Welcome to Mañana

Support First, Person Centred Improved Relationships under the NDIS.

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How can we help?

Mañana focus on you.
Having spent a substainial amount of time in the NDIS since its pilot days in the Hunter; through the changes, re-naming, re-badging, re-financing and re-setting. One thing remains consistent – helping participants navigate to a better quality of life. That’s always the goal, helping you or someone you care about to a better life.
Jordan Dickson
CLinical Manager

Self

Support, Understanding, Insight.

Data Driven

Real proof for real life results.

Environment

The space we all occupy.

Capacity and Function Measurements

What you can do!

Skills Building

Taking it to the next level!

Advocacy

Your Voice + Ours to Better Life!

Supporter Needs/Insights

Working with who helps you!

Restrictive Practice

For Service Providers – compliance and human rights

Training

For Service Providers – best practice outcomes for the people we care for.

FAQs

Find answers to common questions about Mañana and our services.

Mañana is a person-centred, support-first organisation that offers Improved Relationships supports under the NDIS. We aim to improve an ability to engage in everyday activities, ensure safety of clients and staekholders, and provide the necessary supports to increase regulation and reduce risk. We operate with a primary focus of of data driven intervention and person centred delivery/operations to the NDIS Behaviour Support Model.

Most importantly, we aim to support the participant – in whatever format they need!

Need more face to face support for co-regulation of a problem? – we are independent and can offer that time and discussion in any environment. Need advocacy within ther NDIS structure for support due to risk? – we can create data driven proof and assessments of need. Need evaluation of Restrictive Practices? We can assist in moving towards authorisation and best proactice fadeout.

Improved Relationships is at its base about improving the relationship to self, to others, to family, to services, to life! Our focus is on creating positive individualised strategies for people (with and without disabilities) who engage in behaviours of concern (BOC). These strategies include both preventative and reactive measures that are tailored to the individual’s needs and attributes. Our approach focuses on skill development, communication, environment management, stakeholder engagements, evaluation and fadeout of Restrictive Practices and more.

But more importantly, we aim to support the participant – in whatever format they need!

Need more face to face support for co-regulation of a problem? – we are independent and can offer that time and discussion in any environment.

Need advocacy within ther NDIS structure for support due to risk? – we can create data driven proof and assessments of need.

Need evaluation of Restrictive Practices? We can assist in moving towards authorisation and best proactice fadeout.

Need Strategies around the best support for a BOC and making the change? We have tools and support to help.

Need a Functional Behaviour Assessment, Behaviour Support Plan (BSP), Restrictive Practice Plan, or clincal function evaluation assessment (ABAS, Vineland) for access to advocacy within the NDIS or access to support ? We do that too.

Need staff training in best practice around behaviour understanding, RP’s, ISP’s, service delivery and complex support? – we do that to and would love to work with your on-ground support teams!

We do many things – worth a call to dicuss!

Yes, Improved Relationships is grounded in evidence-based strategies. We believe in using data-driven, person-centred supports that address the individualized needs of people, Ie what is actually happening and what is contributing to the effects on you – the cookie cutter approach of diagnostic/disability general intervention lacks person and environmented centered thingking. Our goal is to understand the underlying causes of behaviours of concern and provide specialist behaviour support while safeguarding the dignity and quality of life of our clients in YOUR setting, not ours.

We have noticed a worrying trend in the industry of NDIS certified Behaviour Support Practicioners operating from the “ivory tower”; inviting a client to be evaluated in a clincial setting for 2 sessions, creating a generic Behaviour Support Plan based on verbal history and diagnosis, then disappearing into the either after claiming 50hrs of support, leaving there pariticpants with plan that in no way helps support, manage or evaluate current BOC or intervening strategy.

If you can’t find your practicioner, if they never leave the office, if they put you or your person in a room once a month and talk about feelings but never engage the critical supports, environments or specific BOC – you should probably think about changing!

Mañana provides Disability Support services in the Lake Macquarie and Newcastle areas. Central Coast, Muswellbrook and Nelson Bay regions if you have are or have a client in dire need, or subject to RP.

Can’t find an Answer?

Notes on Board

Good things come in 3’s!

Scope of Assitance
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The Self.

Unlocking the potential of every participant to skills build, increase co-regulation, increase function to suit in thier environment, understand themselves and BOC, to provide advocacy, to measure capacity, to have a great life!

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Stakeholders

Relationships and communication is a two way street – to do your best, you need to be supported by people who understand you and have your best interests and outcomes at the forefront. We work with Stakeholders as part of your team, they are data collectors, advocates, supporters that help proof needs and narratives for future support! Everyone needs a support network!

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Environment, Training and advocacy

Behaviour is diriven by environment, everything is scoped in the environment to which you function. Person Centred Training is essential for the support persons who support Paticpants! Data Driven Advocacy is the required language of the NDIS. We strive to make sure your providers are versed in the process, we can assist services be 2A and RPA compliant. RPA process training – made easy!

How to Acquire Our Services

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Discover the range of person-centred support services we offer at Mañana by giving us a call, or submitting an request. We have a wide range of options to meet your needs.

Call us: 0479154482 Email: manana.tomorrow.hub@gmail.com

You are choosing us, not us choosing you. We need to be a fit for your team!

We’re here to answer any questions you may have and provide guidance on the best support options for you or your loved one.

Meet in the natural setting, meet for coffee, interview us, whatever suits!

If you have decided that we are a fit, we will create a service agreement (non binding! leave whenever!) and get started to work together to assess your needs and create a personalised plan. Our team of Bspracs will ensure that the plan is tailored to address your unique requirements and goals.

With the plan in place, we’ll start implementing the support strategies that have been designed specifically for you. Our experienced staff will guide you through each step, providing the necessary resources and assistance.

Your Goals become our outcome! Lets get there together!

What’s in a Name?
(Hint it’s not Banana! – but you can call it that if you want! )

Dictionary
Definitions from Oxford Languages 

mañana
/maˈnjɑːnə/ man’ YA’ na
adverb Spanish origin.
in the indefinite future.

You have a future (Mañana).
We want to support it (Mañana).
A support relationship is not a short term thing, we operate (as long as you’ll have us!) (Mañana).
We will do that report tomorrow! (Mañana).
Supporting your tomorrow! ((Mañana).