Why use a Plan Manager?
November 3rd, 2023 
A Plan Manager is essentially a book-keeper.
Plan-Managed funding allows care recipients to hire non-registered supports, but without all the work of self-managed funding. With this option, recipients hire a plan manager to organise payments and store all records on their behalf. Similar to having their own personal book-keeper for their NDIS plan. There is also extra funding available to pay the plan manager so that money won’t be taken away from other supports. The only downside here is the NDIS won’t let recipients pay supports more than the price limit.
A great thing about being able to hire supports that are not registered with the NDIS is that it allows people to get more involved in their community. This is due to being able to use providers that don’t specialise in disability. If the care recipient has an unregistered NDIS provider in mind, then with plan-management or self-management the recipient can still hire them.
