Individualised
Funding
Individualised Funding gives disabled people a way of directly managing their disability supports.
Individualised Funding means that you, as a person with a disability, have greater control over who provides your home support, and how and when it is provided.
Options for your care range from engaging support workers and planning how to use your supports, to employing your own care providers and managing all aspects of service delivery.
Visionwest & Individualised Funding
Visionwest Home Healthcare is an individualised funding host organisation meaning we understand how Individualised Funding works and are approved to provide support through this scheme.
Under the Individualised Funding Scheme, a Visionwest IF Coach will discuss your support needs and expectations and help you create a care plan you feel comfortable with and that meets your unique requirements.
Benefits of
Individualised Funding (IF)
- Have greater input and control into who provides your support and care.
- Have a say in creating your own specific individualised support plan.
- Enjoy greater choice and flexibility with your support.
- Manage your own timeframes and schedules.
Where is Visionwest’s IF service available?
- Northland.
- North & West Auckland.
- Waikato.
- Coromandel.
- Bay of Plenty.
- Rotorua & Taupō.
- Taranaki.
Is Individualised Funding for You?
If you would like to have more flexibility than contracted services, then IF may be perfect for you.
Talk to your local Needs Assessment and Service Coordination (NASC) service to learn more, contact Visionwest Home Healthcare or phone 0800 222 040.
Why choose Visionwest
Home Healthcare?
Visionwest Home Healthcare is one of several support services provided by Visionwest Community Trust, one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest charitable trusts. Each year Visionwest supports thousands of people who are impacted by isolation, poverty, and homelessness by providing wraparound support with kindness and compassion.
Visionwest tailors home healthcare to individual needs; enabling people to live as independently as possible. We have over 30 years’ experience providing professional, safe, reliable and empowering care and support to our clients.
How does IF work?
Once you have been referred to Visionwest, an Individualised Funding Coach will talk to you about how you would like to manage and use your IF Budget.
The IF Coach will provide you with information and advice tailored to your specific situation. This includes information that will help you:
- Employ staff/contract staff (if relevant).
- Pay relevant taxes.
- Access your IF budget to make purchases (such as school holiday programmes or other respite opportunities).
Your Visionwest IF Coach will also work with you to establish a support plan and provide you with ideas of how to use your IF budget – the final decision is yours, however.
As you purchase your support, Visionwest will invoice MSD – Ministry of Disabled People, so that those supports can be paid for out of your IF budget. If you employ staff, you can choose to have Visionwest manage payroll for you including the calculation of and payment of hourly rates, ACC employer levies, PAYE and KiwiSaver.
What can I purchase with IF?
You can only purchase support that complies with MSD – Ministry of Disabled People Purchasing Rules.
These rules are:
- It helps people live their life or makes their life better.
- It is a disability support.
- It is reasonable and cost-effective.
- It is not subject to a limit or exclusion.
In addition, you will only be able to purchase supports that are aligned to the purpose for which IF was provided. For example, if you are given a budget to purchase respite, it must be used for respite, i.e., to ensure that you and other carers can take a break.
Visionwest will provide an IF Coach to work with you to help you understand what you can purchase.