Carlita Rose NDIS Support Coordinator

21/01/2026

21/01/2026

🚨 As a Support Coordinator, I am deeply concerned about the proposed I-CAN assessment tool 🚨

Like many in the disability sector, I am increasingly worried about the NDIA’s plan to roll out the I-CAN Support Needs Assessment from mid-2026.

On the ground, we support people with complex, diverse, and often fluctuating disabilities — including autism, psychosocial disability, acquired brain injury, and multiple co-occurring conditions. Many of these needs cannot be captured accurately by a standardised interview or algorithm, no matter how well intentioned.

What concerns me most:

The tool has not been adequately validated across diverse disability types, particularly autistic and psychosocial presentations.

Assessments may be conducted by people without allied health backgrounds, despite the tool being developed and validated by clinicians.

A three-hour interview risks oversimplifying lives that require deep clinical understanding, longitudinal evidence, and functional observation.

There is a real risk that support needs will be underestimated, leading to reduced funding, service breakdowns, and increased crises.

Those of us working alongside participants every day know what happens when plans don’t reflect reality:
➡️ supports collapse
➡️ carers burn out
➡️ participants disengage or deteriorate
➡️ appeals, complaints, and safeguarding concerns increase

We have already lived through the consequences of rushed system change in the NDIS. We cannot afford to repeat those mistakes — particularly when experts are warning that further testing, piloting, and validation is still needed.

This is not resistance to reform.
This is a call for evidence-based, clinically informed, participant-centred planning.

If this tool is to be introduced, it must:
✔ be properly tested across disability groups
✔ be delivered by suitably qualified professionals
✔ include safeguards for complexity and intersectionality
✔ sit alongside — not override — clinical and functional evidence

The cost of getting this wrong will not just be financial.
It will be human.

🧩 NDIS planning must reflect lived experience, not just data points.

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20/01/2026

16yrs+ DBT Program - 2 spots available now

A 10-week DBT skills group offering practical tools to understand, ride, and respond to intense emotions in a supportive, affirming space.

15/01/2026

Some days in this work are hard to explain unless you’ve lived it.

Today was one of those days where most of my hours were spent on work that is technically billable, but significantly underfunded — safeguarding, escalation, documentation, ethical decision-making, risk management, and holding responsibility that doesn’t neatly fit within the time actually allocated.

By the end of the day, I felt the weight of it.
The emotional labour.
The system navigation.
The quiet pressure of doing the right thing even when the funding model doesn’t reflect the reality of the work.

And still — I love this work.

I love supporting people who are navigating complex systems.
I love building safety, clarity, and structure when things feel overwhelming.
I love working alongside participants, families, and providers to create sustainable, ethical supports.

What I don’t love is how much essential work in this sector is chronically underfunded, despite being critical to participant safety and outcomes.

Today was a reminder that values-driven work is not always easy, but it is meaningful.
That professionalism includes boundaries, safeguarding, and sometimes stepping back when required.

To others in the disability, mental health, and community services space — if today felt heavy, you’re not alone.
Your work matters, even when the system doesn’t fully acknowledge the true scope of it.

Tomorrow, we reset.

14/01/2026

FREE EVENT.

Tomorrow, join Adrian for Trivia.
Karaoke, pool table, ping pong and amazing food.

14/01/2026

✨2026 Availability - Local Clinical Nursing services ✨

👩‍⚕️Clincial Nurse Sally Townsend ,offers weekly Nursing services for the NDIS , NIISQ & Aged care in :

📍Warwick
📍Allora
📍Stanthorpe
📍Ballandean
📍Inglewood
📍Texas
📍& Surrounds

✔️Wound & Stoma care .
✔️Catheter Management
✔️Diabetes & Chronic Condition management
✔️Continence Assessments .
✔️General Nursing Health checks .

If you or a loved one requires experienced, compassionate nursing care that is local and close to home , feel free to reach out .

Phone : 0439 252 631
Email : sally.daydreamhealth@gmail.com

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06/01/2026

💛 Support for Parents in Toowoomba – You’re Not Alone 💛

Parenting can be incredibly hard — especially when you’re dealing with stress, mental health challenges, financial pressure, relationship strain, or simply feeling exhausted and unsupported.

If you’re a parent or carer in Toowoomba and things feel heavy right now, there are local services who can walk alongside you. Asking for help is a strength — not a failure.

Here are some local, trusted supports for parents and families:

🌿 Mercy Community
Family and parenting support, early intervention, help navigating complex family situations and Child Safety–related stress.

🌿 Anglicare Southern Queensland
Counselling, parenting programs, family support and emergency relief.

🌿 CatholicCare
Counselling and family wellbeing services for parents, couples and carers.

🌿 Protea Place
Support, advocacy and wellbeing services for women and mothers who may be experiencing hardship.

🌿 Eva’s Place
Pregnancy and early parenting support, mentoring, baby supplies and practical assistance.

🌿 Parentline Queensland
📞 1300 301 300 — confidential phone support for any parenting challenges, 7 days a week.

🌿 QCWA (local branches)
Community connection, support and social networks for parents and carers.

💬 You don’t need to be “at breaking point” to reach out.
💬 Support is for parents too, not just children.
💬 It’s okay to need help — and it’s okay to try more than one service.

Please feel free to share this post — it might help a parent who’s struggling quietly 🤍

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