Supported Living Services

About CCS Disability Action

CCS Disability Action works to

support:

disabled people

family / whānau of disabled

people

services that support disabled

people.

We are well known as an advocate for disabled people.

An advocate is someone who can

support people to have their say.

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CCS Disability Action works to

make the lives of disabled people

better.

We also work with other people to

make this happen like:

Māori

communities

health and social services

government

employers.

Employers are the people who pay

people for their work.

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CCS Disability Action has offices

all over New Zealand.

We support about 5 thousand

disabled people and their families.

We support people of all:

ages

cultures.

We work to make life better for

disabled people.

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About Supported Living

CCS Disability Action has a service

called Supported Living.

Supported Living can assist you to:

find your own home to live in

plan for the things you need

when you move into your new

home

find people to work with you:

o on your day to day activities in

your home

o in your community.

Our Supported Living service can

also support you with things like:

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education or training

getting ready to find work

doing more of the things you like

to do.

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How Supported Living works

We have people called Supported Independent Living Coordinators.

A Coordinator is someone who will

work with you and your family to

find out:

what things are important to you

the best ways for us to support

you

what information you need about

Supported Living.

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You will talk with your Coordinator about lots of things like:

where you want to live

who you want to live with

what support you need to live in

your own home

what things you might need to

learn so you can live in your

own home.

Your Supported Independent Living

Coordinator can also put you in

touch with other services that may

be able to support you.

It will not cost you any money to

use our Supported Living service.

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How to get Supported Living

To get Supported Living you need

to:

be more than 17 years old

fit the Ministry of Health -

Disability Support Services eligibility criteria.

Eligibility criteria says who can

get this service.

You might fit the eligibility criteria if

your disability:

will go for 6 months or longer

makes it hard for you to do things

by yourself.

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To find out if you fit the eligibility

criteria you will

need to work

with a Needs Assessment and Service Coordination agency.

The Needs Assessment and

Service Coordination agencies are

also called NASCs.

A NASC agency will:

talk with you to see what support

you need

tell CCS Disability Action what

support you need.

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You can find out more about your

local NASC service from the

Ministry of Health:

Phone: 0800 855 066

Website:

www.health.govt.nz/your-health/services-and-support/disability-

services/getting-support-disability/needs-assessment-and-

service-coordination-services

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How to contact CCS Disability Action

You can also talk to us about

Supported Living.

We can talk about whether

Supported Living would be a good

service for you.

If Supported Living is not right for

you we can give you information

about other supports that might

work better.

You can contact us on:

Phone: 0800 227 200

Email: info@ccsDisabilityAction.org.nz

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