Life Skills & Transitions
“I’d like to do that
for myself.”
Practise cooking, shopping, budgeting or getting organised with someone alongside you. Start with one thing you’d like to be able to do more confidently.
See what we can help with ↓
This service at a glance
Easy Read version →- What we help with
- Practice with everyday skills, such as making a meal, shopping or organising your day.
- What support can involve
- Break a task into smaller steps and practise it with support, at your own pace.
- Where to start
- Choose something you would like to learn or feel more confident doing.
Start with something you want to learn.
Perhaps you’d like to make your own lunch, keep track of appointments or shop without feeling overwhelmed. We start with a task that matters to you and work out which parts would be useful to practise.
A worker can demonstrate, give a prompt or break a task into smaller steps. There’s time to repeat a step and try a different approach. You don’t have to learn everything at once.
If you’re preparing to move or your routine is changing, we can help you organise the practical jobs, get familiar with what’s new and find the community services you need.
Learning to prepare a meal.
We can break meal preparation into manageable steps and practise each one with you.
Choose and plan
Pick a meal you enjoy and work out which ingredients you already have.
Shop and prepare
Use a short shopping list, then practise the parts of preparing the meal you want to learn.
Try it again
Keep the instructions that helped, change what didn’t and repeat the task at a comfortable pace.
Everyday skills worth practising.
- 01Cooking, shopping and organising household tasks
- 02Budgeting, understanding bills and planning purchases
- 03Planning the day and making everyday decisions
- 04Preparing for a move or a new routine
- 05Mentoring and practising skills at your pace
- 06Connecting with community and tenancy information services
Making a favourite lunch, one part at a time.
A participant wants to prepare lunch at home, but finds it difficult to plan ingredients and follow several cooking steps at once.
KIRAYA could start with a familiar meal, a short shopping list and a picture or written sequence the participant finds easy to use.
A worker would practise individual steps alongside them, repeating the useful parts and adjusting prompts as they gain confidence.
More confidence with a task they chose.
Progress might mean choosing the ingredients or completing one step with less prompting. The goal belongs to the participant, and the pace can change.
Questions about
getting started.
FROM THE JOURNALNDIS life skills support: examples of everyday goalsRead the guide ↗Can I work on one skill at a time?
Yes. A single practical goal can be a useful starting point. We can discuss what you already do, where support would help and how you would like to practise.
Is this different from household support?
Life skills support focuses on learning and practising. Household support is practical assistance with tasks around the home. You may find both useful at different times.
What would you like to feel more confident doing?
Cooking, shopping, managing a week or preparing for a move. Bring us one idea and we’ll help you find a place to start.
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