Windermere Family Services

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with your child’s development

DOES your child need support to reach key developmental milestones or have additional needs? “The earlier your child receives the right intervention or therapy to address their needs the better the outcomes,” says Sean Coleman, NDIS Manager at Windermere Child & Family Services.

Children may be eligible to access a range of individualised developmental supports under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). “If your child is under 12 years of age and has a developmental delay or disability, they may be eligible to access Early Intervention and Therapy services under the NDIS,” says Sean.

When families access early intervention NDIS services from not for profit Windermere, they are assigned a keyworker as the one, easy point of contact to access support services. “A keyworker will draw from Windermere’s team of combined expertise and resources to provide you with the services and advice that you need. This removes the hassle of having to communicate with multiple therapists and coordinate separate appointments,” says Sean.

While a keyworker can help with the range of required supports, managing your NDIS funds can also be very complex and time consuming. An NDIS Plan Manager also known as a Financial Intermediary, can take the stress out of managing the financial aspects of an NDIS plan.

Plan Managers offer a range of services including organising payments to providers, sending monthly statements, ensuring you get value for money and taking care of NDIS financial reporting requirements.

“If you think having an NDIS plan manager would help you, all you have to do is to request for Plan Management services to be included in your NDIS plan during your planning meeting with the National Disability Insurance Agency,” says Sean.

Windermere is registered with the NDIA and provides a range of services such as early childhood education, homelessness support, NDIS supports and a range of early childhood early intervention services.

To find out more contact Windermere on 1300 946 337 or visit windermere.org.au