feature
NEST matches you with homes suited
to your needs and wants.
is that there are many people chasing
too few vacancies, which can be hard
to find, and the requirements to fill
those vacancies are complex.”
Two years ago, Northcott
Innovation saw an opportunity to
help the market and the team began
exploring the development of the
Nest online platform.
Ms Frain said Nest is very simple
Go
NEST
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ew South Wales disability
home matching
platform designed
in its concept.
“Nest matches people with
disability looking for a place to live
with a vacancy that suits their needs,”
to help people with she said.
best place to live. for instance, it’s the wrong type of
disability find their
“If the vacancy isn’t suitable –
care, doesn’t meet their funding
allocation or doesn’t have the right
Ms Frain said choosing where to
facilities – then it won’t appear as
provider Northcott live is one of the biggest decisions a match. This means the person
Innovation has recently gone anyone can make. with disability doesn’t waste their
live with Nest to match people with “In the past, SDA was offered time applying for the vacancy
disability with accommodation that via a centralised waiting list system that doesn’t meet their needs.
meets their needs. that met the person’s care needs,
Northcott Innovation Executive
“Similarly, for the provider, it
but ignored important factors means that the people applying for
Director Samantha Frain said: “Nest like where they would like to live, their accommodation automatically
gives people with disability the what type of home they wanted meet the funding and support
chance to truly match their needs and to live in and with whom they requirements of their vacancy,
desires for a home with Specialist wanted to share,” she said. meaning they can focus on the more
Disability Accommodation (SDA)
“The new system under the
personal interaction of exploring
vacancies in a simple platform that National Disability Insurance Scheme compatibility between residents and
is easy to use. throws away the centralised waiting determining whether the available
list and leaves the filling of SDA home works for both parties.”
“Even if they are just thinking
about moving out or moving
homes, Nest allows them to search
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vacancies to the market.
“That assumes the person with
Ms Frain said for providers, the
platform’s bulk upload feature allows
for suitable properties and see disability looking for somewhere to listing all available properties at
what is out there that meets their live, and the SDA provider with a once, and at any stage providers
requirements. If they find something vacancy, both understand how that can download a list of matched
they like, all they have to do to apply market works and how best to find applications and their details.
is click a button.” what they want. However, the reality
accommodation
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