Personal Interests
Learn through genuine interests.
Every mentoring journey is built around the participant’s interests, strengths and goals, making learning engaging, meaningful and motivating.
NDIS Creative Mentoring
Supporting creativity, confidence and personal growth through one-to-one creative mentoring.
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Who Creative Mentoring Is For
Creative mentoring can support a wide range of people, whether you’re looking to build confidence, develop creative skills or explore personal interests.
Participants
One-to-one mentoring built around individual interests, strengths and personal goals.
Parents & Families
Support creative confidence, independence and meaningful skill development in a safe, encouraging environment.
Support Coordinators
A flexible creative mentoring option that can complement broader capacity-building goals.
Plan Managers
Straightforward invoicing and communication for eligible self-managed and plan-managed participants.
How Creative Mentoring Can Support
Creative mentoring uses meaningful creative projects to build practical skills, confidence and independence through one-to-one support.
How Sessions Work
A simple, personalised approach to creative mentoring.
Every participant is different. Sessions are built around individual interests, goals and support needs, with projects that evolve over time.
Initial Conversation
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We begin by getting to know the participant, their interests, strengths, goals and the type of support they’re looking for.
Personalised Planning
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Together we choose creative projects and learning experiences that match their interests and support their goals.
Creative Mentoring
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Regular one-to-one sessions provide encouragement, practical skill development and meaningful creative progress.
Review & Grow
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As confidence and skills develop, sessions evolve with new challenges, projects and future goals.
NDIS Information
Simple information for participants, families and support professionals.
Funding & Eligibility
✓ Self-managed participants
✓ Plan-managed participants
Make Mode is a non-registered NDIS provider, so we work with self-managed and plan-managed participants.
Ask about eligibility ➔
Session Format
✓ One-to-one mentoring
✓ Online or in person
Sessions run 60–90 minutes, typically weekly or fortnightly.
Personalised Mentoring
Every participant is different. Sessions are adapted to individual interests, strengths, support needs and personal goals.
Capacity Building
Creative mentoring can support confidence, communication, independence and practical life skills while working towards individual participant goals.
Safety & Professional Standards
✓ NDIS Worker Screening Check
✓ Working with Children Check
✓ First Aid & CPR
✓ Work in line with the NDIS Code of Conduct
✓ Public liability & professional indemnity insurance
Working Together
Where appropriate, I can work alongside parents, support coordinators and other support professionals to help keep mentoring aligned with participant goals.
Support Options
Simple options to begin, build confidence and find the right level of support.
Creative Goals Session
A discovery session to explore your unique creative strengths, define your goals, and identify the best support to get you moving.
Make Mode Starter
A 6-session foundation block. Perfect for testing your creative fit, building confidence, and completing your first small project.
Make Mode Pathway
A 12-week mentoring program. We focus on sustained skill-building, project development, and mapping out your next creative steps.
Ongoing Mentoring
Flexible, ongoing support. Weekly or fortnightly sessions to sustain momentum, track progress, and refine your future creative steps.
Practical Details
Everything you need to arrange and manage support, from service areas and rates to agreements and cancellations. This information is a general guide only and is not NDIS planning or financial advice. Whether creative mentoring can be funded depends on each participant’s plan, goals and budget.
Service Area
✓ Online across Australia
✓ In person in Melbourne and surrounding suburbs
Sessions are delivered online Australia-wide, or in person around Melbourne and surrounding suburbs. If you're outside that area, get in touch and we'll work out what's possible.
Rates & Invoicing
✓ ABN 82 641 885 903
✓ Invoiced to plan managers or participants
Rates are provided on enquiry and set in line with the NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits. Plan-managed participants are invoiced directly through their plan manager, and self-managed participants are invoiced directly for claiming. Every invoice includes the details needed to process a claim, including ABN, participant details, session dates and support descriptions.
Service Agreements
✓ Written agreement before we begin
✓ Clear supports, rates and terms
A written service agreement is put in place before mentoring starts. It sets out the supports being delivered, session length and frequency, rates, cancellation terms and how we'll communicate, so participants, families and support teams all have the same information from day one.
Cancellations
✓ Two clear business days notice
✓ Terms set out in your agreement
Life happens, and plans change. I ask for two clear business days notice to reschedule or cancel a session where possible, so the time can be offered to someone else. Cancellation terms follow the NDIS Pricing Arrangements and are set out clearly in your service agreement.
Our Approach
Creative mentoring isn’t about producing perfect artwork. It’s about using meaningful creative projects to build confidence, independence and practical skills while encouraging creativity, self-expression and personal growth. Creative mentoring is skill development and capacity building, not clinical therapy or creative arts therapy, and it complements rather than replaces therapeutic or clinical supports.
Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to common questions about NDIS creative mentoring, funding and getting started.
Let's talk about what's possible
Whether you're a participant, a family member or a support professional, I'm happy to talk through goals, fit and next steps. No pressure, and no obligation to book.
