between Disability & Medical: John Mannion

Guidelines & Framework of Support Coordination Closely linked with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)  

#NDIS #SupportCoordination #Healthcare #ReasonableAndNecessary