Finding the right NDIS provider Melbourne can be daunting. What do you judge them by?
At the Melbourne Disability Expo, you can meet and talk with many NDIS providers about their disability support services. This article explores some of the key supports and a range of innovative services that help a person supported to live a fabulous life, and where you can access them.
This should make your search for the right NDIS provider a little easier.
What innovative services does an NDIS provider Melbourne offer?
To live a fabulous life, a supported person needs a good balance of supports and services, tailored towards their specific needs. These range from core supports all the way through to cleaning and gardening.
Along with these, there’s an element of innovative services that need to be weaved into the mix. What do we mean by that? Here’s an example. The supported person may have a creative side. Does the organisation offer their own creative programs? Another example is the desire of a supported person to self-advocate. What does the organisation do to facilitate that?
Innovative services pay a unique role in boosting a supported persons’ self confidence and increasing their independent living skills.
For an innovative NDIS provider Melbourne, you’re in the right place.
Melba’s innovative services
Melba Support is a registered NDIS provider Victoria. Our disability support services include accessing the NDIS, core supports, support coordination, supported independent living (SIL), specialist disability accommodation (SDA), individualised support arrangements (ISA), respite (short term accommodation and assistance), and more.
Melba also offers a range of fun, innovative services.
Here are some of them:
- Supported holidays. The supported person can go on a holiday fully supported by a qualified support worker
- Arthur Creative. Melba’s has its own creative studio where supported people can learn and grow their skills in visual arts, performing arts, film making, photography, screen printing, product development and more.
- Able Bakehouse. Melba has its own all abilities registered kitchen where supported people can learn to cook, do catering, put together gift hampers, and more
- Community Connections. Similar to Arthur Creative, Melba’s community connections services are dotted around Victoria with innovative, fun programs
- Harvest Collective. A program where supported people join in with school kids growing vegetables in their own veggie gardens for a local school canteen
- Podcast and live event co-hosting. Supported people at Melba co-host the various Melba podcasts and live events
See John co-host Melba’s end of year live celebration here.
Along with that, supported people who access Melba’s services can volounteer to be on Melba’s ARROW group. Qualified staff teach the group to self-advocate and advocate for other people with disability in the community.
For more about how we support a person with disability to live a fabulous life, look for our booth at the Melbourne Disability Expo or contact us today.