About This Service
Independence is built one skill at a time. Whether it is cooking a meal, managing a budget, navigating public transport, communicating effectively, or organising your own daily schedule — the practical skills of everyday life are the building blocks of a genuinely self-directed life.
Heartful Care Services provides NDIS-funded life skills development support that helps participants learn, practise and master the everyday skills they need to live more independently and more confidently. Our approach is goal-focused, practical and deeply respectful of where each participant is starting from.
We celebrate every step forward — no matter how small it seems — because we know that genuine skill development takes real time, real effort, and real support. We are patient, consistent, and genuinely invested in your progress.
What We Help With
- Cooking and meal preparation — from basic food safety to planning and cooking full meals
- Household budgeting and money management including banking and digital payments
- Shopping skills — planning, comparing prices and managing a shopping list independently
- Using public transport — planning journeys, purchasing tickets and travelling safely
- Organisation and time management — routines, schedules, reminders and planning tools
- Communication skills — assertiveness, self-advocacy and effective communication strategies
- Digital literacy — using smartphones, computers, apps and the internet safely and confidently
- Health literacy — understanding medications, appointments and self-care routines
- Social skills and relationship building
- Managing correspondence — mail, email, phone calls and government forms
- Problem-solving and decision-making skills for everyday situations
- Self-advocacy — understanding your rights and communicating your needs effectively
Our Approach
Life skills development is not about what we think you should be able to do — it is about what you want to be able to do. We start from your goals and aspirations, and we build a skills program around them.
We use a coaching and graduated practice model — we show, we practise together, we support you to do it independently, and then we gradually step back as your confidence and competence grow. We track your progress and regularly review your program to keep it aligned with your goals and your NDIS plan.
NDIS Funding Information
NDIS Registration Code
0117
Support Category
Capacity Building — Daily Activity
NDIS Line Item
0117 — Development-Life Skills
Service Area
Canberra / ACT — Gungahlin, Belconnen, Tuggeranong, Woden, Bonner, City and surrounding suburbs
Availability
7 days a week including evenings and public holidays
