Psychosocial Recovery Coaching is a NEW person-centred service under the NDIS. To use recovery coaching you MUST have Coordination of Support funding in your NDIS plan as it is included under this registration category. You can then obtain a support coordinator OR recovery coach - but NOT both. You must choose one or the other. SchemeWise people are all diploma or degree trained offering a high quality and assured coaching service for people.
A recovery coach, in a lot of ways, is much like a sporting coach... the emphasis is on bringing out the best in a person by working with them toward personal improvement. While a sport coach focuses on physical endurance and skills, a recovery coach focus on cognitive, thinking and planning skills to help people recover from mental health problems (or learn what to do to stay healthy, practice wellness in their daily lives, and reduce their disability experience, so they can participate more). SchemeWise recovery coaches can come to you... Our coaches can also meet you in the community at a place comfortable for you... like a park or coffee shop.
PRIVATE COACHING: People living with a persisting mental health problem (more than 2 years) can also access this service on a private basis. They do NOT need to be NDIS participants. On a private basis, the service operates by people purchasing blocks of support time, which they then use as they step through the coaching process. Coaching continues as blocks are renewed or ends at the conclusion of a block. (NOTE: time includes direct service, service notes, calls, emails, tele-support and liaison with other parties (e.g. your doctor) as well as travel). Blocks must be used within a certain period of time or are forfeited.
Find out more