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All servicesThe full list, grouped three ways Supported Independent LivingSupport in the home you live in Personal care and daily activitiesShowering, dressing, getting ready Household tasksCleaning, laundry, shopping, meals Community and social participationGetting out to people and places Innovative community participationWhen the usual options have not worked Group and centre based activitiesThe same faces every week Daily living and life skillsCooking, budgeting, transport Early childhood supportsChildren under nine and their family Life stages and transitionLeaving school, moving out Employment supportsFinding work and staying in it Assistance animalsDaily care and handling
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Building toward something

Daily living and life skills

The goal here is to need us less. We teach the things nobody ever sat down and taught you, at whatever pace works.

117 Registration groupSydney metropolitanAccepting referrals
We heart NDIS, Registered NDIS Provider
Certified to the NDIS Practice StandardsNDIS registration number 4-LOHEV53
No fixed courseThere is no curriculum and no graduation date. We work on what you want next.
Learned by doingIn the actual kitchen, on the actual bus, not in a room with a whiteboard.
Repeating is fineWe go back over things without making you feel bad about it. That is how skills stick.

What it actually looks like

Practical skills, learned by doing them, in real life rather than in a classroom.

  • Cooking, shopping and planning meals for a week
  • Budgeting, banking and keeping on top of bills
  • Using public transport confidently, including practice runs
  • Making appointments and speaking up in them
  • Looking after a home, from washing machines to landlords
  • Phones, email and staying safe online
Some skills click in a week. Some take a year, and that is completely fine. Nobody here is measuring you against a timetable.

At your pace, not a program schedule

We do not run a fixed course. We work on what you want to crack next, we go back over things as many times as it takes, and we treat the small wins as wins because they are not small.

The measure of success in this service is that you call us less often. That is an unusual thing for a provider to want, and it is the right thing to want.

01Pick one thingSomething you wish you could do on your own. It does not need to be a big thing to be the right starting point.
02Do it togetherThe first few times, with someone alongside you who is not going to take over halfway through.
03Do it with them nearbySame task, less help, until the support is presence rather than instruction.
04Do it yourselfThen we move on to the next thing, or we stop, because you did not need us for this part anymore.

Registration group 117, Development of daily living and life skills. Serenica Support is certified against the NDIS Practice Standards.

Who it is usually for

People building toward more independence, often around moving out, starting work or study, or after a change in circumstances. It pairs naturally with community participation and with life stages and transition.

Common questions

What if I try something and it does not work?Then we try it differently. Nothing about this service depends on you getting it right the first time.
Can family be involved?As much or as little as you want. Some people want a parent in the room, some very much do not. It is your call, not theirs.
Is there a set number of sessions?No. We work to what your plan funds and what you actually want to learn, and we will tell you when we think you have outgrown the support.
Can this run alongside other supports?Yes, and it often should. Life skills work best when the same team also sees you in other parts of the week.

Related supports

Community participationGroup 125 →Life stages and transitionGroup 106 →Employment supportsGroup 102 →

Name one thing.

Tell us one thing you wish you could do on your own. That is usually exactly the right place to begin.

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No forms, no obligation
1800 770 781
Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
info@serenicasupport.com.au
Suite 17, 89 to 97 Jones Street, Ultimo NSW 2007