Supporting Communities Australia

About Supporting Communities Australia

Supporting Communities Australia is a registered NDIS provider based in Liverpool, New South Wales, working only with young people aged 12 to 20 across Western Sydney, South West Sydney and the Illawarra. The legal entity is Supporting Communities Australia Pty Ltd (ABN 37 659 066 627), an Australian private company active on the Australian Business Register since 4 July 2022, with the trading name “SCA Group” recorded from May 2025.

The organisation’s own words describe a trauma-informed and neurodiversity-affirming practice, with mentoring goals set together with the young person. The founder, Yosmerys Aparicio Cuencas, works alongside families, carers, support coordinators, schools and DCJ caseworkers.

Services Supporting Communities Australia provides

The services below are the ones Supporting Communities Australia’s own website advertises AND that are covered by its current NDIS registration groups. Each is matched to the registration groups that cover it on the Commission’s register.

• Youth Mentoring — one-to-one mentoring for young people aged 12 to 20, focused on life skills, connection and confidence (registration groups: Participate Community; Development — Life Skills)
• NDIS Capacity Building — building skills, independence and community participation for young NDIS participants (registration groups: Development — Life Skills; Participate Community; Innovative Community Participation)
• Out of Home Care Youth Support — specialist mentoring for young people in out-of-home care, working alongside DCJ caseworkers and foster carers (registration groups: Participate Community; Development — Life Skills; Assist — Life Stage, Transition)

Other registration groups held, not currently advertised

The Commission’s register records eight further registration groups for this ABN that Supporting Communities Australia’s own website does not list as current services. They are shown here so the full scope of the registration is visible, but we do not list them above as services on offer: Specialised Disability Accommodation, Household Tasks, Group and Centre-based Activities, Daily Tasks in a group or shared living arrangement, Accommodation and Tenancy Assistance, Assistance with Travel and Transport, Supported Independent Living, and Assistance with Daily Personal Activities. Contact the provider directly to ask whether any of these are available.

Registration and conditions

The registration is in force until 10 April 2028. The register entry is published under the legal name Supporting Communities Australia Pty Ltd, with the recorded head office LIVERPOOL NSW 2170.

Three conditions are recorded on the registration by the Commission. They are reproduced below as the register records them:

1. “A variation condition is imposed for the assessment of Module 5A: Assistance with SIL. The audit must be conducted as part of the provider’s mid-term audit, which must commence by 1 February 2027.”

2. “A condition is imposed for a Certification audit to be conducted on site, including provision of revised responses to the NDIS Practice Standards, three months after service delivery commences.”

3. “A condition has been imposed, for providers of 0107 Assistance with daily personal activities, for risk assessment of participants who choose to be supported by a single worker.” ndiscommission.gov.au/providers/providers-assistance-daily

See the Commission’s page for Supporting Communities Australia Pty Ltd for the current version.

What to ask before choosing a youth-focused NDIS provider

For youth mentoring and capacity-building work with young people, ask who the specific mentor would be and how continuity is handled during school holidays or staff turnover. The mentor-participant relationship matters as much as the organisation.

For out-of-home care support, ask how the provider coordinates with Department of Communities and Justice caseworkers and foster carers, and how handovers happen between schools, placements and families.

For plan management of funding, confirm which route applies to you — self-managed, plan-managed or NDIA-managed — and sort out invoicing before the first appointment, not after.

NDIS supports in South Western Sydney

The South Western Sydney NDIS service district covers Liverpool and surrounding suburbs. Supporting Communities Australia’s service area extends across Western Sydney, South West Sydney and the Illawarra, so a participant in those regions may be able to access its youth-focused mentoring and capacity-building supports.

Comparing a few providers in your area is worth the time, especially for ongoing mentoring where the match between participant and mentor is a large part of what makes the support work.

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