A support coordinator is a type of provider that can help NDIS participants requiring disability services/support to understand and use the supports in their NDIS plan.

Depending on your individual needs and goals, you may receive NDIS funding for support coordination.

When your NDIS plan is approved, you might receive funded support coordination to help you to use your plan to achieve your goals.

Getting this type of funded support in your plan depends on your individual needs and circumstances, such as your disability or your personal situation.

Your support coordinator can help you in many ways, depending on your preferences and choices.

They will help you:

- understand and use your NDIS plan

- make the most of your funded supports

- access community and mainstream services

- build your ability to become more independent

- connect with people in your life such as family, friends and carers to help you achieve your goals

- connect with providers

- and decide when you want to access supports and services, and how much you want to pay for these

- help you with your services agreements and service bookings.

Support connection – This support is to build your ability to connect with informal, community and funded supports enabling you to get the most out of your plan and achieve your goals.

Support coordination – coordination of supports: This support will assist you to build the skills you need to understand, implement and use your plan. A support coordinator will work with you to ensure a mix of supports are used to increase your capacity to maintain relationships, manage service delivery tasks, live more independently and be included in your community.

Specialist support coordination – This is a higher level of support coordination. It is for people whose situations are more complex and who need specialist support. A specialist Support Coordinator will assist you to manage challenges in your support environment and ensuring consistent delivery of service.

Depending on your individual goals, plan objectives and aspirations you may receive funding for these supports in your plan.