NDIS SUPPORT & SERVICES

NDIS Navigator Service to support parents and carers

Our school is excited to be part of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Navigators Initiative. NDIS Navigators will be in all Victorian government specialist schools by 2025 to help you navigate and understand the NDIS and get the most out of the supports available for your child.

From the start of term 1, 2024, Lorenzo Cusinu and Anke Stevens will be the NDIS Navigators at Marnebek School.

The role will include:

  • Provide information and advice on the NDIS and available supports.

  • Support with accessing the NDIS.

  • Guidance on where to look for services and how to make the best selection for your child. 

  •  Support with ongoing management of NDIS plans and how to raise questions or concerns with the NDIS or NDIS funded organisations.

  •  Assist you to connect with a NDIS Local Area Coordination Partner (Latrobe Community Health Service) and/or Early Childhood Partner (Link Community Health Service) for advice and support.

If you would like to talk about how the NDIS Navigator service can support your family, please contact:

Lorenzo Cusinu and Anke Stevens

NDIS Navigator

Marnebek School

Phone: 03 5996 3858 | Option 2

Email: Lorenzo.cusinu@education.vic.gov.au | Anke.stevens@education.vic.gov.au        

Find out more information about the NDIS Navigators initiative refer to the Factsheets

For more information visit the NDIS Website

Navigating the NDIS

Applying to access the NDIS

What types of supports are funded?

The types of supports that the NDIS may fund for participants include:

  • daily personal activities

  • transport to enable participation in community, social, economic and daily life activities

  • workplace help to allow a participant to successfully get or keep employment in the open or supported labour market

  • therapeutic supports including behaviour support

  • help with household tasks to allow the participant to maintain their home environment

  • help to a participant by skilled personnel in aids or equipment assessment, set up and training

  • home modification design and construction

  • mobility equipment, and

  • vehicle modifications.

Find more information on types of funded supports

There are some kinds of supports that will not be funded or provided by the NDIS

The NDIS Act and the rules made under the NDIS Act also tell us which supports will not be funded by the NDIS.

The NDIS cannot fund a support that is:

  • the responsibility of another government system or community service

  • not related to a person’s disability

  • relates to day-to-day living costs that are not related to a participant's support needs, or

  • is likely to cause harm to the participant or pose a risk to others.

Find more information on types of funded supports.