Co-Create: About

Co-Create is the result of a collaborative partnership between JP Trusted Advisor and Facilitatrix, forming an alliance designed to support you, your organisation and the people you support. Because meaningful change is achieved together.

By bringing together two experienced, values aligned and driven organisations, Co-Create offers practical, informed support that helps you strengthen governance, build workforce capability and prepares you for audits and registration requirements, while helping you develop services that are ethical, sustainable and future ready.

We understand, as providers in the disability sector, providing services and supports can be complex. Not only do you have to navigate increasing regulatory expectations, workforce pressures and funding constraints, but you are trying to deliver high quality, person centred support that improves outcomes for NDIS participants, their families and carers.

Co-Create was developed with a clear focus. To support organisations like yours to operate with confidence, clarity and integrity in an environment that is increasingly evolving.

How can Co-Create help my organisation?

You might already be an established NDIS provider or perhaps your organisation is just starting out, Co-Create exists to provide consultancy and training which builds capacity within the disability and mental health sector.

Working together to understand your unique challenges and priorities, we will develop strategic, tailored responses that are achievable, relevant and embedded in practice.

Working with Co-Create, you can expect:

Clear guidance through complex NDIS requirements and regulatory changes.
Practical support to improve service quality.
Access to our expertise and real world operational experience.
A tailored approach, ensuring our consultancy and training deliverables are relevant to your organisation's size, strength, weaknesses, opportunities, threats and goals.
Confidence that your systems, workforce and practices are both ethical and audit ready.

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What services does Co-Create provide?

Our services include specialised consultancy services and training initiatives that aim to improve workforce capability, service quality and inclusion opportunities for people with disability, ensuring your services and supports align with the principals of the NDIS and the relevant legislation.

Through the services we provide, Co-Create helps organisations to:

Prepare for and support NDIS provider registration, compliance and service development.
Develop bespoke policies, procedures and governance frameworks aligned with best practices and regulatory standards.
Identify, develop and implement tailored training, mentoring and supervision programs according to sector needs to help strengthen workforce capability.
Identify, develop and implement tailored NDIS education and training programs according to both government and mainstream services.
Explore educational and training opportunities in the format of sector forums and/or conferences which upskill the sector and provide income revenue opportunities.

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Why this partnership matters

Together Jodi from JP Trusted Advisor and Caroline from Facilitatrix bring a wealth of knowledge and decades of frontline, leadership and consultancy experience across disability, mental health, aged care, government and human services.

That means the alliance understands not only the requirements of the NDIS, but how those requirements translate to day to day service delivery, ensuring participants are able to live their life the way they choose while working towards achieving their goals.

For you, this means Co-Create provides support that is:

Practical - we understand the realities you and your teams face each and every day.
Strategic - we ensure strategies for growth and effect are sustainable.
Ethical - we ensure services and supports are person-centred.
Responsive - we prepare you for upcoming sector changes, helping you implement those changes so you are ready for audit.

Our shared purpose

Our purpose is to foster a collaborative partnership and leverage the diverse expertise of both organisations to strengthen outcomes for people with disability, the organisations who support participants and the workforce that underpins the sector.

For you, that means having a trusted partner who works with you to help build capacity, capability and confidence across your organisation.

Our shared vision

We share a vision of a sector grounded in ethical practice and dedicated to achieving positive outcomes for the communities it serves.

Our values

Our values shape the services we provide, how we work with you and what you can expect from us.

Collaboration for impact - we believe meaningful change is achieved together.
Driving quality - we combine expertise with lived experience to uplift organisations.
Accountability in action - we hold ourselves accountable to our own values.
Achieving outcomes - we are driven by results that matter.
Ideas in action - we embrace innovation as a pathway to inclusion.

Meet Co-Create's partners

Jodi

Jodi is the Director of JP Trusted Advisor which she founded in 2019 and is also a highly experienced Specialist Support Coordinator and Consultant supporting disability service organisations.

For more than 30 years, Jodi has continued to work across the disability sector and has gained qualifications in Human Services and Disability, Community Services and Disability Support and is a qualified trainer and assessor with extensive NDIS knowledge and brings practical leadership, advocacy and a strong participant focus to her work.

With decades of experience working across accommodation, community access and employment services, Jodi has worked both in the not for profit and government sectors. Her experience across frontline and leadership roles has given her a detailed understanding of the operational realities faced by disability service providers and the challenges experienced by participants and their families and carers.

Jodi's work as a Specialist Support Coordinator is delivered independently from her consultancy services, without conflict of interest, ensuring participants receive objective, person centred support, while organisations benefit from ethical and transparent advisory services.

Jodi is highly regarded across the NDIS and disability sector and her organisation is recognised as a NDIS provider of choice. As Director of JP Trusted Advisor, Jodi leads and mentors a highly skilled and experienced team of support coordinators and specialist support coordinators ensuring high quality practice, strong supervision and consistent outcomes for participants. Jodi's consultancy experience includes supporting providers with NDIS compliance, SIL setup and registration, service development and training emerging providers to navigate NDIS regulation requirements with ease and confidence.

With a keen interest in workforce development, Jodi is particularly focused on training staff in participant rights, person centred practice and supported decision making. Jodi is well known in the sector for her transparent, collaborative approach and her commitment to building relationships with others and enjoys working closely with multidisciplinary teams, service providers and stakeholders to building capable teams and strong service delivery to achieve positive outcomes for people with disability.

Jodi is committed to supporting organisations to delivering safe, high quality and sustainable services by ensuring systems and practices are in place and teams are highly skilled, while putting participants at the centre of decision making and support.

Caroline

Caroline is the Director of Facilitatrix. With a Bachelor of Social Work and a background spanning disability, mental health, aged care and a range of government agencies and community services, Caroline is highly experienced in all aspects of the community services sector.

Caroline has a strong track record in managing, developing and delivering projects, programs and services across the sector and has extensive experience leading teams, managing complex stakeholder engagement and policy implementation. Caroline is particularly well regarded for her work in workforce capacity building, policy development and governance.

Caroline is an engaging educator, experienced public speaker and facilitator and is regularly requested to speak at sector forums, conferences and events about sector issues. As Director of Facilitatrix, Caroline has delivered consultancy services that help organisations develop strong systems, build capable workforces and meet regulatory requirements with confidence.

With a commitment to ethical practice and participant outcomes, Caroline brings practical, people centred expertise that support services to build strong foundations, meet compliance requirements and deliver quality support. Caroline is particularly focused on helping organisations strengthen their governance, develop bespoke policies and navigate complex NDIS requirements in practical ways that reflect how organisations operate on the ground.

Caroline believes that genuine quality comes from systems that make sense to the people using them and is known for her ability to deliver tailored solutions to organisations that are easily understood and embedded into everyday practice.