Adam brought his own ingredients in. Not because anyone asked him to – because he’d decided what he wanted to bake, and that meant doing the shopping himself. By the time he got to the Kingsley kitchen, he had everything he needed for a batch of scones and a chocolate cake.
He worked through it in his own order: pan on the stove, mixture measured out, cake in to bake while the scones came together on the bench. When everything was ready, he plated the cake up and sat down to morning tea – the same reward anyone gets after a morning of cooking, nothing more dramatic than that.
What this is all about
This session sits inside our daily living skills program at Kingsley, where practical, everyday tasks – baking, cooking, washing up – are the actual content of the support, not an add-on to it. The idea is straightforward: doing these tasks yourself, regularly, is what builds real independence and confidence, more than being talked through them or having them done for you.
For Adam, that meant a session built around a specific outcome he chose – scones and a cake, made from ingredients he picked – rather than a generic “cooking activity.” The skills involved (following a recipe, managing multiple things on the stove at once, timing a bake) are the same ones anyone building kitchen confidence would work on. The difference is that the session was shaped around what he wanted to make, not a set menu.
How this gets planned
Sessions like this aren’t decided by a roster or a program outline. They’re planned with the person, around a goal they’ve set – whether that’s baking, cooking a full meal, managing washing up, or another daily task they want to be able to do on their own. Someone might start with a simple task and build up, or come in already knowing exactly what they want to make, like Adam did. Either way, the starting point is the goal, and the plan works backwards from there.
That’s a fairly ordinary way to describe support, but it’s also the honest one – and it’s worth being upfront about, because it’s not how every service runs.
Why this matters locally
At Community Vision, we run this daily living skills program from our Kingsley site in Perth’s northern suburbs. It’s part of our wider Our Community Focus initiative – bringing social and skill-building programs to local children, young adults and adults.
If you’re comparing options and looking for an NDIS provider in Perth that plans sessions like this around what someone actually wants to achieve – rather than a fixed activity list – it’s worth seeing what a session looks like in practice, not just what it’s described as on paper. Not all NDIS providers in Perth structure things this way, and it’s a fair thing to ask about directly when you’re weighing up who to go with.
Your life, your way
Adam set out to bake something specific, worked through it his own way, and sat down to enjoy it once it was done. This is an example of what “your life, your way” looks like day to day at Community Vision: goals set by the person, sessions built around them, and independence built through doing, not being done for.
If you want to talk through what a daily living skills session could look like for you or someone you support, get in touch with us or call 1800 YOUR LIFE (1800 968 754).