World Autism Awareness Day is April 2, 2019. World Autism Awareness Month continues for the rest of April. During the month, people around the world will "go blue" in recognition of those with autism. You can take part by wearing or lighting up buildings with the colour blue.
Read MoreThe Centre for Social Impact report on the NDIS market has sent shock waves through the sector. Alarmingly 28% of providers are operating at a loss according to Assoc Prof Gemma Carey, UNSW.
ABS statistics state 52% of organisations are operating at a loss or not making a meaningful profit.
Read MoreThe NDIS scheme is half-way through the full roll-out of projected services and supports. By the end of 2019 239,400 participants will be a part of the NDIS. On 1 July 2019, all States, except Western Australia will join the scheme.
Read MoreIf you had to put a dollar figure on your CEO’s time, what would you say?
Our CEO’s are having restless nights trying to get everything done. They are tearing their hair out over their responsibilities and work load.
Read MoreAn innovative software platform has been adopted by the University of New England (UNE) to help students in its National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) certificate course to better deal with compliance and regulation.
Read MoreWhen talking with service providers, we are surprised by how often they are not sure about how their compliance system is managed or how it is often overlooked due to difficulty. Here are four things to watch out for when it comes to a compliance management system.
Read MoreThe NDIS Commission and its introduction of the Quality and Safety Framework has created a dilemma for service providers. Especially those that registered prior to July 1 2018 who had relied on their old documentation and processes.
Read MoreHaving decided to be a service provider under the NDIS there are a number of financial decisions that need to be made. Your commercial viability and your participant’s experience are linked.
Read MoreThe challenge of poor and out-of-date information between front-line staff is limiting growth.
If you are going back and forward between the wrong people at the wrong time, it can decrease productivity. Poor information exposes the organisation to compliance risks. The financial sustainability of the organisation can also be under pressure.
Read MoreUnderstanding the NDIS rules around registration, certification and verification is important. We have simplified the NDIS Registration Requirements for you.
Read MoreDisability service providers are facing the same constraints as commercial businesses. Struggling with where to invest to make the most difference in growth and sustainability of their organisations. Profitability, pricing and costs to ensure they deliver the best value to their clients is a constant worry. Additionally, most are also overwhelmed by data, reports, audits and administrative systems.
Read MoreFor disability workers and service providers working in the NDIS, their workplace is more than somewhere to go. But the sector has a reputation of having poor staff attraction and retention issues, job insecurity, pressure to deliver services to a price, and staff churn.
Read MoreAfter spending the time, energy and money (blood, sweat, tears) required to become an NDIS Registered Provider, are you now scratching your head, wondering exactly how you will find your first NDIS clients?
Read MoreThe NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission has been in operation for over 2 years now. The Commission is a body that manages registration, renewal and quality standards. It has changed the way service providers are audited and accredited.
Read MoreThe growth and adoption of the NDIS by service providers and participants has once again increased. As at 30 June 2018, there were 183,965 Australians being supported by the NDIS, representing a 13 per cent growth on previous quarter. Of the 54,802 participants or almost 1 in 3, are new to the scheme and had not previously received State/Territory or Commonwealth support before the NDIS.
Read MoreA previous National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing, found that one in five of Australian adults had a mental disorder in the previous 12 months and that almost half the total Australian population would experience a mental disorder at some time in their lives.
Read MoreIn years to come future generations will scratch their heads and wonder aloud: Why did it take so long for us to take a quality approach to the care and well-being of people with disabilities seriously?
Despite the many millions of dollars and days Australians have donated and volunteered collectively over the decades, somehow it’s taken us until July this year to introduce a nationwide benchmark.
Read MoreThe NDIS Commission recently released a set of guidelines, called the Approved Quality Auditors Scheme, to regulate the auditing of registered service providers.
An instrument of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013, the scheme gives a legal framework to the process of assessing providers for compliance against the NDIS Practice Standards.
Read MoreCompetition in the NDIS marketplace for goods and services is generating some fresh realities for providers. A good working knowledge of Federal and State consumer law is now essential.
Sole traders competing to woo participants, carers and plan managers, need to stay within the parameters of laws protecting consumers from unfair trading practices.
Read MoreIt’s a potentially catastrophic mistake to treat the self-assessment elements of NDIS registration as a tick-and-flick bureaucratic chore. The self-assessment questionnaire that forms part of the application process is daunting and requires some homework and preparation, as you would expect from a Quality standard as rigorous as the NDIS has implemented.
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