Coordim8

25/07/2025

CODE BLUE: FRIDAY 25 & SATURDAY 26 JULY

A Code Blue has been declared for Friday 25 July and Saturday 26 July due to freezing overnight temperatures and dangerous weather conditions.

Hutt St Centre will be open longer on both days to provide warmth, safety and essential care for people experiencing homelessness.

🕓 Friday 25 July — Open until 4:30pm
🕛 Saturday 26 July — Open until 12:00pm

Support available includes:

🍲 Nutritious meals
🚿 Hot showers
🧺 Laundry facilities
🧳 Secure lockers
🩺 Medical care
🤝 Connection to further support

📍 258 Hutt Street, Adelaide

For urgent 24/7 assistance, contact Homeless Connect on 1800 003 308 ☎️

24/07/2025

💰 Helpful Low Cost Services in Adelaide…👇

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📑 Tax Help – UniSA’s Tax Clinic gives free support for tax returns and disputes for individuals and small businesses.

🏋️ Physio – UniSA Physio Clinics offer low-cost treatments for sports injuries, back pain, and more, run by final-year students.

🐾 Vet Care – Affordable check-ups, vaccinations, and surgeries at TAFE SA’s PETSinTuition clinic, by supervised vet nursing students.

🩺 Health Services – Flinders University’s Health2Go clinic offers physio, optometry, audiology, and counselling. Appointments from $20, follow-ups $15.

⚖️ Legal Advice – UniSA and Flinders legal clinics provide free, confidential help with things like tenancy issues or traffic fines, by supervised law students.

📸 Original post and credit to: ‘The Post SA’

19/07/2025

We’re on the lookout for passionate, skilled staff to provide high quality Mentoring and Support Work services in the City and Northern Suburb areas 😊

📌 This is a unique opportunity to become part of a trusted, values-driven organisation. While the primary role is as a Mentor and Support Worker, there may be opportunities to contribute in areas such as Counselling or Youth Career Coaching (SLES), depending on your qualifications and experience. 📌

➖About Us
Coordim8 are a Disability and Mental Health Support service provider based in Adelaide, SA. We offer a range of services, including Support Work, Mentoring, Counselling, and SLES (School Leaver Employment Supports). We’re an NDIS Registered Provider, delivering person centred care through a passionate team of professionals.

➖About the Role
This role is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference. As a Support Worker and Mentor, you’ll support individuals with disabilities and mental health support needs to achieve their goals and maintain a good quality of life.

➖Key Details
• Casual role (approx 15 - 35 hours per week)
• Flexible hours to suit your lifestyle and commitments.

➖What We’re Looking For
• A ‘people person’ who values connection and sees this role as part of a meaningful career.
• A passion for social justice and creating equal opportunities for others.
• Certificate III, Diploma, or Bachelor’s (or currently studying towards) in a relevant field.
• Driver’s license, vehicle, and relevant checks (NDIS Worker Screening, Police Clearance, WWCC, First Aid & CPR).

➖Why Join Coordim8?
• SCHADS Award hourly rates.
• Wellbeing support focusing on practice, debriefing, and self-care.
• A supportive and inclusive team culture that values you and your wellbeing.
• Attend team events and social catch-ups.

We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, the LGBTQIA+ community, and individuals with lived experiences of disability or mental health.

➖Ready to Apply?
Please address your Cover Letter and Resume to Lauren at hello@coordim8.com. Applications close Friday 1st August at 5:00pm.

15/06/2025

15 June 2025

Dear Members, Ministers, Senators, the NDIS National Disability Insurance Scheme and the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission,

The Wondering Wattle are writing to you with empassioned and equally exhausted hearts.

For the seventh year in a row, Support Coordination pricing has been left untouched in the NDIA’s Annual Pricing Review. That’s seven years of rising costs, increasing compliance, and greater expectations, without any recognition in the funding. No wage increase coverage. No superannuation adjustment. No margin to sustain the work that quite literally holds people’s lives together.

We’re a small, values-driven organisation. We walk beside people navigating some of the most complex challenges life can throw at a person. We meaningfully and deliberately match deserving participants with high-calibre providers. We don’t do this work for profit, or take it lightly. We do it for people with disabilities. For their choice. For their inclusion. For their dignity.

But the truth is, this funding freeze is pushing us, and many like us, to the brink. We can't continue to 'run at a loss' behind inflation for another 12mths. Especially given the extra load we are carrying with rapid legislation changes and little rollout time to process and guide participants.

This year, the cost of delivering services has gone up again:
* A 3.5% Fair Work wage increase
* A 0.5% increase in superannuation
* New compliance costs linked to the upcoming NDIS Commission reforms, including mandatory registration for all Support Coordination providers (that's another huge cost for a tiny organisation like us).

And yet the price for Support Coordination has stayed exactly the same. For seven years in a row you've demanded that "we work more for less". We just can't any longer.

We ask you to consider what this means, not just for organisations like ours, but for the wonderful people we support:

+ Participants who rely on their Support Coordinator to find housing, engage with therapy, attend appointments, stay safe, or simply be heard.

+ Parents and carers who are stretched to breaking point, depending on Coordinators to manage crisis after crisis.

+ Employees who want to stay in the sector but can’t afford to, as wages stagnate and burnout rises.

Freezing prices while increasing expectations is not sustainable.

It’s not ethical. And it’s not what the NDIS was designed to be.

So we are standing up, with urgency, to ask, beg and even plead for you to, on our behalf:

+ Act now on our concerns to ensure the NDIA passes on the minimum wage and superannuation increases to Support Coordination pricing

+ Support an independent, transparent pricing model that reflects the true cost of service delivery, including wages, compliance, and the real value of our work

+ Engage meaningfully with Disability Intermediaries Australia (DIA) and similar peak bodies across the country who are calling out for fairness

We are proud to deliver support that’s generous, human rights–driven, and grounded in relationship. But we cannot do it alone and we cannot do it without fair funding.

To recipients of this open letter, we invite you to walk a day in our shoes. To see what it takes to hold complex lives with care. And to help us to continue to build a system that values not just service delivery, but the people delivering it.

Brave is kind
Meryl
💛
Founder, Specialist and Support Coordinator

27/05/2025

We’re looking forward to welcoming Sahra (she/her) to the Coordim8 team 🎨✨

🎓 Sahra is a Mentor and Support Worker based in Adelaide’s southern suburbs. She travels to clients and brings a creative, therapeutic approach to her work - drawing on her background in performing arts, mentoring and her studies in a Master’s of Therapeutic Arts Practice.

🎭 With over 15 years as a professional performer (including performing as part of Paw Patrol for Nickelodeon!), Sahra brings play, music, and creativity into her sessions. She’s worked with young people and completed trainings through Anglicare and Red Cross. She has a kind, honest energy that makes her a natural connector.

🧶 When she’s not working, she enjoys cooking, outdoor activities, spending time with her cat, crochet and road trips.

Know someone who could benefit from mentoring or support work? Get in touch 👇
📞 0434 862 538
📧 hello@coordim8.com

27/05/2025

We’re excited to welcome Bex (she/her) to our team in the coming weeks! 🤗🌿

🧠 Bex is a Mentor and Youth Careers Coach based in the Adelaide Hills, and travels to clients across the area. She supports people to navigate life, study and work using a collaborative, client-led approach - drawing on her own lived experience of ADHD, Autism, sensory differences and mental health.

🎓 Bex holds a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology and Sociology) and is currently completing a Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours), with her research focusing on the lived experiences of neurodivergent students in education. She’s a warm, empathetic and neurodiversity-affirming practitioner who brings a deep understanding to her work with young people.

🪴 Outside of work, Bex loves gardening, hanging with her family, and spending time with her dog, Whisky 🐶

Would you or someone you know benefit from Mentoring or SLES with Coordim8? Reach out below👇
📞 0434 862 538
📧 hello@coordim8.com

25/05/2025

This is a great service 👏

Come to Woodcroft Library on Mondays between 1-4pm to Ask a Social Worker!

Sai and Ola can help you with online forms, like passport applications, Centrelink, and the NDIS. They can help you navigate government websites, and assist in accessing services and support, like employment, housing, legal aid and more.

This service is available for all ages, no bookings required.

Come along and say hello 👋

In conjunction with Woodcroft-Morphett Vale Neighbourhood Centre

24/05/2025

😊 The NDIS has released its latest quarterly report – and there are some great highlights worth sharing…

⚽️ Community and social involvement is up by 23% since participants joined the NDIS.

✏️ Young people aged 15–24 are now twice as likely to be in paid work, with 23% currently employed after two years in the NDIS.

👩‍👩‍👦 More families and carers are in paid work too, with employment rising to 52% – a 6% increase since joining the NDIS.

🔄 4 out of 5 people aged 15 and over say they have more choice and control in their lives after being in the NDIS for two years or more.

▪️Being involved in social and community life isn’t just a ‘nice-to-have’ – it’s a vital part of connection, belonging, and building confidence. Everyone deserves the chance to join in, be included, and feel part of something.

▪️Access to meaningful employment is important for improving economic security and overall wellbeing for people with disabilities and their families.

▪️There’s still much more work to be done to build a truly equitable society – but with the right supports, people can live lives that reflect their strengths, choices, and goals 🌎

21/05/2025

🌿 It's OK to change.

In fact - it's human.

As an NDIS participant, you’re allowed:
To shift your goals.
To explore new interests.
To update your boundaries.
To discover what brings you joy - and change your mind about that, too.

You might outgrow a support, decide something no longer feels right, or realise that what once worked doesn’t anymore.

That doesn’t mean you’re being unclear or uncertain.
It simply means you’re evolving.

The NDIS is designed to be flexible because people are.
So if you're feeling like something needs to change - that's valid.

💛 It's OK to pivot.
💛 It's OK to ask for more.
💛 It's OK to say, “this isn’t working anymore.”
💛 It’s OK to want a life that actually fits you.

YOU deserve that. 💛

21/05/2025

Registered Counsellor with immediate availability- no waitlist 🙂 Meet Natalia – Counsellor and Youth Support Professional….

😊 Natalia has been a valued member of our team as a Youth Mentor and is now transitioning into an additional Counselling role with us. She brings with her formal qualifications, professional accreditation, and a strong foundation in therapeutic work with children and young people.

💙 Natalia is a warm, compassionate Counsellor with experience supporting children and adolescents aged 4 to 17 in both counselling and youth work settings. Her practice is grounded in neurodiversity-affirming and trauma-informed principles, with a strong focus on creating inclusive, safe, and engaging spaces tailored to each young person’s developmental stage.

📝 She has supported children through emotional regulation, sibling conflict, goal setting, and complex behaviours, using play-based tools, creative activities, and structured counselling strategies to build emotional awareness and resilience. Natalia is known for her empathetic, adaptable approach, and her ability to connect meaningfully with neurodivergent and culturally diverse young people.

🎓 Her training spans a range of therapeutic frameworks, including CBT, ACT, Solution-Focused Therapy, and developmental psychology. She is confident in conducting risk assessments, navigating crisis situations, supporting grief and loss, and fostering recovery-oriented mental health care.

🧠 Dedicated to continuous growth, Natalia has undertaken further training in child development, Autism and ADHD supports, and regulation strategies informed and guided by occupational therapists and clinical psychologists. She reflects deeply on her own practice and values in the therapeutic space.

🐕 Outside of work, Natalia is grounded by a love of nature, animals, and holistic wellbeing. Raised on a farm, she finds balance through mindfulness, movement, and time outdoors. She is passionate about helping young people feel seen, supported, and empowered - offering not solutions, but a steady, compassionate presence as they navigate life’s challenges.

15/05/2025

We’re on the lookout for passionate, skilled staff to provide high quality Mentoring and Support Work services in the Gawler and Barossa Valley regions 😊

📌 This is a unique opportunity to become part of a trusted, values-driven organisation. While the primary role is as a Mentor, there may be opportunities to contribute in areas such as Counselling or Youth Employment Coaching (SLES), depending on your qualifications and experience. 📌

➖About Us
Coordim8 are a Disability and Mental Health Support service provider based in Adelaide, SA. We offer a range of services, including Support Work, Mentoring, Counselling, and SLES (School Leaver Employment Supports). We’re an NDIS Registered Provider, delivering person centred care through a passionate team of professionals.

➖About the Role
This role is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference. As a Support Worker and Mentor, you’ll support individuals with disabilities and mental health support needs to achieve their goals and maintain a good quality of life.

➖Key Details
• Casual role with potential for full time hours in 2025 (approx. 15 hours/week to start).
• Flexible hours to suit your lifestyle and commitments.

➖What We’re Looking For
• A ‘people person’ who values connection and sees this role as part of a meaningful career.
• A passion for social justice and creating equal opportunities for others.
• Certificate III, Diploma, or Bachelor’s (or currently studying towards) in a relevant field.
• Driver’s license, vehicle, and relevant checks (NDIS Screening, Police Clearance, WWCC, First Aid & CPR).

➖Why Join Coordim8?
• Above SCHADS Award hourly rates.
• Wellbeing support focusing on practice, debriefing, and self-care.
• A supportive and inclusive team culture that values you and your wellbeing.
• Attend team events and social catch-ups.

We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, the LGBTQIA+ community, and individuals with lived experiences of disability or mental health.

➖Ready to Apply?
Please address your Cover Letter and Resume to Lauren at hello@coordim8.com. Applications close Friday 6th June at 5pm.