Our team consists of experienced and skilled practitioners with qualifications in Developmental Education, Social Work and Psychological Science. We work across a range of funding streams such as NDIS, Lifetime Support Authority, Return to Work, Exceptional Needs Unit and Financial Trustees.
Through bringing key stakeholders together, the team provides clients with a holistic approach to their needs, goals and choices – ensuring the clients voice is heard and supported at every point.
The length of support varies from short-term intervention support to achieve a specific outcome, through to long term case management across many years.
Common themes for referrals this year include housing, education pathways, Centrelink liaison and navigation of service pathways ensuring clients’ needs are met by the most appropriate service. We assisted people with discharge planning from the acute sector and re-engagement with community following an ABI. This involves establishing routines, managing bills and paperwork, setting up structures within the home, and connecting people with their local community, such as GP’s and pharmacy’s.
We continue to work closely with the Lifetime Support Authority to support clients to achieve positive outcomes, whilst growing our referrals in areas such as NDIS, Return to Work SA and Private Trustees. Our work with the Exceptional Needs Unit has also been extremely rewarding and is an area we would love to expand. We are grateful for the positive and collaborative relationships we have developed with our referral partners.
Our team prides themselves on the relationships they develop and foster with our participants, external service providers and referral sources to ensure best possible outcomes. Our vision for the program is continued growth which includes the exploration of new partnership opportunities.
Referrals by Source 2021–22
| Referral Source | Number of Referrals |
|---|---|
| Lifetime Support Authority | 47 |
| National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) | 3 |
| Return to Work SA | 1 |
| Private Trustees | 10 |
| Exceptional Needs Unit | 1 |
From the Archives: The Role of Dogs at BISA
In looking through our archives, over its 30 year history, BISA has welcomed many lovely canine friends through its doors, some with a particular mission of assistance, others who just love the company.
Radar, one of the first assistance dogs known to BISA was also an ambassador for doggie safety in cars, when your dog is also a potential victim of road trauma! Such an important message and messenger.
Love our dogs!
