Focus on Supports - NDIS Support Coordination service

20/03/2026

The rules are the rules. It will hardly cover all of the support worker’s vehicle costs at the moment but it will certainly help!

Support work can involve a lot of travel, but that doesn’t mean it’s all unpaid!

Under the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services (SCHADS) Award, if you’re required (and allowed!) to use your own vehicle for work, you must be paid a $0.99 allowance for each kilometre that’s added to your odometer.

This includes travel involving duties like transporting laundry🧺, food 🍝 or medication 💊 for a client, and driving between locations during a period of work (like from one client to another).

Oh, and this travel counts as ✨ time worked ✨ so you should be paid your wages as well!

20/12/2025

Focus on Supports is taking a break. We will be closed from Monday 22nd December 2025 till Sunday 10th January 2026. We look forward to seeing everyone in the New Year.

01/10/2025

Let’s reduce the stigma around mental health each and every day.

Today, 1 October, marks the start of Mental Health Month, an opportunity to promote awareness and understanding of mental health, reduce stigma and encourage open conversations about mental wellbeing.

It’s also the start of the final countdown to World Mental Health Day on 10 October.

This year’s theme is Connect with your community.

Download your free 2025 World Mental Health Day calendar for tips and reminders for good mental health throughout October.

Get yours here: https://www.mentalhealthaustralia.org.au/get-involved/world-mental-health-day/download-your-2025-mental-health-day-calendar/

12/09/2025

🚨 Good providers are the backbone of the NDIS, don’t let the system break them.

Support Coordinators are walking away. Not because they want to, but because the funding just doesn’t stack up anymore. When that happens, people with disability are left without the help they rely on!

The NDIA hasn’t lifted hourly rates for Support Coordination in 7 years.

Providers can’t survive like this, and without Support Coordinators, people with complex needs will be left without support. If that happens, the whole NDIS risks collapse.

This petition calls on the House to:

✔️ Independently scrutinise the data around Support Coordination

✔️ Raise hourly rates so providers remain viable

✔️ Recognise Support Coordinators as critical to the NDIS

✔️ Ensure sustainable funding so we can keep delivering high-quality care

We’ve got until 24 September. Every signature counts.

e-petitions

13/08/2025

We are coming up to our 4th anniversary as a registered provider of support coordination. With the constant changes, that feels like something to celebrate! 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈

30/06/2025

It’s a scary time for all. Hopefully the NDIS will reconsider.

11/06/2025

Very disappointing to say the least…..

Media Release: NDIA Abandons Disability Providers Yet Again — Sector in Outrage Over Frozen Prices and Funding Cuts....

21/05/2025

Send us a message today if you’re looking for quality support coordination

06/04/2025

There’s some vital resources here. All young people deserve a safe start to life, so all professionals need to ensure that they are up to date with what is reportable and act if necessary.

All parents deserve to know their children are in safe hands when they drop them off at childcare.

ABC's Four Corners investigation revealed shocking revelations about Australia's childcare sector, leaving many parents and families seeking reassurance that their children will be safe.

Do you know how to raise a concern, or what kinds of behaviour you can report?

Empower yourself with the knowledge and resources we've shared in this article: https://loom.ly/2gZ1b9Q

13/01/2025

Welcome to 2025! We are back after a lovely break and can’t wait to catch up with our wonderful participants.😁😁

23/12/2024

Focus on Supports is taking a break from Monday 23rd December 2024 and resuming Monday 13th January 2025.

02/12/2024

Focus on Supports recognises this important day on the calendar. Discrimination against people with disability is not acceptable on any level.