Supported Pathways is registered to provide:

Support Coordination

Specialist Support Coordination

Social Work Services

How to find the right support coordinator:

• raise your expectations, you want the best coordinator
• a support coordinator should assist you to build your own capacity to coordinate your own supports
• a support coordinator should be unbiased and independent, therefore not steering you towards their own services
• a support coordinator should assist you to find the best services to suit your individual needs
• find a support coordinator who is genuinely interested in supporting you to pursue best possible outcomes 

Supported Pathways will work with you to pursue the best possible outcomes.

Supported Pathways will work with you to find the best service provider/s to suit your needs.

Supported Pathways is independent and unbiased, and will assist you to coordinate your own supports for future needs.

Support Coordination

Is an NDIS funded support that is designed to support participants to make the most of their NDIS funds. Once a plan is approved, participants work with Support Coordinators to determine how their funds will be spent and to connect with providers. However you will need to request a Support Coordinator in you NDIS planning meeting.

At its best, Support Coordination is about:

• facilitating conversations about what is possible with a person’s NDIS funds
• building capacity for the participant to exercise choice and control
• supporting participants to navigate the NDIS marketplace and find providers that are the best option for them.

Coordination of Supports includes, but is not limited to:

• Understand the Plan
• Connect with Supports and Services
• Design Support Approaches
• Establish Supports
• Coach, Refine, Reflect
• Targeted Support Coordination
• Crisis: Planning, Prevention, Mitigation and Action
• Build Capacity and Resilience; and
• Report to the NDIA

Specialist Support Coordination

The provision of Support Coordination within a specialist framework necessitated by specific high-level risks in the Participant’s situation.

This support is time limited and focuses on addressing barriers and reducing complexity in the support environment, while assisting the Participant to connect with supports and build capacity and resilience. It may also involve development of an intervention plan which will be put in place by disability support workers.

Specialist Support Coordinators are expected to negotiate appropriate support solutions with multiple stakeholders and seek to achieve well-coordinated plan implementation. Specialist Support Coordinators will assist stakeholders with resolving points of crisis for participants, assist to ensure a consistent delivery of service and access to relevant supports during crisis situations.

Specialist Support Coordination is generally delivered through an intensive and time limited period necessitated by the participant’s immediate and significant barriers to plan implementation.

Depending on individual circumstances, a Specialist Support Coordinator may also design a complex service plan that focusses on how all the stakeholders in a participant’s life will interact to resolve barriers and promote appropriate plan implementation.

Once developed, a Specialist Support Coordinator will continue to monitor the plan, but it may be maintained by one of the participant’s support workers or other care supports.

Social Work Services

The provision of Social Work within a specialist framework necessitated by specific high-level risks in the Participant’s situation.

Support is time limited and focuses on addressing barriers and reducing complexity in the support environment, while assisting the Participant to connect with supports and build capacity and resilience.

May also involve development of an intervention plan which will be put in place by disability support workers.

Therapeutic Supports: Social Work Services:

Our social workers are trained to work with individuals and families to assess, support, maintain and/or improve functional capacities of individuals through ongoing, long -term intervention or short-term, high risk and complex needs management.

Social Work Therapy services can include:

• Psychosocial assessments
• Psychosocial intervention
• Problem-solving skills
• Workplace supports
• Self-management skills
• Enhancing community participation/integration
• Building interpersonal skills
• Building relationships
• Building resilience
• Social Skill development
• Functional education

Support Coordination & Specialist Coordination in unique environments

Supported Pathways has Coordinators with experience in navigating specialised environments such as,

• Nursing homes
• Corrections facilities
• Mental Health units, secured and unsecured