Therapy
Naranga School NDIS Navigator is Jenny Camm, if you require assistance or support with NDIS please contact Jenny 9788 2222.
The role of NDIS Navigators
- NDIS Navigators will be employed in specialist schools where they will:
provide support and advice for parents and carers to build their capacity to understand, advocate for and access appropriate NDIS funded support services available to their children
- develop and maintain relationships with parents, carers, school staff and local services to enable productive working relationships between schools, parents and carers and the NDIS
-support collaborative practices between NDIS funded services and the school, including by providing appropriate information, documentation and logistical support for onsite visits by approved NDIS funded therapists – refer to NDIS Funded Therapy in Schools
- support parents and carers to resolve issues experienced with the NDIS through appropriate channels.
NDIS Navigators will not:
- provide individual student case management or crisis management
-contact the NDIA or NDIS funded providers on behalf of parents or carers except in limited circumstances, following consultation with the principal
-attempt to resolve issues experienced with the NDIS or NDIA, but will support parents and carers to resolve issues through appropriate channels
-make decisions on requests for delivery of NDIS funded therapy services on school grounds or requests for NDIS funded therapists to observe students, or advocate for a particular outcome in relation to these requests – this will remain the responsibility of the principal in accordance with the department’s NDIS Funded Therapy in Schools policy
-implement or perform supports and adjustments in schools
act as an advocate for parents and carers in matters that are the responsibility of the school.
- In some circumstances the NDIS Navigator may need to consult with the principal to prioritise families that have more complex needs that require additional support.
The Naranga Therapy Team