Our Psychosocial Recovery Coach service supports people living with a primary disability resulting from a mental health condition to actively engage in personal recovery by identifying and lowering barriers, building on strengths, and serving as a personal guide and mentor in implementing the NDIS plans
A recovery coach is an NDIS funded worker that has mental health knowledge. A recovery coach will:
You can choose a recovery coach with lived experience. A recovery coach with lived experience has their own lived experience of mental ill health and recovery and are able to use this experience to inform their work
From July 2020, psychosocial recovery coaches (recovery coaches) will be available to support participants with psychosocial disabilities to live a full and contributing life.
Recovery coaches will support participants to take more control of their lives and to better manage the complex challenges of day-to-day living.
Recovery coaches will work collaboratively with participants, their families, carers and other services to design, plan and implement a recovery plan, and assist with the coordination of NDIS and other supports.
Participants will have the option of selecting a recovery coach with lived experience or a recovery coach with learnt knowledge of psychosocial disability and mental health.
Recovery coaches have been developed in consultation with people with lived experience of mental health issues, families and carers of people with mental health issues, Mental Health Australia and state and territory governments.
For More Information, read:
· Psychosocial recovery coach information (PDF 227KB)
· Psychosocial recovery coach information (DOCX 59KB)
· Psychosocial recovery support item (PDF 536KB)
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