Social Work

At a Need Level: With numerous things and challenges a person may be experiencing, it can be difficult to identify and prioritise conflicting needs. Our Social Workers can assess and map an NDIS participants support needs to identify level of needs, prioritise and access support.

Support Coordinator or Key Worker: Provide support to NDIS participants and their support network to build their capacity to manage their supports and direct their own lives independently as possible. This includes linking with community, mainstream supports and NDIS funded supports and working collaboratively and consistently with support providers.

Social Skills: The skills we use to communicate and interact with others, including the use of appropriate language and non-verbal cues, and understanding the ‘rules’ like turn taking and active listening. These skills also include play skills, conflict resolution and risk awareness.

Counselling: Facilitating self-knowledge, emotional acceptance and growth and the optimal development of personal resources one to one or in a group setting. To assist NDIS participants to work towards their personal goals and gain greater insight to their lives.

Self Esteem and Self Worth: Self-esteem and worth affects behaviours and thoughts and it changes how people feel about and value themselves. This impacts on a person’s confidence which can influence if they experience success or failure. Often self-esteem doesn’t come naturally for people with disabilities, it is something that must be fostered, developed, nurtured and grown.

Positive Behavioural Support: The use of methods and support to redesign a person’s living environment to enhance quality of life and minimise behaviours of concern. PAHS Social Workers utilise an approach that involves developing a Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) plan based on assessment and goal setting, planning and developing the PBS Plan, implementation along with continuous monitoring, evaluation and adjustments.