NDIS Emergency and Disaster Management Plan Framework

What’s new? The NDIS Provider Emergency and Disaster Management Plan Framework

ByDavid Kinnane

Resource update: An emergency and disaster management framework template for small- and medium-sized NDIS Providers. In late 2021, the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Provider Registration and Practice Standards) Rules 2018 were amended and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Quality Indicators for NDIS Practice Standards) Guidelines 2018 were compiled to create additional NDIS practice standards. One of the key new requirements was a…

Child Safety Code of Conduct and Policy
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Child Safe Organisations: Why you need a Child Safety Code of Conduct and Policy

ByDavid Kinnane

If you work with children as an NDIS provider or a health provider, you need a Child Safety Code of Conduct and Policy that is consistent with the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations published by the Australian Human Rights Commission (the National Principles). It is also important that your Child Safety Code of Conduct and…

To infinity and beyond how I learned to be optimistic about the NDIS
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To infinity and beyond: how I learned to be optimistic about the NDIS

ByDavid Kinnane

When I left full-time lawyering to become a speech pathologist, I promised myself that I would be more constructive, and less – well – judgmental. A good test of this resolve was watching the implementation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in real time. Yes, the NDIS has its problems Starting in earnest with…

NDIS Worker Screening Policy and Risk Management Plan Template for small NDIS providers
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NDIS Worker Screening Policy and Risk Management Plan Template for small NDIS providers

ByDavid Kinnane

To protect participants, the NDIS (Practice Standards – Worker Screening) Rules 2018 (the Rules) require NDIS providers in all States and Territories (except Western Australian) to have a policy and processes in place to screen workers and other personnel. Among other things, the Rules require that: providers have a policy to protect people with a…

New NDIS Risk Management template: another quality (but inexpensive) NDIS template for small organisations
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New NDIS Risk Management template: another quality (but inexpensive) NDIS template for small organisations

ByDavid Kinnane

When I stopped practising law full-time to become an allied health professional, lots of people – understandably – had questions. Some colleagues asked me straight out: why throw away more than 15 years of legal and compliance experience to work in a completely different field? I never looked at it that way. Beneath the surface,…

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