Doing life your way, wherever home is
For many people, choosing to live in regional New South Wales is a deliberate decision. It’s about lifestyle, connection and belonging. It’s knowing your neighbours, feeling part of your community and living at a pace that feels right for you.
For people with disability, however, regional living can come with extra challenges – especially when it comes to finding and keeping good Support Workers. Choice and control shouldn’t disappear just because you live outside a city. That’s where Living My Way’s Employ Your Own Support Worker service really makes a difference.
When support is built around your life
Managing your own support and care offers the ultimate choice and control. You decide who supports you, when they work and how support fits into your day and your life.
But managing on your own doesn’t have to mean doing everything alone.
For people who want independence but need extra support with administration, compliance or human resource responsibilities, Living My Way provides the guidance and systems to help make it work. Through the Employ Your Own Support Worker service, you stay in control of your support team while Living My Way helps you with payroll, compliance, paperwork and ongoing administration.
his balance is especially valuable in regional NSW communities where disability support services can be limited, disability Support Worker providers may come and go and rosters don’t always reflect real life.
Support that respects regional lifestyles
Life in regional NSW – whether you are in Central West NSW, the South Coast NSW, the Hunter or surrounding areas – often looks different to life in the city.
Days may start earlier. Travel distances are longer. Community connections can be stronger.
The Employ Your Own (EYO) Support Worker service allows people to build support arrangements that reflect these realities. When you choose your own disability Support Workers, you can find people who understand your lifestyle and the rhythms of your community. Support becomes practical, flexible and grounded in local knowledge.
This makes everyday life simpler and more predictable, especially when support happens in your home or out in the community.
Continuity matters when options are limited
In smaller communities, consistency is critical. Changing workers frequently can be disruptive, stressful and impractical.
The EYO Support Worker service supports long-term working relationships. When you employ your own Support Workers, you are more likely to build trust and familiarity over time. That continuity supports confidence, dignity and safety, particularly in regional NSW settings where backup options may be limited.
Support becomes a partnership rather than a transaction.
Supporting families and strengthening communities
In regional NSW towns — such as Bathurst, Orange, Dubbo, the Hunter Valley and Bowral — families often play a key role in supporting people with disability. The EYO Support Worker model can help ease that pressure by creating sustainable support arrangements that don’t rely solely on family members filling service gaps.
At the same time, employing local Support Workers creates meaningful jobs within the community. Skills stay local, knowledge is shared, and support feels more connected to place. Disability support becomes something that strengthens regional NSW communities, rather than being delivered from the outside.
How Living My Way supports you
With the EYO Support Worker service, Living My Way provides the behind-the-scenes support, so you don’t have to manage everything alone. This includes help with recruitment, onboarding, payroll, compliance and ongoing administration.
You stay in charge of your disability Support Worker team. We support you to make it work smoothly.
This balance of control and support is what makes the EYO Support Worker service particularly well suited to regional NSW.
Living life your way, wherever home is
Where you live should never limit your independence.
With the EYO Support Worker service, people with disability living in regional areas get the freedom of managing their own care, get supported by expert guidance and stay connected to their homes, their communities and the lives they have chosen.
As Living My Way continues to expand across regional New South Wales, our focus remains clear: supporting people to live life their way, with the right support, in the place they call home.
Want to learn more?
If you’d like to learn more about how Living My Way’s Employ Your Own Support Worker service can help you build a trusted support team that fits your life, our friendly team is here to help.
You can call us on (02) 8525 4000, email us via operations@lmwl.org.au or complete the contact us form on our website.