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UPDATED COVID-19 restrictions as of 26th June 2021

UPDATED COVID-19 restrictions

Nextt is committed to continuity of essential supports to all our clients and the
safety and wellbeing of all support workers.

Restrictions in place
Due to the risk associated NSW Government has stated that from 6:00pm tonight Saturday 26th June until at least 11.59pm on Friday 9th July, residents of, or people whose usual place of work is in, Greater Sydney, The Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Wollongong must stay at home unless it is for an essential reason.


The reasons you may leave your home include:

  •  Shopping for food or other essential goods and services;
  •  Medical care or compassionate needs;
  •  Exercise outdoors in groups of 10 or fewer;
  •  Essential work, or education, where you cannot work or study from home.

Please note there are restrictions on visitors to Supported Independent Living, Aged Care,
Hospitals, Prisons and other settings where vulnerable people may live or receive services.


This may impact on your work, so please ensure you are working in line with the restrictions in place.


Get Tested
We also ask you please if you have visited any of the hotspots at the times identified OR are displaying symptoms of COVID-19 to please follow health authority advice on testing and self isolation, notifying the office if this effects your ability to work.


Keeping You Safe

Nextt will continue to provide services in line with this advice. To support you we are taking the following steps

  • All staff have been provided with Infection Control Training
  • All staff in affected areas have been provided with an Essential Services Letter. Staff
    can screen shot this letter to provide as evidence if requested.
  • PPE – will be distributed via our Sydney and Toronto offices for the time period to all
    support workers. Staff will wear surgical masks when in the community, and when
    providing direct supports. If staff run out of PPE over the weekend, they can
    purchase this locally and be reimbursed.
  • All staff have been asked to carry Nextt ID
  • Supported Independent Living (SIL) – there are restrictions on who can enter SIL
    houses, further communication will be available to workers and clients working in
    these locations.

We hope that everyone is able to stay safe and well during this stressful time.

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Sydney COVID-19 Lockdown

Sydney COVID-19 Lockdown.

Nextt is committed to continuity of essential services support to all our clients and the safety and wellbeing of all support workers.

Due to the risk associated NSW Government has stated that from 11.59pm tonight until at least 11.59pm on Friday 2 July, residents of, or people whose usual place of work or anyone who has been in Woollahra, Waverly, Randwick, or City of Sydney Council must stay at home unless it is for an essential reason.

The reasons you may leave your home include:

  • Shopping for food or other essential goods and services;
  • Medical care or compassionate needs;
  • Exercise outdoors in groups of 10 or fewer;
  • Essential work, or education, where you cannot work or study from home.

Nextt will continue to provide services in line with this advice. All workers will be provided surgical masks and will wear them during the provision of support to you/your loved one.

Nextt have been working hard nationally to keep all clients we support safe and well at this time. This includes:

  • Infection Control Training
  • Daily National Briefings to stay on top of state and medical advice
  • Responsive communication to our workforce on their obligations to keep you safe
  • Provision of PPE to workers

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us on

1300 369 568

We want to again thank all those who are in lockdown for this period. What you are doing is not just protecting you and your loved ones but everyone in Sydney.

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NDIS can support people with psychosocial disability

Psychosocial disability (PSD) is a term that refers to a disability that is caused by a mental health issue. Not everyone with a mental health issue will develop a psychosocial disability, but for those who do, it can be severe, long-term, and hinder recovery. People who have a disability because of their mental health condition may be eligible for the NDIS.

Understanding Psychosocial Disability?

To put it simply, PSD related to the social hardships and how your life is impacted due to your disability. People living with PSD may find it difficult to organise plans, set goals and engage in work, school and training.

Although psychosocial factors usually influence various types of mental health issues to some extent there are a range of conditions that include long term psychosocial impacts, these include:

  • Anxiety disorders, including post-traumatic stress, obsessive compulsive disorder, agoraphobia, and social phobia.
  • Schizoid disorders, including schizoaffective disorder and schizophrenia.
  • Mood disorders, including a major and dysthymic depression and bipolar.

NDIS and Psychosocial Disability

The NDIS offers support for people living with a psychosocial disability to aid in your recovery. This funding enables you to select the supports you need to achieve your personal recovery goals and lead a positive life.

How can Nextt assist?

The NDIS helps people achieve independence and provides the highest quality services to assist individuals to achieve the most out of their lives.

Nextt are qualified and registered NDIS service provides that aim to support people with disability to access their NDIS core supports. They have and are currently assisting many people living with PSD to live as independently as possible.

At Nextt we can:

  • Support access to Psychosocial Recovery Coaching.
  • Provide direction and plan to achieve your NDIS goals.
  • Assist in independent living.
  • Help you build community participation.
  • Support you to build confidence.
  • Aid to fulfill everyday tasks.
  • Assist you to gain access to support services.

What is Psychosocial Recovery Coaching?

Recovery coaches can provide you with individualised coaching and support if you have a psychosocial disability, allowing you to get more out of life.

Supported by the NDIS, Psychosocial Recovery Coaching is implemented to assist people living with PSD to live a full life. It supports individuals’ strengths and is provided by experienced mentors with a great understanding of recovery-oriented practice.

You will be assisted to take more control of your life and better manage complex challenges of day-to-day living.

Through strong and respectful relationships and skilled coaching, you will be supported to build capacity, including strengths and resilience.

Nextt currently offers Psychosocial Recovery Coaching across the Brisbane area.  For more information, contact us on 1300 369 568.  

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Victoria Vaccination Priority Access

Vaccination Blitz

The Victorian Government has announced a vaccination blitz to ensure that disability support workers are given priority access at vaccination hubs. The priority access will be available from today (Wednesday 2nd June) until Sunday for all walk-in vaccinations hubs from 9am to 4pm. Staff are eligible for either the Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccines depending on their age, with the Government has expanding the clinics that Pfizer is available. Priority access will be ensured by active queue management. Hubs include:

  • Royal Exhibition Building
  • Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC)
  • Sandown Racecourse
  • Melbourne Showgrounds
  • Former Ford Factory – Geelong
  • Bendigo Community Clinic
  • Ballarat Mercure Hotel and Convention Centre
  • Shepparton Showgrounds – McIntosh Centre
  • Traralgon Racecourse
  • Wodonga Vaccination Hub

Employees will be required to take ID and information staff on site that they are a priority worker. Additional information on walk-in hubs and other sites including contact details and opening times are available on the DHS website.

To see the full details of the Premier announcement, please visit the Premier of Victoria web page.

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Victoria COVID-19 Update

Victoria COVID-19 Update.

Nextt is committed to continuity of essential services support to all our clients and the safety and wellbeing of all employees.

The Victorian Government has announced that from 11:59pm on Thursday 27 May until 11:59pm on Thursday 03 June 2021 there are five reasons that people can leave home

  • shopping for necessary goods and services
  • authorised work or permitted education
  • exercise, a 2-hour limit with one other person
  • care giving, compassionate, and medical reasons
  • To get vaccinated

Nextt will continue to provide services in line with this advice. All workers will be provided surgical masks and will wear them during the provision of support to you/your loved one.

Nextt have been working hard nationally to keep all clients we support safe and well at this time. This includes:

  • Infection Control Training
  • Daily National Briefings to stay on top of state and medical advice
  • Responsive communication to our workforce on their obligations to keep you safe
  • Provision of PPE to workers

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us on

1300 369 568

We want to again thank all those who are in lockdown for this period. What you are doing is not just protecting you and your loved ones but everyone in the state of Victoria.

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Nextt Boost NDIS Services With Industry-First Tech Platform

Helping Australians with disabilities live full and independent lives has always been the goal of the NDIS, but there are always ways for providers to look at improving services to deliver that. At Nextt, we’ve always taken an innovative approach to the delivery of NDIS services, and that innovative spirit has become the basis of the INDIE platform – an industry-first tech-based platform that helps deliver to our customers the best possible results in helping them meet their goals.

INDIE is an innovative solution that, for the first time in Australia, provides an end-to-end view on NDIS customers across all stages of the journey, providing greater transparency, deeper data on goals and how they’re being met and, ultimately, a more efficient and effective level of service for the customer.

Built from the ground up, INDIE effectively captures the goals of each of our customers and creates an accurate summary on how effective the support services offered by Nextt are in helping you to achieve those goals. It covers the full engagement process, from assessment, agreement, booking, plans, and reviews, and it also gathers baseline data to track over time, while providing tools for ongoing quality management and review reporting. In short, it allows us to deliver the best possible results for your NDIS support.

“Our motto is to help our customers get more out of life,” Nextt CEO, Mark Mulder, said. “With Nextt INDIE, we now have simple, clear and consistent service procedures. These provide guiderails for our service staff, and it allows them to focus more on understanding their client’s needs and working together to achieve their individual goals.

“The value of the Nextt INDIE platform is that it provides that level of instant transparency. This platform will put clear accountability on Nextt to deliver each of our customer’s individual goals, and regularly review and measure progress. It will make us focused on our client’s individual needs, working collaboratively with them to achieve their goals, and holding ourselves accountable for measurable results. If we can keep doing this, we can deliver better outcomes for our clients and help them to get more out of life.”

Currently, NDIS plans are reviewed after the first 12 months, and every two years thereafter. However, circumstances can change significantly over the span of two years, and Nextt recommends that clients be more proactive in scheduling their own reviews and changing plans as those circumstances change. The Nextt INDIE platform was developed to help make this process easier and encourage clients to regularly self-assess and proactively monitor their progress and circumstances.

In short, Nextt INDIE gives us clarity on each customer’s individual goals, transparency on whether we are supporting them to achieve those goals, and therefore greater accountability for delivering measurable improvements in their quality of life. This gives real meaning to our mission which is to help each of our customers get more out of life.

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NDIS Core Supports Explained

Understanding the Core Supports available to you through the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) can be tricky. NDIS base their approach to funding on goals, therefore the services available to you or your loved one will vary depending on what you need to achieve.

What are NDIS Core Supports?

Core Supports are put in place to assist with everyday activities. They are the main support category that helps you to access and participate within your community. NDIS Core Supports are flexible, meaning you can use your funding across any of the support items and services within your Core budget.

Core Supports fit into four categories, including, assistance with daily life, consumables, assistance with social community participation, and transport.

Assistance with Daily Life

Assistance with Daily Life is designed to empower you to live your life as independently as possible. It can assist in covering the cost of hiring someone to support you with activities such as personal care or other domestic tasks such as cooking and cleaning. Core Supports are not restricted to at-home support, there is access available for support in the community for social and work reasons, during school, TAFE, or university, or even while on holiday.

Consumables

Consumables can assist with the purchase of everyday items including assistive products for safety and personal care, low-cost Assistive Technology (AT), interpreting and translation education or services, and other innovative supports.

Assistance with Social and Community Participation

Assistance with social and community participation supports you to engage in social or recreational activities and become more involved in the local community.  You can receive support in various settings, such as sporting, art classes, school, university, TAFE, or other educational facilities.

Transport

Transport funding helps you travel to work or other places that will help you achieve the goals in your plan such as specialised schooling or education programs, reaching your place of employment, going to university or TAFE, and participating in other community or recreational activities.

What Core Supports will I receive?

Your Core Supports help you with everyday activities, your current disability related needs and support you towards reaching your goals. At Nextt, we offer a variety of services that assist you to develop meaningful skills that will help you live as independently as possible and increase your participation in everyday life.

We have also introduced Nextt Indie, which is a platform that provides the tools needed to capture your goals and measure your progress in meeting them. Allowing to improve the effectiveness in the NDIS Core Supports that we provide.

To learn more about NDIS Core Supports  at Nextt, contact us on 1300 369 568.

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Understanding Supported Independent Living

Deciding where to live is one of the most important choices in your life. With many supported independent living options funded by the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) it can become confusing. At Nextt, we pride ourselves in creating a unique Supported Independent Living (SIL) model for you that aligns with your NDIS plan.

What is Supported Independent Living (SIL)?

Supported Independent Living  is about the supports you receive to help you live as independently as possible. It includes the support and assistance you may need to complete tasks around the home. This may include personal care such as showering and dressing, planning meals and cooking, cleaning the living space, as well as shopping for personal items and groceries and getting out in your local community.

The aim of this service is to help develop your skills so you can live as independently as possible. You may use SIL funding for support when living in a place you privately rent, a home you own, a home which is shared with others or Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) if it is included in your NDIS funding package.

What is Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA)?

SDA funding can assist you if you need specialist housing solutions. SDA houses are designed for people who meet certain eligibility criteria and require very high support needs.

If you are approved for SDA, your funding is used to cover the cost of the housing and cannot be used for any other purpose. If you receive funding for SDA, you will also have SIL funding, as they work together to give you the opportunity to choose how and where you live.   

How can Nextt help?

At Nextt, our Supported Independent Living team take the time to understand you – and to match you with the right people who share similar personalities, interests, and goals. We have a strong focus on matching people who choose to live together and locating a home that uniquely suits each individual needs and requirements as we work together to ensure a smooth transition.

We can tailor a supported independent living model to your unique needs.  Our options include shared living, independent living, bequest home management, in home respite, complex capacity building more of support and supporting you in your SDA home. 

If you enjoy living independently but also require some extra support to meet your daily needs, Supported Independent Living may be the best option suited for you. Contact us on 1300 369 568 to talk to one of our friendly Nextt team members for more information. 

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Supported Independent Living Vaccination Roll Out

The Australian government has begun its roll out of the COVID-19 Vaccine.

The past year has been a difficult one for many Australians. The team at Nextt would like to acknowledge the difficult times we have experienced and thank you for working with us as we have had to adjust services in line with government advice.

The Australian government has begun its roll out of the COVID-19 Vaccine. The government has communicated that the vaccine is free, safe and voluntary. Priority populations have been set up based on risk. Amongst the first groups to receive this vaccination are those receiving Supported Independent Living services.

The plan provided by the government is for teams of health employees to visit SIL and supply the vaccine to those who have consented to receive it.

We have written to our SIL clients/family/representatives this week to provide them with the information they need to make this decision and to record their decision and provide to the vaccination teams.

Once you have made this decision, please let us know so we can ensure your decision is respected. This can be by written confirmation on whether you do or do not wish either yourself, or your loved one to receive this vaccination.

If you have not received this communication from us, or if you have any questions, please contact your House Leader.

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Victoria Covid lockdown to end at midnight

Congratulations Victoria for the end of the five-day lockdown!

Victoria’s five-day lockdown ends at midnight on Wednesday, February 17.  Some restrictions will still remain, including masks, private gatherings and hospital visits.

Please click here to see the full list of continuing restrictions.