Sector Development Podcasts by National Disability Services (NDS)

In this episode, Fiona Still, NDS NDIS Transition Manager, speaks to Dave Relf, NDS Victorian Manager, Quality and Safeguards about the changes to behaviour support and restrictive practices under the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Framework.

In this episode Dave Relf, NDS Victorian Manager, Quality and Safeguards, speaks to our studio guest Arthur Rogers, Victorian Disability Services Commissioner about the role of the Disability Services Commissioner and the changes to complaints processes that will come into effect from 1 July 2019.

In this episode Dave Relf, NDS Victorian Manager, Quality and Safeguards, and Fiona Still, NDS, NDIS Sector Transition Manager discuss the transitional arrangements for Victorian service providers. Listen to this short episode to gain knowledge and guidance about worker screening, the NDIS Code of Conduct, incident reporting, registration and quality assurance.

Learn about using the COAG Principles when considering the responsibilities of the NDIS and the other 11 mainstream service systems. These service systems, along with the disability sector have a key role to play in achieving the vision of an inclusive Australian society. This episode is hosted by Savanna Jewell, NDS Senior Sector Support Coordinator and features Fiona Still, NDS NDIS Transition Manager. Listen to gain knowledge about one of the most important areas when considering the NDIS rollout.

Community participation is a significant activity funded by the NDIS, being an element in approximately 50% of all plans. In this episode we explore what is community participation and how providers can design effective supports to facilitate community participation. This episode is hosted by Fiona Still, NDS NDIS Sector Transition Manager and features Professor Christine Bigby, Director of the Living with Disability Research Centre at La Trobe University and Clover Laurier, Head of Disability Services at Outlook.

NDIS participants have the right to seek appeal of a decision made by the NDIA through the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT). Listen to this episode to hear about lessons learned during NDIS planning meetings and further your understanding about what the AAT means for providers and NDIS participants. This episode was hosted by Fiona Still, NDIS Sector Transition Manager and featured our studio guest Darren O'Donovan, senior lecturer and director of engagement at La Trobe Law School and co-author of the AAT NDIS Decisions Digest.

Learn about navigating the intersection between the health services sector and the NDIS. You will hear about the findings that emerged from a joint roundtable on the case study of one NDIS participant. This episode was hosted by Sarah Fordyce, NDS' Policy Manager, and featured Bronwyn Morkham, National Director of Young People in Nursing Homes National Alliance (YPINH), Deb Farrell, Senior Advisor at YPINH, and Fiona Still, NDS' NDIS Sector Transition Manager.

In this episode, we focus on the changing landscape of quality and safeguard arrangements under the new NDIS Commission, commencing its operation in Victoria on 1 July 2019. A consistent national approach to quality and safeguarding ensures high quality supports and safe environments for all NDIS participants. Listen to our NDIS Sector Transition Manager, Fiona Still and NDS Victorian Quality and Safeguards Manager, Dave Relf discussing the national quality and safeguarding framework in the Australian disability sector.

In this episode we explore how Reporting on Outcomes impacts the lives of people with a disability and utilising innovation to measure outcomes. As the NDIS is fundamentally an outcomes based framework, Reporting on Outcomes is imperative in supporting participants to gain the services they need to achieve their goals such as gaining employment and living independently. It is critical that our sector knows how to accurately report on outcomes. Tune in to gain practical reporting advice from our NDIS Transition Adviser, Pascale Dreyer. You will also hear from Dr Stella Koritsas from Scope about MISO, the tool that enables service providers to measure the impact and outcomes of their services for people with a disability.

In this episode we take on one of the most convoluted issues 'transport under the NDIS'. Listeners will hear from NDIS participants and gain advice from our policy team and the transport experts from StreetFleet. By taking a collaborative approach to 'Transport under the NDIS', together we can get somewhere.