You’ll know who you’re dealing with
Focusing on wellness and opportunity for ability.
Who’s actually turning up
A diverse team of passionate individuals, full of energy and creativity. Each member brings a unique perspective and a strong commitment to our mission, from young, bubbly support workers to those with years of experience. We carefully select and match our team to suit your individual needs.
Chloe Blacklaws
DirectorChloe has worked across school, community access and respite settings throughout NSW and QLD. She developed a strong passion for helping participants achieve things once thought inaccessible, and created Waves as a place to make that possible.
Divya Lal
DirectorDivya has worked across the NDIS for the past six years and comes from a medical background. She is passionate about empowering individuals with disabilities and being part of positive change in the sector.
Our team
Support workersA diverse team of passionate individuals, full of energy and creativity. Our support workers are carefully selected and matched to suit individual needs, ranging from newly hired staff to experienced professionals.
We reach the 10k step goal. We go on that scary ride. We swim even when it’s a bit cold.
No one-size-fits-all support
Our team members are thoughtfully matched with participants based on personality, skills and shared goals, creating a consistent, supportive and meaningful experience.
We redefine how goals are achieved through person-centred NDIS support, combining meaningful progress with joy, confidence and real life experiences.
- Personality
- Skills
- Shared goals
Support built around the person
The ways we support people across Sydney, plus the water program that’s ours alone. Not sure which fits? Call us and we’ll work it out together.
1:1 and 2:1 support
Personalised activities built around goals, interests and support needs.
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Tailored to each individual, with personalised activities designed around their goals, interests and support needs. This may include community outings, skill development, appointments and leisure activities that align with the participant's preferences.
Short-term accommodation (respite)
A temporary stay in a safe, supportive environment, with 24/7 support.
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A temporary stay in a safe and supportive environment. Participants enjoy a range of activities, receive 24/7 support, build social connections and develop life skills, all while experiencing a change of scenery. It also gives families and carers time to rest and recharge. Emergency respite available.
Water-based therapy
Learn to swim, surf, boating and water skill programs.
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Learn to swim, surf, boating and water-based skill programs, built around water safety, physical wellness and social connection.
Transport support
Appointments, family visits, anywhere you need to be.
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Need to get to an appointment? Visit family? Wherever you need to go, our team is here to support you.
Domestic assistance
Keeping your space safe and comfortable while building independence.
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Keeping your space safe, clean and comfortable while supporting your day-to-day independence.
Overnight support
Active overnight support and sleepover assistance.
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Active overnight support and sleepover assistance, so there is someone there through the night.
High behaviour support
Workers trained in behaviours of concern, for safe, tailored support.
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Our support workers are trained in behaviours of concern and provide safe, tailored support to help individuals access meaningful community experiences.
Life skills development
Cooking, budgeting, transport: the everyday skills that build independence.
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Real skills, built through real activities: cooking a meal, managing money, catching public transport, running a household. Practised alongside a support worker, again and again, until they hold on their own.
Goal setting & planning
Every support plan has a goal behind it: we work toward it, not just supervise the activity.
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We sit down with you to set real, achievable goals tied to your NDIS plan, then check in on progress regularly rather than letting a goal sit unused on a page. Every session works toward something.
The Water Skill Program
Learn to swim, surf, boating and water-based skill programs. Built around water safety, physical wellness and the kind of confidence you can't teach in a room. Most providers won't take someone into the surf. We will, and we're set up for it.
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It comes in waves.
Autism, disability and mental health move like tides. Days are good, days are bad. The smallest thing can cause the biggest change.
So does the ocean.
Get in, and it meets you where you are. At your lowest it pulls you up. At your happiest it lifts you higher. It never asks how you arrived.
and that’s the whole name, reallyTwo true things, one word.
Because it comes in waves: the good days, the hard ones, the small thing that changes everything.
And because the water does exactly the same thing, and the water is where it gets better. Both are true at once. That’s the whole word.
What’s there at every point on the wave: the top of it, the bottom of it, and the long ordinary stretch in between.
Our job is to be in the water at all of them.
We don’t try to flatten the wave.
Make every day the same. Treat a hard day as a problem with the person, and a good day as the level to hold.
Know where someone is on the wave today, and go in with them. A hard day isn’t a failure to fix. It’s a tide, and tides turn.
Nobody gets a flat line. Not our participants, not their families, not our staff.
and we’d rather plan for thatThe same shape describes both.
Not a coincidence we noticed afterwards. It’s the reason for the name.
Not sure where to start?
Send us an enquiry or give us a call and we’ll talk it through. There’s no pressure and no jargon. You can also read our getting started steps or FAQs.