Bringing people together to work towards a common set of goals.
Finding, organizing and maintaining resources
Building Relationships.
Helping people to work well together
Helping people to build systems of support that will help them with the business of caring
Helping to keep all your information and electronic devices organised and working well
Bringing people together
to work towards a common set of goals,
Finding, organizing and maintaining resources
We believe in the power of hope.
We start by helping people to dream - of what life could be.
Then we work to figure out how to get there.
We like to ask -
Where do YOU want to go? and
How do you want to get there ?
We do this usually over or after a meal using a process and techniques developed over many years of conductin person centred planning sessions with people living with severe disabilities.
We work to build on a persons natural supports - bringing them together and motivating them to dream as well and figure our what they can bring to the table.
We work to build realistic plans and strategies for helping a person to achieve their goals. We help people to assign and accept tasks and to commit to completion of those tasks in a timely manner.
We work to find people who have the skills resources and money needed by the team to do the work they have committed to do.
This includes supporting the person to define what they actually need from those offering financial supports - which of course includes the NDIS.
We support people to prepare and attend planning meetings and reviews conducted by the NDIS
.We help people to negotiate a good deal from those who might be offering goods and services. We work to establish enforcable agreements and contracts with all service providers and not just those who are funded by the NDIS.
We support people to keep track of their funding - budgets, expenses and investments. We support people to obtain useful and timely reports from service providers- reports that enable good and timely decision making related to any adjustments that might be needed.
Towards the end of nominated stages of any project we support the collection of information to support a formal review of progress - what went well and what might be done differently next time.
More importantly we make ourselves available for each and every celebration of a job well done.
Building Trusting and Trustworthy Relationships.
Helping people to work well together
Every TEAM needs a coach and the best teams have the best coaches. A coach provides support to the team, A coach knows how to play the game, and sometimes does., but their main function is to supervise, to plan develop and teach the strategies needed to play well. A coach can also be available to provide personal support - in the moment - and sometimes - after the game.
Your practice knows that support is more than a weekly phone call to see how things are going. Effective support requires the practice coach to be a working member of the team. This team includes family members, support workers and other formal and informal supports that are important to the individual. Support is practical, evidence based and hands on; ranging from face to face active ground support to over the phone crisis support and behavioral management.
Developing trusting relationships to understand the individuals dreams and needs. Your practice coach will take the time to truly understand both the individual and the relationships that are important to them. Understanding these dynamics allows the Practice Coach to build, support and maintain the healthy relationships essential in overcoming adversity and bringing dreams to life.
Your practice coach knows that support is more than a weekly phone call to see how things are going. Effective support requires the practice coach to be a working member of the team. This team includes family members, support workers and other formal and informal supports that are important to the individual. Support is practical, evidence based and hands on; ranging from face to face active ground support to over the phone crisis support and behavioral management.
We teach from a range of established schools of thought, delivering trauma informed, recovery based education that is tailored to reflect the individuals complexities as well as the capacity of the support team. Training is theoretical, hand-on and interactive, evolving with the needs of the team and the individual, ensuring relevancy and maintaining team enthusiasm.
Turning science into strategies .Practice Coaching bridges the gap between behavioral science and practical application. Practice coaching takes a holistic approach in the application of support strategies, ensuring that those who support the individual are supported themselves. With this approach, adversity can become opportunity as healthy relationships strengthen the application of strategies and plans.
Though we would love to fly by the seat of our pants, planning is important. Taking a person centered approach, your practice coach will work with the individual to establish what the goals and aspirations are and how to work towards them. Whether it is building a positive behavioral support plan, planning for an occasion or event, or planning to build up daily living capacity; effective planning provides structure, stability and concrete steps to goal attainment. Building a plan will always start and finish with a conversation about a dream.
Motivation is central in ensuring a team is confident, capable and active in their support of an individual. Taking a strengths-based approach, your practice coach ensures that the whole team (formal and informal supports) understand their place in the bigger picture, and with their own strengths and experience are able to contribute to the building out of strategies and plans. By truly understanding, motivating and supporting team members, day to day care is provided by people who truly love what they do and are happy to work as part of a healthy happy team..
For more information refer www.practicecoachingservices.com
Helping people to build systems of support that will help them with the business of caring
We work with individuals and companies to design build and maintain systems that will enable them to deliver goods and services that meet and exceed the requirements and expectations set by customers, suppliers and other authorities.
We start with a basic model that is relevant to just about any business and use that model to create a system to suit each individual business.
We are able to provide limited administrative assistance to small businesses and individuals.
For example we can help with filing and retrival of information - data entry - creation of documents
Helping to keep all your information and electronic devices organised and working well
Efficient communication and storage of information is essential for the success of any small business
We provide limited support for purchase set up and maintenance of personal electronics devices (phones, iPads), laptops, fixed computers, projectors and other equipment.
We provide training for new users of all ICT equipment.
If we cant get it, set it up, or maintain it for you - we will find someone who can.
Nothing worse than "losing" important information. We support the design of robust rules and structures for the storage and retrieval of important information. We work with people to set up robust filing systems - electronic and paper based.
We work with people to work out where they want to live and in what kind of house.
We can help people to seek funding to support construction of a new home.
We have friends who can help with purchase of land and construction of a new home
We work with people to organise basic maintenance and repairs.
We can provide assistance with organising changes or major renovations.
Many people go through school and learn nothing about managing a home economy. We work with people to help them build a deeper understanding of basic home economics - up to and including the establishment and management of finances for a small family business.
While its important to know how to track your spending sometimes its just as good to pay someone else to manage the day to day handling of information related to income and expenses. We work with people to find and connect with suitably qualified book keepers
We work with people to find and connect with qualified accountants that have a deeper understanding of the special needs of people running a small family business.
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