Your life Your choice
September 08, 2014
Your Life Your Choice provides the framework for how self-directed support operates in Queensland. It is a key principle behind the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Self-directed support is a funding approach which enables people with a disability and their family to have authority and choice and control over their disability supports and services.
By having the opportunity to plan, purchase and select supports and services that suit a person’s individual needs, people with a disability and their families can become active participants in the design and delivery of their disability support.
How does it work?
A person with a disability can choose between receiving services that are delivered by funded non-government providers in the traditional way, or self-directing their supports designed by themselves to suit their specific disability needs.
Self-directed support will look different for each person, and can change for the person as circumstances change. Self-directed support can start with a person taking as much responsibility as they feel confident with for the planning, budgeting and coordinating of their support, and for the purchase of additional assistance in these areas.
Initially, self-directed support arrangements will be facilitated by a host provider who will work with the person and their family to develop a model of self direction that meets the specific needs and priorities of the person. This includes assisting the family to budget and coordinate their funding.
Who can self-direct their support?
Self-directed support will initially be for people and/or families who have:
• ongoing (recurrent) funding
• individualised funding
• support needs that are considered stable.
What is a host provider?
A host provider is a non-government service provider that has developed a model of support that gives people greater choice and control and aligns with the elements in the Your Life Your Choice framework. Host providers have been endorsed and will enter into an agreement with the Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services. Details about host providers are available through the website below. Like to know more? click here
Article originally printed in Synapse Bridge Magazine Volume 15
By having the opportunity to plan, purchase and select supports and services that suit a person’s individual needs, people with a disability and their families can become active participants in the design and delivery of their disability support.
How does it work?
A person with a disability can choose between receiving services that are delivered by funded non-government providers in the traditional way, or self-directing their supports designed by themselves to suit their specific disability needs.
Self-directed support will look different for each person, and can change for the person as circumstances change. Self-directed support can start with a person taking as much responsibility as they feel confident with for the planning, budgeting and coordinating of their support, and for the purchase of additional assistance in these areas.
Initially, self-directed support arrangements will be facilitated by a host provider who will work with the person and their family to develop a model of self direction that meets the specific needs and priorities of the person. This includes assisting the family to budget and coordinate their funding.
Who can self-direct their support?
Self-directed support will initially be for people and/or families who have:
• ongoing (recurrent) funding
• individualised funding
• support needs that are considered stable.
What is a host provider?
A host provider is a non-government service provider that has developed a model of support that gives people greater choice and control and aligns with the elements in the Your Life Your Choice framework. Host providers have been endorsed and will enter into an agreement with the Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services. Details about host providers are available through the website below. Like to know more? click here
Article originally printed in Synapse Bridge Magazine Volume 15