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24/06/2021
Voluntary disability worker registration commences 1 July
The voluntary registration of Victorian disability workers is being introduced on 1 July 2021 as part of the Disability Worker Regulation Scheme.
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24/06/2021
Ongoing improvements to Victorian NDIS Check worker screening processes
Whilst NDS members report recruitment delays, the Victorian Government is continuing to make improvements online and to the manual NDIS Checks worker screening processes.
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24/06/2021
ACT Disability Support Workforce Capacity COVID-19 report released
The report, commissioned by the ACT Office for Disability and NDS, draws from a survey of 25 ACT disability service providers representing 1,472 disability support workers.
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Cynch – Building cyber security into your business
Cynch is an Australian-owned cyber security advisory firm dedicated to empowering businesses through knowledge, technology and resources to assess and prevent cyber security risks.
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NDS Member Webinar: Digital Transformation - cloud storage and the use of CRM
In this webinar, members will learn about cloud storage and customer relationship management systems.
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Outcomes with Bayley House day service programs
Bayley House shares two stories from its day service programs which provide participants with the experience and knowledge to become part of their community.
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Accessing the COVID-19 vaccine
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Queensland (online)
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25/06/2021
NDS invites Queensland disability service providers to a live session on accessing the COVID-19 vaccine for workforces and supporting the access experience for participants.
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ACT Disability Sector Quarterly Forum
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Woden, ACT
Event start date:
29/06/2021
The ACT Disability Sector Forum is a unique opportunity for ACT providers to come together to discuss issues related to the implementation of NDIS and other reforms to the disability sector.
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Housing Tenancy Information Session Tasmania
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Tasmania (online)
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30/06/2021
Representatives from Housing will be present to provide information and answer questions that providers have about changes to lease arrangements with the Department of Communities Tasmania.
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News update
24/06/2021
Voluntary disability worker registration commences 1 July
The voluntary registration of Victorian disability workers is being introduced on 1 July 2021 as part of the Disability Worker Regulation Scheme.
News update
24/06/2021
Ongoing improvements to Victorian NDIS Check worker screening processes
Whilst NDS members report recruitment delays, the Victorian Government is continuing to make improvements online and to the manual NDIS Checks worker screening processes.
News update
24/06/2021
ACT Disability Support Workforce Capacity COVID-19 report released
The report, commissioned by the ACT Office for Disability and NDS, draws from a survey of 25 ACT disability service providers representing 1,472 disability support workers.
News update
24/06/2021
SA Budget 2021-2022
NDS welcomes the substantial mental health package in South Australia’s budget but suspects that many people with disability will be left wondering: What about me?
News update
23/06/2021
Vic COVID-19 update: More restrictions easing Friday
The Victorian Government has announced restrictions will ease in Melbourne and regional Victoria from 11.59pm Thursday, 24 June.
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23/06/2021
NSW Budget 2021-22: A continued focus on recovery
The NSW 2021-22 Budget focusses on economic recovery, continued funding for initiatives announced in 2020-21, but little in the way of new funding aimed at the disability sector.
News update
22/06/2021
Australia Post's 2021 Community Grants Program is now open
The Community Grants Program provides grants of up to $10,000 to eligible community-led, local projects that connect individuals and communities to improve mental health and wellbeing.
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22/06/2021
Agency seeks input on new Support for Decision Making policy
Members are invited to provide information on how the NDIS can better support participants to be actively involved in making decisions about their lives and to exercise choice and control.
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22/06/2021
Agency seeks input on development of Home and Living policy
The Agency is seeking submissions to inform their Home and Living policy. Responses to the consultation paper, An Ordinary Life at Home, close 27 August.
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21/06/2021
NDIS Commission practice alerts: identify and reduce risk of avoidable deaths
The NDIS Commission has produced a series of practice alerts which include steps to identifying and reducing risks associated with avoidable deaths of NDIS participants.
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11/05/2021
2021 Federal budget: An NDIS cost blowout or just natural growth as planned?
NDS is calling for all political parties to 'drop the politics' after it was revealed the NDIS scheme’s recent blowout saga was consistent with forecasted scheme growth.
Media release
11/03/2021
NDS calls for rollout of compulsory NDIS assessments to cease
"This is not the NDIS that was promised": peak body National Disability Services says planned independent assessments will "fundamentally alter the individualised and personalised nature of the NDIS".
Media release
17/02/2021
National Disability Services: vaccine must be mandatory
Well before the 'Eagle landed' with the first pallet of Australia's COVID-19 vaccines, National Disability Services (NDS) and its members were grappling with the question of whether vaccination for disability...
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7/12/2020
Disability services sector surviving, not thriving
Seven years into the NDIS and Australia's disability service sector seems to be faring comparatively better – but still operating well short of full strength.
