Recovery Coaching
A recovery coach is an NDIS funded worker that has mental health knowledge.
You can choose a recovery coach with lived experience. A recovery coach with lived experience has their own lived experience of mental ill health and recovery and is able to use this experience to inform their work.
A recovery coach will:
help you to find out about different services and supports, and how these can help you help you get support from mental health services help you better understand the NDIS and support you with the NDIS
Generally recovery coach will be funded in plans for people with psychosocial support needs. You do not have to choose a recovery coach if you do not want one.
Recovery coaches will focus on coaching participants to have greater participation in managing their lives.
Recovery Coaches collaborate with other services to support and underpin these outcomes.
A recovery coach can support you with your recovery, recovery means being able to live a purposeful and meaningful life.
There are no current waiting lists at Inclusive Care Choices for recovery coaching.
The NDIA defines recovery as ‘achieving an optimal state of personal, social and emotional wellbeing, as defined by each individual, whilst living with or recovering from a mental health condition.’ For a more detailed view see ‘Psychosocial Disability Recovery and the NDIS‘.