Development of Daily Living and Life Skills
Developing daily living and life skills in Adelaide
Funding designed to work itself out of a job.
Development of Daily Living and Life Skills is NDIS funding for learning to do things yourself — cooking a meal, managing a budget, catching the bus, staying on top of appointments and paperwork.
It sits in Capacity Building, not Core Supports, because the goal is different. Household Tasks pays for someone to do the job. Life skills pays for someone to teach you — and then to step back.
What we work on
Cooking and meal planning · budgeting and money · shopping and comparing prices · public transport, confidently · appointments, forms and personal admin · phone, email and online safety · household routines · social and communication skills.
How it works
We start with what you want to be able to do — “cook three meals I actually like” beats “improve independence”. We work in the real place — your kitchen, your money, the bus route you’d really catch. We build up — with you, beside you, nearby, then not at all. We write down what changes — visible progress for you, evidence for your review. And we say when you don’t need us. The point of this support is that it ends.
Life skills inside SIL
In a Complete Choice SIL home, skill building is part of the day, not a separate appointment — cooking one night a week, then two; your own medication with prompting instead of administration. Supported Independent Living
How it starts
Call us.
08 7009 4462. Tell us what you need — or what you're not sure about. Working that out is a normal first conversation.
Plan it together.
We look at your plan and your funding, meet you, and agree what support looks like — in writing, before anything starts.
Support begins.
With review dates built in, so it keeps fitting as your life changes.
Questions people ask
What are these supports?
Funding for learning everyday skills yourself — cooking, budgeting, transport, admin, routines.
Which funding pays?
Capacity Building.
Different from household tasks how?
Tasks means someone does it (Core). Life skills means someone teaches you (Capacity Building).
Where does it happen?
Wherever the skill is used — your kitchen, your bank, your bus route.
How long does it run?
As long as you're building the skill. It's designed to reduce, and we'll say when it should.
While living in SIL?
Yes — often where it works best.
Talk to someone who can actually answer.
Call 08 7009 4462 and you'll reach a person who knows what's available today — not a call centre reading a screen.
08 7009 4462