Seven Steps to Self-Direction

About the workshop:

Facilitated by Sharon Bourke, "7 Steps to Self-Direction" shows you how to build the right relationships in your team to foster respect and a common understanding of what good support looks like for you.

The 7 steps involve intentional thinking and planning and are covered in detail during the workshop. The workshop is very interactive, with ample time for brainstorming, sharing ideas and asking questions. This workshop is not about self-managing your NDIS funds, but rather taking charge of your life more broadly, regardless of how your funding is managed.

7 Steps to Self-Direction

Start with the person
Develop a vision and plan
Make a good match
Learn to support the person well
Build relationships of trust in the team
Solve problems quickly and creatively
Check for resilience

About the Presenter:

Sharon Bourke is a skilled facilitator and professional development consultant who is one of the creators of the 7 Steps framework. While at CRU, Sharon has worked with multiple families & organisations to promote rich & meaningful lives for people with disability. In partnership with her youngest son Dan, Sharon has chosen to self-direct his support. Sharon has a deep and practical understanding of the disability sector, the NDIS framework & what it takes to self-direct supports successfully.

Who Should Attend?

This workshop is ideal for people with disability and the supporters around them who are interested in moving to, or improving, self-directed support arrangements.

You are welcome to attend as an individual, but you are also encouraged to bring along other people from your team to embed the workshop learnings. Your support network might be made up of family, friends and workers.

If you would like to bring more than 4 people from your team, please contact CRU directly to discuss before registering.

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NDIS Participants

See the Learning Outcomes below to help you decide if this is a reasonable and necessary support to help you (or your family member) achieve your goals.

Participants in this workshop will:
Understand how a framework for self-direction of supports could be applied to their own circumstances;
Analyse the requirements for supporting the person well, in ways that assist the person to achieve their goals and live the life they want;
Develop skills around recruiting suitable staff and creating, maintaining and monitoring a high quality, person-centred support arrangement;
Develop and apply a practical problem-solving framework as a key safeguarding strategy;
Evaluate the resilience of the person supported and the support arrangement as a method of safeguarding the quality and sustainability of the support arrangement.

About CRU:

For over 30 years, Community Resource Unit has been working across Queensland to help people with disability take control of their lives and take their place in their community.

This event is subsidised by the Commonwealth Department of Social Services through an Information, Linkages and Capacity Building (ILC) grant.