Create Disability Services

Create Disability Services is an independent company offering leading NDIS Support Coordination and Specialist Support Coordination Services.

Our dedicated team will support you to understand and implement your plan. We will inspire you to set goals that will help you reach your potential. Working together, we can help you to thrive, get the most from your plan and live your best life.

MEET THE TEAM

Kate Burdekin

Introducing Kate Burdekin.
Founder and Lead Coordinator of Create Disability Services.

Want to feel heard?
Looking for compassionate support?
Wanting to replace NDIS frustrations with Kate’s mantra for you to ‘Dream big and make your goals a reality?!’

Kate is a caring individual who goes above and beyond to ensure her clients are heard and supported to ‘dream big and make goals a reality.’

Kate is a highly skilled and experienced professional, with a combination of life experience mixed with professional qualifications.

Kate started out in foster care coordination and gradually progressed to embrace NDIS as a means to support vulnerable individuals.

Kate has a vast background of experience, both behind the desk, managing teams and supporting vulnerable people in the community; including actively protecting vulnerable people and providing supports for complex physical and mental health needs.

Kate is particularly passionate and confident when managing complex care needs of individuals to ensure positive outcomes occur to improve everyday life.

Kate is profoundly committed to making her clients views heard!

So if you’re looking for a well qualified, down to earth, easy going person to make some waves for you; then look no further!

Kate LOVES this wonderful industry. She is passionate about your growth, the ongoing growth of her team workers and Create Disability Services as a whole.

Managing Director – Coordinator of Supports

Kate Bell-Wood (Kiki)

Kate’s education includes completion of a Diploma of Youth Work, Certificate III in Aged Care and additional training in Advanced Case Management and Mental Health First Aid. Before Kate ventured into Support Coordination, she started her NDIS journey on the other side of the fence as the primary support of a family member who lives with a complex Psychosocial and Neurological Disability. Kate’s employment and educational background were a help along the way with picking up the basics, but what truly helped her to grow her understanding of the NDIS was the support of an amazing COS who was invested in supporting us to understand her family member’s NDIS plan and build a strong team of supports. This support was integral with helping her family member regain their quality of life and rejoin living in the community they had previously been isolated from for significant time. With this experience and her passion for empowering others with knowledge, Kate knew that she had discovered the right future role for her!
Team Lead, Support Coordination

Lodia Wheat

Lodia has come into this position equipped with a strong base of professional experiences, previously being employed through the NDIS Partner in the community as an Early Childhood Educator and then building herself into the Team Lead position. Lodia has additionally worked as a Rehabilitation Coordinator, supporting participants with lifelong disabilities. Before these impressive roles, Lodia worked within the Health Department as a registered Midwife, therefore, it is clear to see that Lodia’s diversity and commitment to her career journey have built a firm foundation for her role as a support coordinator.
Lodia is a compassionate, dedicated, and empathetic individual with a passion for ensuring that her participants needs are best met and that their interests, views, and wishes remain at the forefront focus of all decisions and actions.
We are so fortunate to have Lodia as a strong addition to our diverse team and we are all so appreciative to have her work alongside us to best assist in improving the lives of the wonderful participants we support here at Create Disability Services!
Coordinator of Supports

Alexandra Rogers (Alex)

For those of you that have been fortunate to have met and worked alongside Alex you would agree that she is an extremely intelligent, compassionate, driven, and reliable individual who holds a passion for participants rights and advocacy.

Alex is extremely knowledgeable holding both personal and professional experiences; having worked with in both the aged care and disability field having worked previously in the sector undertaking various roles such as disability support work, personal care assistant, plan management, claims officer and in turn prior experience within the NDIS Support Coordinator role.

Alex has come into the industry with a passion for personal growth and development, making her a strong asset to not only our team but the individuals she supports. With this being said, I’m sure you would all agree that Alex is an extremely strong addition to our growing team here at Create Disability Services and we are beyond thrilled to have her by our side!

Coordinator of Supports

Meagan White

Meagan is an extremely motivated, driven, passionate and skilled individual who has proven her capabilities within the role thus far accomplishing many outstanding results and achievements with her participants and their care teams.

Meagan came to Create Disability Services holding strong qualifications and experiences working within the disability services sector as a Behaviour Support Practitioner, House Manager and lead disability support worker.

For all of those who have been fortunate to have met and worked alongside Meagan, I’m sure you will all agree that she is extremely passionate, dedicated, skilled, and responsive.

To say that we are thrilled to have Meagan apart of our team here at Create Disability Services is an understatement… It’s wonderful and dedicated employees like Meagan who make Create Disability Services the reputable organisation it stands to be today.

Coordinator of Supports

Charmaine Rogers

Charmaine has come into this position equipped with a strong base of professional qualifications and experiences, previously being employed within the disability employment service space as an employment consultant, regional manager then worked her way into practice and performance management positions prior to her transition into the NDIS Support Coordination space where Charmaine has been working as NDIS Support Coordination Team Leader.
Charmaine is a driven, passionate, dedicated, and empathetic individual who is driven by empowering and supporting individuals to increase their skills and capacity to achieve their goals professionally and personally.
We are truly fortunate to have this inspirational and knowledgeable woman as part of our team to assist not only the clientele here at Create Disability Services but our team as a whole.
Coordinator of Supports

Kylie Langton

Kylie has brought to the team a wealth of knowledge and experience having worked 11 years within the community services sector as an out of home care caseworker, casework coordinator, youth mentor and team manager in addition to permanent on call support for individuals in need of crisis supports.
Kylie’s strong work ethics and passion is a clear natural motivator in maintaining and increasing her knowledge and skills required to work effectively within the industry.
Kylie is proud to be from and Aboriginal family and takes pride in honoring the diverse beauty of her culture and is driven in ensuring those around her have the opportunity to best understand and respect all aspects of their culture.
Coordinator of Supports

Kelsie Smith

For those of you that have been fortunate to have met and worked alongside Kelsie you would agree that she is an extremely intelligent, compassionate, driven, and reliable individual who holds a passion for participants rights and advocacy.

Kelsie has brought with her a profound knowledge and relatable experiences working within the child protection industry, supporting children, young people, carers, caseworkers, birth families and external providers to build positive connections in supports of building positive outcomes for those in need.
Kelsie has proven her commitment and dedication in supporting the participants, family members and external providers on her case list build and establish positive care teams to enrich and motivate those she supports to dream big and make their goals a reality.

Kelsie has come into the industry with a passion for personal growth and development, making her a strong asset to not only our team but the individuals she supports. We are so pleased to have Kelsie working along side our team, her values, motivation, ethics and empathy is a true fit for what this organisation stands for!

Coordinator of Supports

Kerrie Turner

Kerrie’s prior work experiences and background includes working for the NSW Department of Education as a primary school teacher, Community Disability Alliance Hunter, Peer Mentor, Community Engagement officer and parent support. Kerrie additionally holds personal experiences self-managing a family’s NDIS plan, coordinating individual mental health supports and advocating through the NDIS internal review process.
Kerrie is a passionate, empathetic and dedicated individual who is driven by empowering and supporting individuals to increase their skills and capacity to achieve their goals. Kerrie is highly experienced in positively collaborating with individuals, families, support providers and colleagues to develop and implement personalised and person-centred support plans.
It is clear to say that we are truly fortunate to have this inspirational and knowledgeable woman apart of our team to best assist not only the clients on her care team but our team as a whole.
Coordinator of Supports

Lauren Richardson

Lauren has come into this position equipped with both personal and professional experiences having worked previously within the community services sector as a foster care caseworker and residential care worker.
Lauren is dedicated in ensuring the needs of the clients within Create are being met and their interests, views and wishes remain in the forefront focus of all decisions and actions made.
Lauren’s understanding of child protection and disability services equips her with the skills and abilities to assist young people in care with disabilities ensure that they receive appropriate plans to ensure that their disability needs and prioritised and best met.
Lauren has already proven her capabilities within the role and has established strong working relationships with her clients, their families and professional care teams.
We are so fortunate to have this skilled, compassionate and driven woman apart of our team assisting in improving the lives of the wonderful participants we support here at Create Disability Services!
Coordinator of Supports

Lilli Ng

Lilli has a diploma of community services, advanced diploma of nutritional medicine and in turn has extensive experience working in the child protection field, training foster carers and most recently worked as not only a mental health disability support worker but an assistant occupational therapist which has equipped her with a wealth of knowledge and hands on experience which is able to be best utilised within her role as a support coordinator with Create Disability Services.
We could not be happier to have this dedicated and passionate woman apart of our team here at Create!
Coordinator of Supports

Shabnam Shrestha

Shabnam has brought with her a good knowledge base and experiences having worked as a support coordinator, in addition to holding professional experiences working previously as a disability care coordinator, disability employment consultant, disability support worker and pharmacist assistant. It is clear to say that Shabnam’s past experiences have been key to shaping the coordinator she stands to be today.
Shabnam is a passionate and dedicated individual driven by positive results and outcomes for the participants she supports. Recent feedback has highlighted Shabnam’s responsiveness, attentiveness and dedication towards her clients and their care teams, always going above and beyond to ensure that each individual is best supported to make their personal goals a reality.
We are so pleased to have Shabnam working along side our team, her passion, motivation, drive and empathy is a true fit for what we stand for here at Create!
Coordinator of Supports

Our Mission.

We are committed to providing inclusive, innovative, flexible, and person-centered services to enhance the lives of people with disabilities, empowering individuals to have equal opportunities to dream big and hold healthy, independent lives.

Our Vision.

To create an inclusive, socially just community, built on trust, respect, and equality, where people with a disability are provided equal opportunities to participate in a society where abilities, rather than disabilities, are recognised.

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