30/10/2025
Introducing Allison Armstrong
We’re delighted to welcome Allison Armstrong as our full-time Support Coordinator at Create Disability Services!
Allison brings over ten years of community services and casework experience, alongside lived experience as a parent of two children with disabilities who are NDIS participants, combining professional expertise with genuine, practical insight.
Highlights from Allison’s journey:
Out of Home Care: Collaborated with therapeutic providers, housing services, education, and health professionals to build sustainable wraparound supports for children and families.
Carer Support Officer: Coached and equipped foster carers with skills and knowledge to confidently self-direct support arrangements.
Strengths: Service navigation, advocacy, and collaborative planning, with a strong understanding of the local service landscape available to NDIS participants.
Approach: Person-centred, trauma-informed, culturally responsive, guided by timely communication, empathy, persistence, and creative problem-solving through challenges and crises.
Qualifications: Diploma and Certificate IV in Community Services Work, training in trauma-informed practice, cultural competence, and managing vicarious trauma, plus the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Worker Orientation.
Allison is passionate about ensuring participants’ goals remain front and centre, so plans are navigated clearly and outcomes are meaningful. We’re thrilled to have her on the team and excited for the positive impact she’ll make with our participants and families.
Please join us in giving Allison a warm welcome! 💙