Sector Development Podcasts by National Disability Services (NDS)

Tom talks about the job satisfaction of working with a person to enable them to achieve their goals and tailoring support to promote their skill development and independence.

The NDIS has seen an increase in funding for disability service and the development of new roles. This podcast explores the role of a support coordinator

Another episode highlighting how students engaged in post-secondary and tertiary studies can combine study with rewarding work in disability

This podcast explores the variety of career opportunities in disability, Tom uses his own career to highlight the diversity of roles available.

People living with psychosocial disability have faced a number of barriers in navigating the NDIS and in implementing their plans. This podcast consider what psychosocial disability supports can look like, a pathway for entry into the Scheme for people living with psychosocial disability and the interface with mainstream mental health supports.

This episode is hosted by Dave Relf, NDS National Practice Lead, Zero Tolerance Initiative, featuring studio guests Christian Astourian from Diversity and Disability at the Migrant Resource Centre and Mini Dahiya from Action on Disability within Ethnic Communities, as they discuss support for people from diverse cultural backgrounds as part of the Zero Tolerance initiative. The Zero Tolerance Framework aims to assist disability service providers to understand, implement and improve practices which safeguard the rights of people they support, recognising that there are additional risks faced by people from diverse cultural backgrounds. In this episode you will gain advice into how organisations can understand and address these risks.

The NDS Ticket to Work team share findings from their recent research about what happens when you give young people with disability opportunities at school to experience work, career development and to see themselves as workers.

This episode is hosted by Dave Relf, NDS Victorian Manager, Quality and Safeguards, featuring studio guests Nathan Despott and Ella Joyce about what they are doing in their organisations to prepare for the changes to quality and safeguarding under the new national system. They provide useful perspectives from organisations of varying sizes, including an organisation that operates across a number of states.

This episode is hosted by Dave Relf, NDS Victorian Manager, Quality and Safeguards, featuring studio guests Eva Sifis and Cameron Bloomfield from Voice at the Table (VATT). A project of the Self-Advocacy Resource Unit (SARU), aiming to increase the number of people with cognitive disabilities sitting on boards, committees and advisory groups within government, service providers, community and mainstream organisations at a local, state and national level.

This episode is hosted by Dave Relf, NDS Victorian Manager, Quality and Safeguards, and features studio guest Peter Johnstone, NDIS participant, about what service providers need to consider in relation to people who use their services, including informing people of the changes and ensuring that people with disability are involved in meetings and decision making processes.