NDIS Daily Personal Activities
NDIS Services at You Belong Care
- Assist Travel Transport
- Daily Living Life Skills
- Daily Personal Activities
- Group Activities
- Household Tasks
- Innovative Community Participation
- Supported Independent Living
- Life Stage Transition
- Community Participation
- High-Intensity Daily Personal Activities
- NDIS Support Worker
- Community Nursing Care
- Respite Care
- Therapeutic Supports
- NDIS Dietitian & Nutritionist
- Youth Mentoring
- Disability Accommodation
- SIL Vacancies
- NDIS Worker Screening Check
Assistance With Daily Personal Activities in Craigieburn
Showering. Getting dressed. Brushing teeth. Making breakfast. For most people, these are things that happen in 30 minutes without thinking. For an NDIS participant with physical disability, intellectual disability or a complex medical condition, they can take two hours and require careful, respectful support from another person.
That is what daily personal activities funding is for. And that is the work You Belong Care does every day, for participants across Craigieburn and surrounding suburbs.
This page explains what the service covers, how we deliver it with dignity intact, who qualifies, and how to get started.
What Daily Personal Activities Covers
- Showering, bathing and personal hygiene
- Dressing, grooming and skincare
- Toileting and continence support
- Eating and drinking assistance
- Medication prompts (not administration — different funding category)
- Mobility, transfers and positioning
- Morning routine and bedtime routine
- Overnight and sleepover shifts where funded
Showering and Bathing Support
We support participants through the full showering routine — getting into the bathroom, transferring on or off a shower chair, washing, drying, and getting dressed afterwards. Workers use towels to maintain privacy, follow your preferences on water temperature and products, and take the pace that works for you.
If the bathroom has grab rails, a shower chair, or a ceiling hoist, we are trained to use them safely. If it does not and you need modifications, we can refer you to an occupational therapist through our therapeutic supports service.
Dressing and Grooming
Dressing looks different for every participant. Some need help with buttons and zips. Some need full physical assistance. Some have sensory issues with fabrics and need help picking out something that does not trigger discomfort. We work with what you have — the clothes in your wardrobe, the routine that works for you.
Grooming covers hair brushing and styling, shaving, skincare and nail care. For participants who go to work, school or social activities, we treat the grooming routine as important as anything else — looking the way you want to look is part of participating in life.
Toileting and Continence Support
Continence support is sensitive. Our workers are trained in NDIS Practice Standards for personal care, use proper PPE, and follow infection control procedures. We support:
- Regular toileting schedules and prompts
- Transfers on and off the toilet with or without equipment
- Continence aid changes — pads, pull-ups, external catheters
- Skin integrity checks during changes
- Bowel care where it is in scope for the worker’s training level
For complex continence needs — indwelling catheters, stomas, bowel management programs — this crosses into community nursing care territory. We have nurses on the team for exactly those situations.
Eating and Drinking Assistance
Mealtime support depends on what the participant needs. For some, that means cutting food and setting up the plate. For others, it means modified texture diets (IDDSI framework), careful supervision for dysphagia, or full physical feeding support.
If a speech pathologist or dietitian has set meal plans or texture guidelines, we follow them exactly. If a PEG tube or enteral feeding is involved, that is clinical nursing work — see our community nursing care and our NDIS dietitian and nutritionist pages.
Mobility, Transfers and Positioning
Safe transfers are the difference between a participant staying injury-free and ending up in hospital. Every worker at You Belong Care is trained in manual handling and uses the equipment in your home properly — slide sheets, hoists, turntables, transfer boards.
For participants with pressure injury risk, we build repositioning schedules into the shift and document every change of position. For participants with spasticity or contractures, we follow your physio’s guidance on passive range-of-motion.
Our Approach — Dignity, Privacy, Consistency
Three Principles We Do Not Compromise On
- Dignity: You are not a task. Personal care is done with doors closed, conversations kept private, and the same respect we would give anyone else.
- Privacy: What happens in personal care stays between the participant, the worker and the support plan. Family members get told what they need to know, not everything.
- Consistency: Where possible, the same 2-3 workers cover your shifts week in, week out. Familiarity is the thing that makes personal care tolerable.
Who We Support With Daily Personal Care
This service works for participants across a wide range of disabilities and conditions:
- Physical disability affecting mobility or fine motor control — cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, muscular dystrophy, MS
- Intellectual disability and autism where self-care routines need prompting, supervision or full assistance
- Acquired brain injury or stroke affecting the ability to complete daily tasks
- Older participants with dementia or age-related decline funded through the NDIS
- Participants recovering from surgery or hospitalisation
- Participants with psychosocial disability where depression, schizophrenia or severe anxiety impacts daily functioning
- Participants with complex or high-intensity needs — see high intensity daily personal activities for the specialised cohort
Same-Gender and Culturally Matched Workers
Personal care involves bodies. We get that the person doing it matters. You can request:
- A support worker of the same gender as the participant
- A worker who speaks your first language — our team includes Arabic, Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, Turkish, Italian and Mandarin speakers
- A worker from a matched cultural or religious background
- A worker without pets if there are allergies
- A worker who is comfortable with specific faith-based practices during the shift
None of this is a hassle. It is the starting point of a good match.
How to Start Daily Personal Activities Support
- Call us or fill in the referral form. Mention that it is for personal care — it helps us send the right coordinator to the first meeting.
- Intake meeting at your home (45-60 minutes). We go through the routine, look at the bathroom and bedroom, and identify any equipment needs.
- We draft a shift plan — what happens, in what order, by what time.
- You meet the proposed support worker before the first shift. If it is not right, we match again.
- First week of shifts, with the coordinator checking in every day.
- Review at 30 days to make sure everything is running well.
Daily Personal Activities — Frequently Asked Questions
What do daily personal activities cover under NDIS?
Daily personal activities cover support with essential self-care — showering, bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, eating, medication prompts, mobility, and getting ready for the day or bed. It is funded under Core Supports in your NDIS plan.
Is this different from high-intensity daily personal activities?
Yes. Standard daily personal activities cover the core self-care tasks. High-intensity daily personal activities (HIDPA) cover complex clinical needs — PEG feeding, ventilation, seizure management, catheter care. HIDPA workers have additional training and oversight. See our high intensity daily personal activities page for details.
Do you provide same-gender support workers?
Yes. You can request a support worker of the same gender, matched language, or specific cultural background — we do this as standard, not as a special request.
How many hours can I get funded?
It depends entirely on your NDIS plan. Some participants have 1 hour a day, others have 24/7 support in a SIL setting. We read your plan during intake and tell you exactly what is funded.
Can the same worker come every day?
Where rosters allow, yes. Most participants have 2-3 regular workers across the week, so familiarity is high but there is coverage for leave or sickness.
What if I do not click with the worker?
Tell us. We swap them out, no awkward conversation. Getting the fit right can take a couple of goes.
Do you support overnight or sleepover shifts?
Yes, if your plan funds them. Overnight care is typically delivered in SIL settings — see Supported Independent Living — but can also be arranged for home-based participants.
What training do your workers have?
Every worker holds an NDIS Worker Screening Check, Certificate III or IV in Individual Support or Disability, current First Aid and CPR, manual handling training, and ongoing NDIS Practice Standards training. Workers supporting high-intensity needs have additional clinical training.
Can a family member be trained to do some of this instead?
In some cases, yes. NDIS capacity building funding can pay for you or a family member to be trained. We support that if it suits — it is not a conflict of interest to help participants become more independent of us.
Will you coordinate with my GP, OT or physio?
Yes. With your permission we share notes with your allied health team so support aligns with your clinical goals. See our therapeutic supports page.
Start Personal Care Support This Week
Call +61 479 183 696 or email admin@youbelongcare.com.au to arrange an intake meeting. We can usually meet within 2-5 business days and start shifts the following week.