Services

Therapeutic Social Work

Social work helps people work through issues they are facing to improve their overall wellbeing. This work can be varied but is often time limited and focused on resolving complex issues. Social work services can be accessed through a range of funding options including with an NDIS plan, insurance bodies or privately for a fee.
Social work empowers individuals to achieve their life goals while helping to provide support during times of vulnerability. It does this by assessing needs and facilitating services and supports. The service can be provided in person or by telephone, in the community or at your home.
Some of the areas of support may include but are not limited to:

Your social worker can also provide support and connect you to appropriate expert help during difficult situations such as:

What is Support Coordination?

Support Coordination is an NDIS funded Support designed to assist you to make sure you get the most out of your NDIS funding. It is about supporting you to explore what options are open to you and recommend where and how you can access supports and resources. Key to is working alongside you, your family, friends, and the professionals in your life to fully maximise the potential of your support. It includes generating new ideas, suggesting new opportunities and help to put everything you need in action to achieve your goals.

Specialist Support Coordination is delivered utilising a specialist approach, necessitated by high and complex needs or significant risks in a person’s situation. Specialist Support Coordinators address highly complex barriers impacting on the ability to implement a person’s plan. Specialist Support Coordination is generally delivered in a time limited, outcomes focused manner to meet the individual needs of the person’s circumstances. Specialist Support Coordinators aim to reduce complexity in the person’s support environments in the context of broader systems of support, whilst also assisting the person to connect with NDIS supports, negotiate solutions with multiple stakeholders and build capacity and resilience. Specialist Support Coordination may also involve assisting in resolving points of crisis and ensuring a consistent delivery of service during crisis situations. The intended outcome of Specialist Support Coordination is that complexities and barriers affecting a person’s capacity and ability to implement their plan is reduced.
Recovery Coaching is support that motivates and empowers people to progress on their own personal recovery journey. Christina Veprek Consultancy has experience in working with people within a Recovery Framework since 2006, and has a deep understanding of psychosocial recovery as well as the skills and techniques to assist people to manage their illness and effortlessly navigate the complexities of the mental health system. The coaching role is client centred and may involve 1:1 support to attend appointments or new activities. It is also about connecting to NDIS funded, mainstream and non-funded supports. A key focus is on collaboration with family members, carers, clinicians and other providers in order to reduce the barriers and work together in times of crisis and intense need.