National Disability Insurance Scheme 

 

NDIS Commission

 

The NDIS represents a fundamental change to the way people with disabilityare supported in their everyday lives. This change requires the right systems and protections to be in place to oversee NDIS services and supports.

 

The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (NDIS Commission) is anindependent regulator body that has been established to improve the quality and safety of NDIS supports and services. This framework is designed to promote high quality supports and safe environments for all NDIS participants.

 

NDIS Quality and Safeguards(NDIS Commission) began operating in:

• 1 July 2018 New South Wales (NSW) and South Australia (SA)
• 1 July 2019 Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Victoria (VIC), Tasmania (TAS), Northern Territory (NT), Queensland (QLD)
• 1 July 2020 Western Australia (WA)
  

Until the NDIS Commission begins operating in WA, currentstate quality and safeguards requirements will continue to apply for providers providing services in WA.

 

NDIS Practice Standards

 

The NDIS Practice Standards create an important benchmark for providers toassess their performance, and to demonstrate how they provide high quality and safe supports and services to NDIS participants. Together with the NDIS Code of Conduct, the NDIS Practice Standards will assist NDIS participants to be aware of what quality service provision they should expect from NDIS providers. The outcomes of the NDIS Practice Standards are included within the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Provider Registration and Practice Standards) Rules 2018. The National Disability Insurance Scheme (Quality Indicators) Guidelines 2018 list the outcomes of the NDIS Practice Standards and the associated quality indicators NDIS providers can use to demonstrate conformity with the outcomes. The NDIS Practice Standards consist of a core module and several supplementary modules that apply according to the types of supports and services NDIS providers deliver, and the corporate structure of the organisation.

 

The Core module covers:

• rights and responsibility for participants
• governance and operational management
• the provision of supports, and
• the support provision environment
  

The supplementary modules cover:

• High intensity daily personal activities
• Specialist behaviour support
• Implementing behaviour support plans
• Early childhood supports
• Specialised support co-ordination, and
• Specialist disability accommodation.