Bright Light Mentoring Service

About Bright Light Mentoring Service

Bright Light Mentoring Service is an NDIS-registered provider based in Shellharbour City Centre, New South Wales, serving participants across Illawarra Shoalhaven. They offer 3 types of support including psychosocial recovery coaching, sda and support worker. Bright Light Mentoring Service provides personal support for NDIS participants and community members affected by mental health and psychosocial issues. Bright Light is a small Wollongong based company, with locally sourced, experienced Mentor workers.

Services Bright Light Mentoring Service provides

• Psychosocial recovery coaching
• SDA
• Support worker

NDIS Commission register record

Published by the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, as at 2 August 2026.

Approved to deliver

• Participation in community, social and civic activities
• Household tasks
• Group and centre-based activities
• Supported independent living
• Assistance with daily life tasks in a group or shared living arrangement
• Assistance to access and maintain employment or higher education
• Assistance with travel and transport arrangements
• Innovative community participation
• Assistance with daily personal activities
• Development of daily living and life skills

Approval covers the support types listed above. It is not a statement that Bright Light Mentoring Service currently offers all of them, or has availability. How we check listings.

Source: NDIS Commission provider register, snapshot 2 August 2026.

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Understanding sda under the NDIS

SDA eligibility is one of the most evidence-intensive applications in the NDIS. The NDIA's published criteria require demonstration of "extreme functional impairment" or "very high support needs" — terms that are operationalised through specific assessment thresholds. Around 6% of NDIS participants currently receive SDA funding; applications without strong allied-health evidence rarely succeed.

A successful SDA application typically includes recent (within 12 months) reports from an occupational therapist (functional capacity assessment, current home suitability assessment, recommended SDA design category with rationale), a physiotherapist (mobility and equipment requirements), and any specialist physician relevant to your condition. The OT's housing-suitability assessment is the central document — it must demonstrate that current housing is unsafe, unsuitable, or fails to support participation, and that an SDA design category would specifically resolve those issues.

SDA design categories are: Improved Liveability (sensory/intellectual/cognitive disability emphasis), Fully Accessible (wider doorways, accessible bathrooms, open-plan), High Physical Support (Fully Accessible plus structural provision for hoists and emergency power), and Robust (built for high-impact use where behaviour of concern may damage standard housing). The category is determined by the assessment evidence — you don't choose it, the assessor recommends it.

SDA funding is paid directly to the property owner. You pay a "reasonable rent contribution" — typically 25% of the Disability Support Pension plus 100% of Commonwealth Rent Assistance — from your personal income. SDA does not include support workers; that's funded separately as Supported Independent Living (SIL). When evaluating SDA properties, prioritise location relative to existing supports and informal networks; the building specs are easier to assess than the social fit, and moving back is administratively very difficult.

NDIS supports in Illawarra Shoalhaven

The Illawarra Shoalhaven service district covers 115+ suburbs and hosts 407+ registered NDIS providers. Participants in this area typically access services in their local community, though many providers including Bright Light Mentoring Service travel to clients at home. Travel charges under the NDIS are capped and must be agreed in your service agreement before work begins.

Most participants in Illawarra Shoalhaven access a mix of services — commonly transport, support worker and sda. Whether you’re looking for ongoing support or need a specific assessment, comparing providers in your area is the best way to find the right fit for your goals and circumstances.

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