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Neurodiversity Specialists! Dynamic, multi faceted, innovative Social Work Leader. Focus on: Disability, Health and Education.

Therapy and Disability Services, NDIS registered provider, Social Work, Support Coordination, Specialist Support Coordination, Hybrid Service for 1, Positive Behaviour Support and Allied Health Assistants. Micro specialisations: Neurodivergence Therapy, Professional Supervision and Mentoring, Counselling, CBT, EMDR, Neuroscientific Framework for practice. Macro experience: Training provider, Governance Board Member, Founder and Director of Private Practice, Policy Development, Advocacy, Staff Management, NDIS Social Work Advocacy. Languages: intermediate level in Australian Sign Language and Portuguese. Familiar and experienced in the use of interpreters.

18/02/2026

Real support isn’t about changing who someone is.
It’s about creating environments where people can thrive as they are.

When we focus on removing barriers and strengthening supports, dignity comes first — and capacity naturally follows.

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17/02/2026

You don’t have to use everything perfectly to be doing the NDIS right.

The goal isn’t checking every box or pushing yourself to exhaustion — it’s receiving support that’s meaningful, sustainable, and aligned with what actually improves your quality of life.

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15/02/2026

Guidance and support aren’t about fixing — they’re about understanding.

By recognising behaviour as communication and working with each person’s nervous system, we create space for meaningful growth, connection, and wellbeing at every stage of life.

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14/02/2026

✨ Meet Monique — Clinical Social Worker & Founder of Our Future Focus

With a Bachelor and Master of Social Work and nearly 20 years of experience, Monique brings a deeply neuroaffirming, strengths-based approach to supporting the disability community.

Her work centres families as true partners, honours lived experience, and focuses on real-world outcomes — not just paperwork. As Founder and CEO, Monique leads a multidisciplinary team delivering therapeutic supports, specialist support coordination, and professional supervision, grounded in co-design, capacity building, and inclusive, community-centred practice.

This is the heart behind Our Future Focus. 💚

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13/02/2026

Better outcomes start with better collaboration.

By working together with families and professionals, we create support that’s aligned, respectful, and truly person-centred.

No silos. Just teamwork.

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12/02/2026

Understanding your NDIS plan changes everything.

When you know how your funding works, you stay in control — not overwhelmed.
That’s why we focus on education, clarity, and informed decision-making every step of the way.

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11/02/2026

Support Coordination is more than referrals.

It’s about helping people make sense of complex systems, advocating when something doesn’t feel right, and ensuring individuals and families remain in control of their lives and NDIS plans.

At Our Future Focus, our Support Coordinators work with participants and families — not over them. We take the time to listen, explain options clearly, and support informed, confident decision-making every step of the way.

Because good coordination should feel empowering, not overwhelming. 💚

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10/02/2026

February is a time for reflection, growth, and building strong foundations. At Our Future Focus, we walk alongside individuals, families, and professionals to create support that genuinely fits — never one-size-fits-all.

This month, we’ll be sharing more about our team, our services, and what makes our approach different.
Stay tuned 💚

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28/01/2026

𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄. 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑. 𝐒𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓.

Say hello to our new logo, the 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐨𝐧, and an even bigger hello to what it represents.

Like a chameleon, we adapt. We grow, change, and evolve, just like the people we support. Because change isn’t a bad thing. It’s powerful.

Our new logo reflects:
•The incredible connections our brains make every day
•All kinds of minds, including neurodivergent minds
•The many versions of ourselves we move through in life

Those lines and brain-inspired details represent how amazing our minds are — how connection shapes who we are, and why every brain deserves understanding, respect, and support.

And with our new look comes new services, all in one place:
•Allied Health
•Support Coordination & Specialist Support Coordination
•Disability & Behaviour Support
•Counselling

One space. Many supports. Endless possibilities.

We’re here to support people with disability, neurodivergent individuals, families, and communities — celebrating difference, not trying to change it.

Here’s to adaptability.
Here’s to representation.
Here’s to being unapologetically you.

19/01/2026

Disability Support Worker – Autism (Redlands)
📍 Mt Cotton & Redland Bay
Casual with regular set roster | PPT opportunity
We’re looking for an experienced Disability Support Worker to join two family-centred autism support arrangements in the Redlands area.
This role supports:
• One 3-year-old
• One 16-year-old
• Two separate families and houses
• Neuroaffirming, relationship-based support
We are ideally seeking ONE worker who can cover all shifts to provide consistency and continuity.
🕒 Shifts
• 2 afternoons per week: 2:45 pm – 5:45 pm (any weekday)
• 2 mornings per week: 7:00 am – 9:00 am (any weekday)
• Fortnightly: Saturday, Sunday & Monday – 4 hours per day
(middle of the day, flexible timing)
✅ You must have:
• Minimum 2+ years experience as a Disability Support Worker
• Strong experience supporting autistic children & neurodivergent families
• Experience with kids, parenting, mentoring or youth support
• A calm, reflective and relationship-focused approach
• Ability to commit to a regular, ongoing roster
💰 What we offer:
• Casual employment
• $42–$45 per hour base (experience dependent)
• Predictable, consistent shifts
• Opportunity to move to Permanent Part-Time after 12 months
✨ This is a values-driven role with families who want a worker to build trust, consistency and real connection — not just fill shifts.
📧 Apply via: hr@ourfuturefocus.com.au
Please include a brief note about your experience working with autistic children and families.

19/11/2025

Learned helplessness often looks like:
“I can’t”
“I don’t know” or
“Someone else needs to do it for me.”

But beneath that is a nervous system that has learned, over time, that effort doesn’t lead to success.

When we understand the why, we can shift the how.
With the right support, predictable experiences of success, and a strengths-based approach, young people can rebuild confidence in their own abilities

We don’t remove expectations — we scaffold them.
We don’t “rescue” — we empower.
And every small win matters.

11/11/2025

NDIS has a new CEO and DSC has released an article stating “NDIS leadership has morphed into a sitcom with a limited cast of recurring characters”. What a review for him from a leading source of education and information in the sector.

From the article “The NDIA today announced that Graeme Head will be the new CEO of the NDIA.

If that name sounds familiar to you, it’s because Mr Head was the inaugural NDIS Quality and Safeguarding Commissioner between 2018 and 2021. It seems NDIS leadership has morphed into a sitcom with a limited cast of recurring characters.”

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