Graham Taylor, NDIS Advisor & Guide

16/05/2025

Greetings everyone. Anyone interested in helping a family care for their loved one is welcome to check out this advertised role ...

Mitchell's Crew (Graham T)

02/12/2024

Back in October 2024 I wrote to my local Federal Member to express my deep concern with the changes made to the NDIS. In November, I received a reply from that Member's Electorate Officer!

It was a well-crafted response that largely stepped 'round the points I raised. I felt the effort expended in putting it together deserved acknowledgement, so I wrote back, see the link below.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-HFFqTTVKvfhClRMNVEsI3naNE3e-saD/view?usp=sharing

Please share if you deem it worthy of other's attention, plagiarise as you see fit.

"The strong are here to look after the weak ... and the weak are here to teach the strong." Cloudstreet, Tim Winton

22/07/2024

A lot of my experience is around putting together a service-for-one for a person with disability. You can read about this service model here ... https://aboutmitchell.id.au/so-what-is-a-service-for-one/.

Some months ago Mitchell's father was asked on LinkedIn🔗 to explain what it is we do to provide for him. What follows is the first of two articles written to answer that question. The second article will follow soon. They are republished here for those not on LinkedIn. A recent Reasonable and Nec...

08/03/2024

Late last year, I was interviewed about putting together a team of workers to support a profoundly disabled man.

Heidi - a HR and disability supports specialist - interviews Mitchell's Dad, Graham, to hear how they managed to put together Mitchell's Crew (Mitchell's tea...

26/02/2024

Here are two great blog posts by a family who have been working hard to make a good life for their special-needs son.

The first post explains how Mitchell's Allied Health team have worked together to make his life better, see https://aboutmitchell.id.au/maximising-the-value-of.../

The second post explains why I think we have been successful in plotting a way forward for Mitchell's life ... and why the NDIS Review gets this wrong! See https://aboutmitchell.id.au/the-ndis-review-and-outcomes/

It is February 2024, the NDIS Review recommendations have been available for nearly 3 months. They have generated alot ... ALOT ... of debate. It seems everyone has an opinion everyone else needs to hear! The topics aired include the performance of the NDIA, the role of the NDIS Quality and Safeguar...

19/02/2024

A family I know well is looking for a new support worker. See this ad for further detail.

Being in Mitchell's life Mitchell is seen as 'a little different' to many people and so does not have many friends in his life. His family are working to change that. They have put energy into building up the circle of friends around Mitchell to help support him - this is often called a circle

14/10/2022

There is a great opportunity to work with a family who have created an amazing life for their son.

Join Mitchell's Crew!

Brisbane south /Logan west

✔ Full 8-hour shifts
✔ Mix of days and overnights
✔ Directly engaged by the family
✔ Can engage you as an employee

Check out Mitchell's website for more details, or message me if you are interested.
https://aboutmitchell.id.au/jobs/

17/08/2022

A family I know (?!) is seeking expressions of interest for a part-time Lifestyle Coordinator position to assist them maintain the quality of life of a family member impacted by disability.

This position:
• Will undertake a range of administrative and liaison tasks to keep the family member's support team operating effectively.
• Will take the most current allied health and medical advice and make sure it is understood and applied in day-to-day practice.
• Will monitor and guide the family member's social and community participation.

The person filling this position:
• Will be competent with the Microsoft 365 office suite;
• Be able to take allied health and medical advice and translate it into policy and procedures for the family member's support team.
• Have good verbal and written communication skills.

Ample on-the-job, in-class, and remote training will be available for the right applicant. Working flexibly about 24 hours a week, with pay will be under the SCHADS Award equating to some $55,000 annually.

The person impacted by disability has their own website, see below.

Any interest, send me a DM. To be seriously considered, the family will be looking for the 'usual stuff' - a CV, a focused cover letter, and (if short-listed) references. I strongly recommend looking at the website below before wanting to talk with someone.

09/07/2022

I have led numerous rounds of recruitment to help find that right support worker for an NDIS Participant. Helping to hire someone to support a person impacted by a disability has challenged me to re-think the approach I had used successfully in my engineering career. Though skills and training matter, these things are secondary to the attitude a support worker brings to their role.

Compassion, empathy and the right motivation are key. These are not things typically learnt in a classroom.

On this foundation, you can build the knowledge and skills to truly help others live a better, safer life.

You can read more about this insight here … https://aboutmitchell.id.au/finding-the-right-people-to-support-mitchell/.