Development Life Skills NDIS

We focus on learning through everyday experiences. Rather than simply completing tasks for participants, our Support Workers provide guidance and encouragement so participants can practise skills, make choices, and become more confident doing things for themselves.

If you or your loved one lives with a disability that has limited your ability to live independently, Maple Community Services is well situated to provide you the support you need and achieve your goals.

Whether you have a well-developed skill-set and need specific training, or you are broadly dependent on others for a whole host of day to day activities, Maple can help you. We will work with you to assess your needs and come up with a plan that addresses any and all specific areas where we can help you live more independently.

• Personal hygiene
• Paperwork or paying your bills
• Maintaining a clean home
• Meal planning and preparation
• Social interaction
• Community participation
• Healthy behaviours and exercise
• Setting priorities
• Everyday life skills

Life Skills and Development are covered under NDIS Plans when a person’s inability to perform them are related to their disability. The NDIS covers Core Supports, Capacity Building, and Capital Funding which are different categories of support required by people living with disabilities. Depending on how your disability affects your ability to live independently, the funding may be classified under Core Supports or Capacity Building.

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) funds reasonable and necessary supports for people living with disabilities and can provide you with funding to avail of Maple’s Life Skills and Development services if this is something that will help you to live a happier, healthier life. Depending on your disability and level of impairment and need, Life Skills and Development can be covered by NDIS.

Yes. We can help you practise skills involved in managing everyday life at home, from preparing meals and completing household tasks to planning routines and taking greater responsibility for daily activities.

Absolutely. Life Skills Development can happen wherever the skill is actually needed. Our Support Workers can help participants practise shopping, using public transport, attending appointments, managing money, and navigating different community environments with greater confidence.

Yes. As your confidence and abilities grow, we can adapt the level of assistance you receive. The goal is to build on what you can already do, develop new skills at a comfortable pace, and support greater independence over time.

Life Skills are practical abilities that help NDIS participants manage everyday activities and become more independent. They can include cooking, budgeting, communication, household tasks, planning routines, using transport, and navigating the community.

Daily support generally provides assistance to complete everyday activities. Life Skills Development focuses on helping participants learn how to complete tasks themselves, build confidence, and gradually become more independent where possible.

Independent Living Skills can include preparing meals, grocery shopping, budgeting, cleaning, managing a daily routine, planning appointments, using public transport, making decisions, and completing everyday responsibilities at home and in the community.

Disability is a broad term and encompasses many challenges that people face in manoeuvring through the world. It could be that you have a physical disability, impairing your motor functions, mobility and general daily living skills. Likewise, you could have a cognitive or emotional disability, where you’re unable to appropriately interact with the world presented to you. Or it could be a combination of these.

Developing additional life skills allows you to live more independently and achieve your goals for a fulfilling life. This development is not as simple as buying an assistive device; it takes time, mentoring, motivation, and encouragement to reach your goals. But when you do eventually develop more daily living skills, you will have a toolset that enables you to face almost any obstacle, and move past it.