Psychosocial Recovery Coach

"A Psychosocial Recovery Coach is a Specialist Mental Health Support that some NDIS participants may have access to under their plans. They bring specialist skills and knowledge to help people with disabilities arising from mental health conditions to live a full and contributing life."

Recovery coaches provide support to people with psychosocial disability to live a full and contributing life. You will be assisted to take more control of your live and to better manage complex challenges of day-to-day living. Through strong and respectful relationships and skilled coaching, you will be supported to build capacity, including strengths and resilience. Recovery coaches work collaboratively with people, their families, carers and supports to design, plan, implement and adjust a recovery plan. We collaborate with the broader service system and will assist with the coordination of NDIS and other supports.

Roles and responsibilities of recovery coaches include:

• Developing a recovery-enabling relationship

• Supporting participants’ engagement with the NDIS

• Coaching to increase recovery skills and personal capacity, including motivation, strengths, resilience, and decision-making

• Supporting participants with their recovery planning

• Collaborating with the broader system of supports.

Recovery coaching creates a clear plan of action while using your current strengths to reach YOUR desired goals. Besides helping you access and maintain recovery, coaches access systems and resources needed to support the recovery such as benefits and health care. Recovery coaching also helps you to return to employment, find stable housing and transition. YOU will self-direct your own recovery while the coach provides expertise and encouragement in supporting the necessary change and attaining the goals important to the individual.