by Penny Halpin | May 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
Information regarding the NDIS Practice Standards and accompanying NDIS Rules is now available following publication on the Australian Government Federal Register of Legislation in Parliament. Parliament has 15 days to consider and if no objections are made the Rules...
by dgadmin | Feb 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
NDS have launched a 30-minute video-based e-learning program is available for disability support workers to further understand abuse and how to recognise abuse as a violation of a person’s human rights. A focus on what makes life good for each person is the best...
by dgadmin | Feb 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
The National Disability Insurance Agency are providing Community Information Sessions for people living with disability, their families and carers to learn more about accessing the NDIS and the types of support that will be available as the NDIS continues to roll out...
by dgadmin | Feb 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
The State of the Disability Sector Report for 2017 was released by the NDS’s at the CEO Meeting in Sydney in early December. Most of the findings in this year’s report are based on the 2017 Annual Market Survey, which saw 516 disability service providers share their...
by dgadmin | Feb 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
The second edition of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards which was endorsed by Health Ministers in July 2017 is now available. Australia is recognised as having one of the safest healthcare systems in the world. But providing health care...
by dgadmin | Feb 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
In response to the Parliamentary Inquiry into abuse in disability services, the Victorian Government agreed to expand the scope of the Disability Worker Exclusion Scheme (the scheme) to further protect people with a disability. Since 1 November 2017, the scheme...
