Practical NDIS plan-management resources for support coordinators
Tools, checklists and explainers designed to make participant referrals, invoices, budgets and plan-manager handovers easier to navigate. Everything here is free to use, nothing is gated, and each item links to the primary sources it relies on.
Published by Forward Planning Plus — NDIS Registered Provider 4050161030. Australia-wide.
Practitioner tools
Built for the parts of the job that generate the most back-and-forth. Free, ungated, printable and copyable.
Plan manager referral checklist
Check you have what a plan manager needs before you refer. Essential, helpful and conditional items separated.
Plan manager handover template
Structured capture of plan dates, open invoices, budgets to monitor and immediate next actions.
Invoice rejection troubleshooter
An invoice has stalled. Work from the symptom to the category worth investigating next.
The library
Organised by the work rather than by content type. 29 resources across 6 areas.
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Invoices & providers
Sort out an invoice problem, or tell a provider exactly what a compliant invoice needs before it is sent.
Check a provider invoice item by item before it is submitted, and get a clear present / needs-review / missing-information result. Separates NDIA and tax invoice requirements from Forward Planning Plus processing preferences, with the primary sources listed.
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An invoice has stalled, been queried or come back for correction. Work from the symptom to the category worth investigating next, who can correct it, and when to bring the plan manager in.
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Send a provider a complete invoice layout before the first support is delivered: every required field, a worked example of the line items, and an onboarding email. Built from the same rule registry as the invoice checker.
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The reference to send a provider who keeps invoicing incorrectly: what each field means and why it is required.
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Explain to a participant or provider how an invoice moves from submission to payment, including participant reimbursements.
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A short list of the recurring errors behind most delayed provider payments, useful for provider onboarding conversations.
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If the invoice is compliant and still has not progressed, the plan manager holding the claim is the fastest path to an answer. Ask us about a specific invoice.
Budgets & funding
Read a participant's funding correctly, and spot overspend or underspend before it affects plan implementation.
Compare how much of a plan has passed against how much of a budget has gone, and get a plan runway in weeks. Shows variance against an even pace, projected position at plan end, and sustainable spend for the days remaining. The full method is published on the page.
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Work through how a participant's funding is allocated across support categories and what that means for spending pace.
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Funding is released across a plan rather than being available in full from day one. Six concepts with their practical implication, six direct answers, and a printable quick reference for implementation and period boundaries.
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Confirm what is flexible, what is stated, and which category a support should be claimed against.
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Identify the early signals of a plan tracking too fast or too slow, and what to do at each point in the plan.
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Explain the practical differences to a participant deciding how their plan should be managed.
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Budget visibility depends on who reports it. This is the reporting a participant and their coordinator can see with us. See how budgets are reported.
Referrals & onboarding
Move a participant to a plan manager with the right information the first time.
Confirm you have what a plan manager needs before you refer — plan dates, consent, current arrangement, open invoice issues. Tickable on screen, printable, and copyable into an email or CRM.
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Refer a participant
PathwayThe details we need to set a participant up, and what happens after a referral is submitted.
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Give a new participant something concrete to prepare before their planning conversation.
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New to plan management
ExplainerA plain-English starting point to send a participant who has never had a plan manager.
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You have the referral information ready — this is where it goes. Refer a participant.
Switching & handover
Change plan managers mid-plan without losing invoice continuity or budget visibility.
Capture the plan management context that gets lost in a mid-plan change — invoices already in flight, spend to date, budgets to monitor, and who notifies the providers. Fill in, copy or print; nothing is stored.
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The sequence for a mid-plan change, including what happens to invoices already in flight.
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Assess whether the current arrangement is the actual problem before recommending a change.
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How to assess a plan manager
ReferenceThe criteria worth asking about — responsiveness, reporting, invoice handling — when comparing providers.
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Once the handover detail is captured, the change itself is a short administrative process. Start a mid-plan switch.
Implementation & reassessment
Turn an approved plan into supports being delivered, then document what happened well before the plan is reassessed.
The first 90 days in order: reading the plan and its funding periods, agreeing the plan of action, onboarding providers, service agreements, and setting up utilisation monitoring. Tickable, printable, copyable.
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A five-part progress report structure you complete on the page, the evidence a reassessment discussion relies on, and the provider report request that asks for function rather than attendance.
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Confirm which pathway applies — variation or reassessment — and what evidence supports the request.
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Implementation moves faster when invoices have somewhere to go before providers start delivering. Refer a participant.
Plan management explained
Draw the line between plan management and support coordination, and answer participant questions accurately.
A 21-row responsibility matrix across plan setup, providers, invoices, budget monitoring, reassessment, safeguards and records — so nothing sits in the gap between the two roles.
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Who is responsible for what, so responsibilities are not duplicated or left unassigned.
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The scope of the role, including what a plan manager cannot decide on a participant's behalf.
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Plan management misconceptions
ExplainerCorrect the common assumptions participants raise about cost, provider choice and control.
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Locate funding, dates and stated supports in the plan document itself.
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Know which pathway applies and what evidence supports a change request.
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The page to send a participant who is still deciding whether plan management suits them. New to plan management.
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Valid, correctly submitted invoices are processed within 1–2 business days. Processing is the step we control. Final payment timing can also depend on NDIA processing and whether we need to clarify details with a provider. You reach our team directly, and participants and their coordinators can see budgets, invoices and statements through the participant portal.
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