NDIS Social Workers are highly trained professionals who specialise in social work and counselling, in providing social and emotional assistance to individuals and their families and caregivers in a holistic way for quality of life and capacity building. NDIS Social Workers bring in depth knowledge of the NDIS and navigating the NDIS. They can help participants to make informed choices, specialist support and supporting participants with addressing barriers. NDIS Social Workers contribute to reducing complexity.

Every individual's journey of the NDIS is unique. Social Workers recognise each individual for who they are and meets them where they are. They work towards addressing participant and/or family goals in a collaborative approach.

Education
Connection
Advocacy
Empowerment
Strength
Hope
Support
Social Justice
Resource Sharing
Collaboration

Therapeutic Services
Understanding and adjusting to a diagnosis of disability or psychosocial condition
Creative therapy counselling (Art expression as we talk)
Developing strategies to assist with behaviours of concern or mental health concerns
Supporting with building coping skills and strategies
Providing creative strategies and ways to work through mental health concerns or emotional regulation
Counselling - being flexible in what your counselling session means for you, what you'd like to talk about (telehealth options)
Supporting to build interpersonal skills and relationship building
Understanding emotions and behaviours
Transitions, adjustment, grief and loss

Practical Support
Assisting a client (and family) with a transition (to school, to adulthood, work, etc.)
Working out goals to work towards - action plans and SMART goals
Applications/mainstream service support - Carers SA, Companion card, Disability Parking Pass, Centrelink applications, grant applications etc
Creating visual charts to break down tasks/programs around life skill building
Supporting with getting Support Coordination into an NDIS plan
Communicating on your behalf to service and organisations in times of hardship or vulnerability
Assisting an individual (and family) with housing
Assisting with employment or study needs
Creating a plan of short term and long-term goals
Creating a care support plan to communicate your needs to your team
Working with individuals to understand and develop their support network/s
Comple problem solving
Tenancy support

Family Support
Building the skills and capacity of family members with counselling and strategies
Assisting families to explore stressors and innovative coping strategies that suit them
Assisting clients and families to make the most of their social and emotional strengths
Connecting you to specific training resources/webinars
Assist with school concerns and difficulties
Understand Pathological Demand Avoidance
Understanding your child's disability
Support with navigating childcare/kindy/school for your under 7 
Support with navigating a homeschool application
Keyworker role for under 7

Assessments
Sensory Profile 2
ABAS-3
Vineland
Biopsychosocial assessment (holistic assessment)
WHODAS 2.0
Carer Burden scale

Letters of support/Reports
Housing SA letter of support
Companion Card letter of support
Disability Support Pension letter of support
Functional Capacity Assessment Report for Psychosocial and 'Other disabilities'

NDIS support
Support with writing impact statements
Helping to understand your NDIS plan and
Providing structure into your care team and supporting with managing your supports/services you receive
​Supporting at important appointments/appointment phone calls
Assist with NDIS reviews and preparing for them
Support to understand your NDIS service plan and how to access and prioritise resources to meet its goals/your goals
Liaising with specialist support coordinators, NDIS planners, local area coordinators, support coordinator’s, psychosocial recovery coaches or other allied health professionals with key information when needed

​Connection
Connecting into community resources (eg: food parcels, community groups, support groups)
Connecting you to support groups or community organisations/centres
Providing key information about Government benefits and other community resources and advocating for individuals with these organisations
Assisting with referrals to other professionals or organisations when needed (eg: disability advocate)​​​​​​​​​

To refer or self-refer for our services make contact with SSWCS below, by phone, send through an enquiry, download a referral form below or email to contactus@sswcsadelaide.com