We’d love to welcome you into your new home.
Steps to arranging Specialist Disability Accommodation
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Step 1 - Apply for Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA)
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Step 2 - Research the housing options available
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Step 3 - Get in touch with us
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Step 4 - Suitability assessment
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Step 5 - Complete an SDA application
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Step 6 - View the property and meet other residents
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Step 7 - Meet the Accommodation Operations Manager
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Step 8 - SDA letter of offer acceptance
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Step 9 - We get ready for you to move in
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Step 10 - It’s time to move into your new home!
Step 1: Apply for Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) with Supported Independent Living supports (SIL) with the NDIA.
Step 2: Research the housing options available on our website
Step 3: Get in touch with us
- Your needs and goals
- Housing preferences (e.g. location, housing type, housemates)
- The SDA funding that you have: The SDA design category and building type
Step 4: Suitability assessment
Completed by us, this is to ensure that our homes meet your needs and that your interests are compatible with existing residents. (If we don’t have a suitable home or vacancies now, we’ll put you on our waitlist for upcoming homes).
Step 5: Complete an SDA application
An application will be provided to you to complete.
Step 6: View the property and meet other residents
After your application has been reviewed, we will arrange a site visit.
Step 7: Meet the Accommodation Services Manager
They manage your transition and oversee operations of the property.
Step 8: SDA letter of offer acceptance
The SDA Provider will give you a letter of offer to move into your new home.
Step 9: We get ready for you to move in
- We’ll talk with you, your family, Support Coordinator and Therapists to finalise documentation including a support plan and necessary management plans.
- We will work together on your SIL document and support funding and then submit to NDIA.
- We will work with your therapists to arrange support worker training, and ensure suitable equipment is in place.
- Once your SIL funding is finalised, we’ll agree on your move in date.
Step 10: It’s time to move into your new home!
You’ll be supported by your Customer Experience Manager and Accommodation Services Manager to move into your new home. (As you settle in, we’ll keep checking in with you. If you need any help at any time, you can speak to your Accommodation Services Manager).