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    17/07/2024

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    17/07/2024

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    18/09/2024

    Minister sets the stage for regulatory reform

    Minister Shorten has announced the first changes to provider regulation.
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  • Resources
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    Resources

    Good Practice Guides - Disability Employment

    NDS has produced a series of good practice guides for members that provide comprehensive instructions for employers cover NDIS Employment Supports, Classifying Employees and Supported Wage System under...
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    Western Australia Disability Support Awards - 2024 Nominees

    Congratulations to our 2024 Western Australia Disability Support Awards nominees! Visit the Western Australian Disability Support Awards page for information about the upcoming awards.
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    Resources

    NDIS Review: Final Report Webcast

    Breakdown of the recommendations and actions from the NDS Review, focusing on key areas of the NDIS.
  • Events & Training
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    NDS Member Meeting

    National Quality and Safeguarding Community of Practice

    Location: National (online)
    Event start date: 14/11/2024
    NDS invites members to join the National Quality and Safeguarding CoP, a peer-led forum covering all areas of providing quality safe services for people with a disability.
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    NDS Member Meeting

    National Employment Community of Practice

    Location: National (online)
    Event start date: 19/11/2024
    NDS invites members to join the National Employment Community of Practice (CoP), a combined session for providers of NDIS Employment Supports and Disability Employment Services across Australia.
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    Scheduled Training

    SCHADS: Know Your Award

    Location: National (online)
    Event start date: 20/11/2024
    NDS and WorkplacePLUS are pleased to offer this SCHADS: Know Your Award half-day workshop to help ensure your HR, payroll, and office managers are getting SCHADS right.
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If you or anyone you know needs help

  • Lifeline: 13 11 14
  • MensLine: 1300 789 978
  • Kids Helpline: 1800 551 800
  • 1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732
  • National Disability Abuse and Neglect Hotline: 1800 880 052
  • Aboriginal Family Domestic Violence Hotline: 1800 019 123

Zero Tolerance

Zero Tolerance (an NDS initiative) assists disability service providers to understand, implement and improve practices which safeguard the rights of people
they support.

Find out more about the Royal Commission

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NDS analyses DRC recommendations on disability workforce

Royal Commission Update

20/10/2023

Continuing our analysis of the Disability Royal Commission final report, this update covers key recommendations for the NDIS workforce, including some quality and safeguarding aspects and implications for service delivery.

The Disability Royal Commission did not make recommendations directly to disability providers, because there is no single agency or peak body responsible for the implementation of recommendations.

Instead, the final report discusses aspects of what they call ‘promising practice’, drawn from their examination of systemic issues, which providers could use to strengthen the quality and safety of their service delivery.

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