Intellectual disability support in Maddingley, VIC
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Intellectual disability support in Maddingley
- 4 providers matched by condition evidence in Maddingley
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Is intellectual disability covered by the NDIS?
NDIS access is assessed individually. You must meet the age and residence requirements and the disability or early intervention requirements. A diagnosis alone does not establish eligibility, a funded support or a particular budget. Ask your treating practitioner for evidence of permanence, functional impact and the support you need. The NDIA decides access and funding.
Read the full funding pathway or use the eligibility checker.
Intellectual Disability support providers near me
3 with Intellectual Disability enquiry activity · 1 other registered provider·How we chose these
NDIS registered · Aged care provider Serves Maddingley + 30 other areas in VIC
- 4.9 on Google (32 reviews, Oct 2026)
- Receiving Carevo enquiries
- Active on Carevo this week
- Funding accepted
- NDIS · all plan types (NDIS self-managed, NDIS plan-managed, NDIS agency-managed)Private
- Registered for
- Specialist behaviour support, early childhood supports
- Team includes
- Cleaner, Social Worker, Welfare Worker
About Reverence Community Care
Reverence Community Care is the top-ranked NDIS registered and aged care approved provider in Maddingley, Victoria, based on Carevo activity. They have received Carevo enquiries about intellectual disability. Confirm their experience directly. Support coordinators often connect their participants with them.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered for with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
Accommodation/Tenancy Assistance · Specialist Behaviour Support · Daily Personal Activities · Assistance in Coordinating or Managing Life Stages, Transitions and Supports · Assistance with travel/transport arrangements · Innovative Community Participation · Therapeutic Supports · Household tasks · Participation in community/social and civic activities · Group and Centre Based Activities · Early Childhood Supports · Assistance with daily life tasks in a group or shared living arrangement · Assistance to access and/or maintain employment and/or education · Development of daily living and life skills
- Registered aged care provider in government register data copied by Carevo; check the current entry on My Aged Care
- Business address on file
NDIS registered · Aged care provider Serves Maddingley + 133 other areas in VIC
- Receiving Carevo enquiries
- Active on Carevo this week
- Funding accepted
- NDIS · all plan types (NDIS self-managed, NDIS plan-managed, NDIS agency-managed)Home Care Package
- Registered for
- High-intensity daily personal activities, specialist behaviour support
- Team includes
- Developmental Educators, Disability Support Worker, Occupational Therapist
About Aurevia Healthcare
Aurevia Healthcare is an NDIS registered and aged care approved provider serving Maddingley, Victoria. They have received Carevo enquiries about intellectual disability. Confirm their experience directly. Their most frequently accepted Carevo enquiries concern personal care and allied health. Most enquiries to them come from participants directly.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered for with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
High Intensity Daily Personal Activities · Assistance with daily life tasks in a group or shared living arrangement · Daily Personal Activities · Assistance with travel/transport arrangements · Community nursing care for high needs · Early Childhood Supports · Assistance to access and/or maintain employment and/or education · Assistance in Coordinating or Managing Life Stages, Transitions and Supports · Innovative Community Participation · Development of daily living and life skills · Household tasks · Participation in community/social and civic activities · Specialised Supported Employment · Specialist Behaviour Support · Therapeutic Supports · Group and Centre Based Activities
- Registered aged care provider in government register data copied by Carevo; check the current entry on My Aged Care
- Business address on file
Serves Maddingley + 60 other areas in VIC
- Receiving Carevo enquiries
- Active on Carevo this week
- Funding accepted
- NDIS · self-managed or plan-managed (NDIS self-managed, NDIS plan-managed)Home Care PackagePrivate
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Other registered providers in Maddingley
Registered in Maddingley without recorded Intellectual Disability enquiry activity on Carevo. Confirm condition-specific services and experience directly.
NDIS registered Serves Maddingley + 52 other areas in VIC
- Funding accepted
- NDIS · all plan types (NDIS self-managed, NDIS plan-managed, NDIS agency-managed)
About Felice Care Disability Services
Based in Melton South, Victoria, Felice Care Disability Services is an NDIS registered provider serving Maddingley, Victoria. Cleaning and personal care are among the services named in their accepted Carevo enquiries. Most enquiries to them come from participants directly.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered for with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
Assistance in Coordinating or Managing Life Stages, Transitions and Supports · Assistance to access and/or maintain employment and/or education · Assistance with daily life tasks in a group or shared living arrangement · Assistance with travel/transport arrangements · Assistive Products for Personal Care and Safety · Daily Personal Activities · Development of daily living and life skills · Household tasks · Innovative Community Participation · Participation in community/social and civic activities
- Business address on file
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How we rank providers
Rankings in Maddingley use directory relevance and observable activity on Carevo: service match, distance, register-sourced status fields, whether an enquiry can reach the provider, and recent response and connection activity. Rankings are recalculated daily. They do not assess care quality or recommend a provider.
- How this list is built. Providers shown here either list intellectual disability as a capability or have connected on a Carevo enquiry associated with it; support work, personal care, social and community support, therapy, allied health, and psychology are used only as supporting service-match signals. Relevant enquiry activity ranks above self-declaration. A connection records willingness to make contact, not proof that support started, was completed, or went well.
- Activity on Carevo. We measure recent actions such as connecting on an enquiry, opening its contact details, responding, and an inquirer reporting whether a connection helped. These are platform activity signals, not an assessment of the support delivered.
- Condition-specific activity. Providers who have connected on enquiries associated with intellectual disability rank above providers who only list it as a capability. A connection is not proof of experience, quality, or a completed service.
- Service match. Providers are ranked by how closely their registered services and capabilities match what you are searching for.
- Register-sourced status. NDIS registration fields come from the NDIS Commission provider register. Aged care approval fields come from the My Aged Care register. These statuses are ranking inputs, not Carevo endorsements, and you should confirm the current register entry before choosing a provider.
- Carevo enquiries. Providers who have paused requests from us are moved down among providers with the same relevance. They stay visible and are marked as not receiving Carevo enquiries.
- Recent activity. Providers active on Carevo recently (a connection, a login, or a profile update) get a small boost, the same signal shown as "Active this week" on their card. It is deliberately small: stronger relevance and condition evidence outweigh a recent login.
- Local presence. Providers confirmed in Maddingley rank above those covering only the broader region.
What the enquiries status means
It answers one question: would a request sent through Carevo today actually reach them? It is not a rating, it is not about the provider's books, and it is not a statement about their capacity, their waiting list, or the quality of their care.
- Receiving
- At least one contact on their account is set up to receive new requests from us, and someone has signed in recently enough for us to say a person is there.
- Not receiving
- Every contact on the account has unsubscribed or paused, so we have no way to pass an enquiry on.
- No status shown
- We cannot tell either way, so we say nothing rather than label the provider. The account is set to receive enquiries, but nobody has signed in recently, or there are no contact details on file. It is not a negative mark, and most listings sit here.
A provider who is not receiving our enquiries may well be taking new clients directly. Providers set this themselves and can turn it back on at any time from their Carevo account or from any email we send them. Providers not receiving our enquiries are moved down the list and never hidden. It is refreshed daily, so a provider who resumes, or signs in, reappears within a day.
What the Carevo activity rating means
The Strong activity rating describes how a provider behaves on Carevo, not the care they deliver.
- Where it starts
- Every provider starts at a baseline of 50.
- What moves it
- Enquiries from the last 90 days. The strongest positive is a care seeker naming that provider as the one who helped them. The clearest negative is connecting on an enquiry and never opening the contact details.
- How it is kept honest
- Recalculated daily from scratch, shown only above the baseline and only with at least two scored signals, and removed automatically when either stops being true. It cannot be purchased.
It is not an endorsement, a recommendation, or an assessment of care quality, and we do not screen providers for complaints. Complaints are handled by the NDIS Commission and the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission. See the full activity rating methodology.
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matched providers in Maddingley
What people with Intellectual Disability in Maddingley usually need help with
Intellectual disability affects learning, problem-solving, communication, and everyday adaptive skills, so support usually needs to be practical, consistent, and paced appropriately. NDIS participants with intellectual disability often use support workers, life skills programs, community access, behaviour support, and SIL to build capability without losing dignity or choice. The strongest providers are usually the ones who can turn broad goals like independence or community participation into repeatable routines that actually work day to day.
For developmental conditions, the strongest local pages are the ones that help families compare actual fit: who understands sensory needs, who can support school or childcare transitions, and who can work on the same goals across therapy and day-to-day support rather than offering isolated sessions.
What people usually compare locally
- • Whether therapists have experience with developmental and neurodivergent conditions locally
- • Availability of early intervention or specialist programs in the area
- • Staff continuity and how well workers adapt to communication differences
- • Wait times for key therapies like speech, OT, and behaviour support
Language support in Maddingley
Maddingley has a large Punjabi-speaking community (2.3% of residents), so finding intellectual disability support in a shared language matters here. These are the main languages spoken at home locally (ABS Census 2021). When you get matched, ask providers which of their staff speak your language and whether they can keep that worker as your regular. Interpreters are free through TIS National for NDIS appointments, and My Aged Care can arrange them for aged care assessments.
Speaker counts are persons using the language at home in this postcode. Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021 (table G13). Carevo connects families with providers and does not deliver care itself.
Services and providers to compare first in Maddingley
For developmental conditions, compare the services that remove the biggest daily bottlenecks first: communication, regulation, behaviour, routines, and participation. The strongest providers usually coordinate across therapy and support work instead of leaving families to stitch everything together. Use the service links below to pressure-test provider fit, not just to browse every option in the area.
The Intellectual Disability provider network on Carevo
93 providers on Carevo have engaged with enquiries associated with intellectual disability, with 9 engaging more than once.90 are registered NDIS providers. Enquiry activity ranks above self-described condition claims, but it does not prove that support started, was completed, or went well.
Supports they provide
- • Support workers
- • Personal care
- • Social and community support
- • Therapy
- • Allied health
Where providers are
Providers with intellectual disability enquiry activity are listed in more than 110 suburbs across New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, and other states.
Often supported alongside
The same providers have also engaged with enquiries associated with Autism, Incontinence, stroke, Psychosocial Disability, and Schizophrenia.
About Maddingley, VIC
Population
3,453
Local government area
Moorabool (Shire)
Providers listed
4
Maddingley sits within the Moorabool (Shire) local government area in VIC. Providers serving this area often cover surrounding suburbs in the same LGA, so it is worth checking neighbouring areas if you cannot find an exact match.
How to check a provider's credentials
Carevo shows register-sourced status fields and links you to the official Australian registers so you can confirm the current entry yourself. Here is what each listing shows and where to check it. A listing on Carevo is not an endorsement.
NDIS registration
Listings show whether a provider reports being NDIS registered. You can confirm a provider's current registration and approved support types yourself on the NDIS Commission's public provider register.
Source: NDIS Quality and Safeguards CommissionAged care approval
The aged care approval label is sourced from the Australian Government's My Aged Care provider register. Confirm the current entry and the services listed there before choosing a provider.
Source: My Aged Care (Department of Health and Aged Care)ABN you can check
Most listings include the provider's Australian Business Number, shown on the profile. You can look it up on the Australian Business Register to confirm the business is registered and active.
Source: Australian Business RegisterComplaints process
If you have a concern about any provider, you can lodge a complaint with the NDIS Commission or the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission at any time. We also accept complaints via our own channel.
Source: NDIS Commission / Aged Care CommissionCare services available in Maddingley
How many providers cover each type of support in Maddingley.
* Services commonly accessed for this condition
What happens after you request support in Maddingley
Map current barriers
Identify whether the main gaps are in communication, daily routines, behaviour, social participation, or independence at home.
Compare therapy and support options
Look at providers who offer the right therapy mix and support workers who understand how to work with developmental conditions in practice.
Check rapport and consistency
Ask about staff continuity, how therapists adapt to the person's communication style, and whether you can trial before committing.
For NDIS participants with developmental conditions, it also helps to confirm whether the provider can coordinate across therapies (e.g. OT and speech working together on the same goals) and whether support workers are trained in the specific condition.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is intellectual disability covered by the NDIS?
NDIS access is assessed individually. You must meet the age and residence requirements and the disability or early intervention requirements. A diagnosis alone does not establish eligibility, a funded support or a particular budget. Ask your treating practitioner for evidence of permanence, functional impact and the support you need. The NDIA decides access and funding.
What NDIS funding can people with an intellectual disability use for daily life in Maddingley?
NDIS participants with an intellectual disability in Maddingley can use funding for support workers, community access, life skills development, behaviour support, and supported independent living. Carevo lists relevant service providers; confirm their condition-specific experience, credentials and local availability directly.
How do I find a support worker experienced with intellectual disability in Maddingley?
Carevo lists support workers in Maddingley with experience in intellectual disability. You can compare providers by their services and verification status. Look for providers who offer life skills development, community access, and personal care with relevant experience.
What is supported independent living (SIL) and is it available in Maddingley?
SIL provides 24/7 support for NDIS participants who need help with daily tasks in a shared or individual living arrangement. SIL providers in Maddingley offer assistance with cooking, cleaning, personal care, and community access. Carevo can connect you with SIL providers in the Bendigo & Ballarat area.
What employment support is available for people with intellectual disability in Maddingley?
NDIS participants with intellectual disability in Maddingley can access school leaver employment supports (SLES), supported employment, job coaching, and workplace mentoring. These programs help develop interview skills, workplace routines, and on-the-job confidence. Carevo connects you with employment support providers in Bendigo & Ballarat.
What behaviour support options exist for intellectual disability in Maddingley?
Positive behaviour support practitioners in Maddingley work with people with intellectual disability to understand the function of challenging behaviours and develop replacement strategies. NDIS-funded behaviour support plans are person-centred and focus on skill building rather than restriction. Carevo lists registered behaviour support providers in Bendigo & Ballarat.
Understanding Intellectual Disability
Intellectual disability is characterised by significant limitations in intellectual functioning and adaptive behaviour, affecting everyday conceptual, social, and practical skills. It originates before the age of 22 and is one of the most common primary disabilities supported by the NDIS in Australia. The degree of intellectual disability varies widely. Some people live independently with occasional support, while others need help with most daily tasks. Common areas of difficulty include learning new information, problem-solving, managing money, understanding abstract concepts, and adapting to new situations. Many people with intellectual disability also experience co-occurring conditions such as epilepsy, autism, or mental health challenges, which can complicate support needs. Effective support focuses on building capability rather than creating dependence. The goal is usually to help the person do as much as they can for themselves, with the right level of assistance to fill genuine gaps.
How intellectual disability affects daily life
Intellectual disability affects daily life across multiple areas. Following multi-step instructions, managing appointments, handling money, preparing meals, and using public transport can all require varying levels of support. Social situations may be difficult to read, which can lead to vulnerability or isolation. Many people with intellectual disability need support to understand and exercise their rights, make informed decisions, and participate in their community. The right support worker can turn a frustrating task into a manageable routine by breaking it into smaller steps and providing consistent, patient guidance.
What to look for in a provider
Good providers for intellectual disability focus on capability building rather than doing everything for the person. They set clear, measurable goals and track progress over time. Ask how they teach new skills, what their staff-to-participant ratios are, and how they handle situations where the person is struggling. Red flags include providers who cannot explain their approach to building independence, who rotate staff frequently without handover, or who default to group activities without individual goal planning. Look for providers whose workers have experience with intellectual disability specifically, not just a generic disability qualification.
How to access funding
NDIS access is assessed individually. You must meet the age and residence requirements and the disability or early intervention requirements. A diagnosis alone does not establish eligibility, a funded support or a particular budget. Ask your treating practitioner for evidence of permanence, functional impact and the support you need. The NDIA decides access and funding. Plan duration and reassessment dates vary; request a change if your circumstances or support needs change.
Sources: AIHW – The definition and prevalence of intellectual disability in Australia · NDIS eligibility requirements · NDIS pricing arrangements
Need help with NDIS for Intellectual Disability? A support coordinator can help you find the right providers and get the most from your plan. Find support coordinators in Maddingley
Funding and costs for intellectual disability support in Maddingley
Funding is assessed individually. A diagnosis does not determine a standard budget.
There is no standard plan budget for this diagnosis. Obtain a written quote for the services, time, travel and cancellation terms you need, then check the applicable support item and your available funding. Published NDIS prices are limits for applicable managed supports, not an estimate of individual entitlement. Self-managed participants can negotiate rates under their funding rules.
Check the linked government sources and obtain a quote before committing funds.
Funding Pathway Guide
Answer four questions to see which funding pathway usually applies, and what to do next. This is a guide, not an eligibility assessment.
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