- Published:
- Wednesday, 10 May 2023 at 9:54 am
It’s important for people who are experiencing mental health issues to have as much say as possible about the support and services they receive.
Our Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) team’s new National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Self-advocacy Learning Hub helps people with experiences of mental health issues to advocate for what they want under the NDIS.
It is available to NDIS workers, mental health service workers, people supporting NDIS participants, people who are considering applying for NDIS, and NDIS participants themselves.
Inside the learning hub, you will find:
- eLearning modules, including ‘self-advocacy for the NDIS’
- The self-advocacy for the NDIS Workbook, developed in partnership with VMIAC and Tandem and recently updated based on the NDIS Amendments Act 2022
- IMHA’s new co-designed NDIS Mental Health Toolkit
- training for workers who would like to run workshops on self-advocacy for the NDIS
- information about Supported Decision-Making
- other useful resources for NDIS participants.
Anyone can sign up for the learning hub and it is free to use.
IMHA Project Co-ordinator Antonia Smyth says the learning hub collates all IMHA’s co-designed resources in one place.
'Our resources support people both to learn and to teach others, about how to self-advocate under the NDIS’ psychosocial disability stream,' she said.
'Speaking up for what you want can be difficult, and the language used by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is often different to the language that people use to describe their own experiences. These interactive resources are designed to give both people with experience of mental health issues and their supporters, the information and skills they need to navigate NDIS processes.'
IMHA Program Manager Helen Makregiorgos says the new learning hub provides a wealth of knowledge for those supporting NDIS participants to self-advocate.
'It’s a really practical and useful resource. Anyone can sign up and we encourage you to share it with your friends, families and networks,' she said.
More information
Register for the Self-Advocacy for the NDIS Learning Hub on the IMHA Website.
Visit the IMHA website
Contact our IMHA team. Email contact@imha.vic.gov.au
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