NDS has developed a series of podcasts to talk about the changes for Victorian service providers under the new national quality and safeguarding arrangements. The podcasts are available on Itunes (apple) and Wooshka (android users). Topics include:

1) Quality and Safeguards arrangements under the new NDIS Commission

Victorian State Manager David Moody speaks to Fiona Still and Dave Relf about the new quality and safeguarding arrangements that will apply to Victorian service providers from the 1st of July 2018.

Podcast 1 is available via Itunes (apple) and Wooshka (android users).

2) What do people who use disability services need to know about the changes coming under the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Framework?

Dave Relf, Victorian Manager, Quality and Safeguards, speaks to Peter Johnstone, NDIS participant and Eva Sifis from Voice At The Table 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.

(Podcast 2 - Soon to be released) 

3) Voice at the Table 

Dave Relf, Victorian Manager, Quality and Safeguards, speaks to Eva Sifis and Cameron Bloomfield from Voice at the Table.  Voice at The Table (VATT), a project of the Self-Advocacy Resource Unit (SARU), aims 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.

(Podcast 3 - Soon to be released)

4) Transitional Arrangements for Victorian Service Providers

Dave Relf, Victorian Manager, Quality and Safeguards, and Fiona Still, NDIS Sector Transition Manager at NDS talk about transitional arrangements for Victorian service providers in relation to:

• Worker screening
• The NDIS Code of Conduct
• Incident reporting
• Registration and Quality Assurance

Podcast 4 is available via Itunes (apple) and Wooshka (android users).

5) What are Service Providers doing to prepare?

Dave Relf, Victorian Manager, Quality and Safeguards, speaks to 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.

(Podcast 3 - Soon to be released)

 6) Complaints process

Dave Relf, Victorian Manager, Quality and Safeguards, speaks to Victorian Disability Services Commissioner Arthur Rogers about the role of the Disability Services Commissioner and the changes to complaints processes that will come into effect from the 1st of July.

Podcast 6 is available via Itunes (apple) and Wooshka (android users).

7) Behaviour Support and Restrictive Practices

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

Podcast 7 is available via Itunes (apple) and Wooshka (android users).

NDS has developed a series of webcasts for NDS members. They can be found here

To be added soon

View events here

DHHS have produced a series of fact sheets for Victorian service providers:

• What’s changing and What’s staying the same in Victoria
• Frequently Asked Questions