Finding & Managing Support Workers for Sturge-Weber Syndrome
How support workers help with Sturge-Weber Syndrome, how to find the right one on Novida, and how to manage them well under your NDIS plan.
Support workers provide the hands-on, everyday help that makes an NDIS plan real — personal care, getting out into the community, and building daily-living skills. This guide covers what they do for Sturge-Weber Syndrome, how to find the right person, and how to manage them well.
What support workers do for Sturge-Weber Syndrome
Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) is a rare condition, present from birth, in which blood vessels form abnormally in the skin, the brain and the eye. Its hallmark is a port-wine birthmark on the face — usually on one side,…
Finding the right support worker
The right match matters as much as the right skills. On Novida you can:
Managing your support workers
However you engage them, a few things keep support working well:
Self-managing, plan-managing or agency
How you manage your plan affects which workers you can use: self-managed and plan-managed participants can engage independent workers as well as agencies, while NDIA-managed plans use registered providers. See "NDIS…