To ensure quality of service provision, that support elements and pricing be reviewed for psychosocial disability support to ensure that staff are able to receive a reasonable level of training and professional supervision. Recommendation 14: Adopt a national accreditation standard and negotiate across jurisdictions to mitigate the likelihood that States will require different accreditation for State-funded programs incorporating Disability and Mental Health standards. Recommendation 15: Sole or micro providers must sign up to a Code of Practice and that mechanisms are in place to do spot audits. Recommendation 16: Fund experts skilled in connecting and building rapport with complex “pre-planning” community to ensure this cohort does not through the cracks” and end up in acute/emergency “slip settings through lack of engagement. Quality and effectiveness of these services should be audited alongside plan” service providers. “post Provider Registration The MHCSA supports national quality and safeguarding arrangements, however these should reference Mental Health Standards in addition to Disability Standards where services are provided to a person living with a psychosocial disability. All providers must meet these standards regardless of whether they are a large, small or sole provider. MHCSA supports option 3 as a minimum and option 4 preferred (eg for larger providers) from the summary of options for registration (p32). It is imperative that NDIS service providers offer a consistent and high level service. This may require support for small and sole providers such as accreditation preparation workshops, assistance with compliance, incident reporting and management etc. There have been significant gains in developing the mental health workforce and this should not be lost so we ensure that NDIS participant receive a professional and caring service. All staff providing psychosocial support services should have a minimum qualification such as Certificate 4 in Mental
To ensure quality of service provision, that support elements and pricing be reviewed for psychosocial disability support to ensure that staff are able to receive a reasonable level of training and professional supervision. Recommendation 14: Adopt a national accreditation standard and negotiate across jurisdictions to mitigate the likelihood that States will require different accreditation for State-funded programs incorporating Disability and Mental Health standards. Recommendation 15: Sole or micro providers must sign up to a Code of Practice and that mechanisms are in place to do spot audits. Recommendation 16: Fund “pre-planning” experts skilled in connecting and building rapport with complex community to ensure this cohort does not “slip through the cracks” and end up in acute/emergency settings through lack of engagement. Quality and effectiveness of these services should be audited alongside “post plan” service providers. Provider Registration The MHCSA supports national quality and safeguarding arrangements, however these should reference Mental Health Standards in addition to Disability Standards where services are provided to a person living with a psychosocial disability. All providers must meet these standards regardless of whether they are a large, small or sole provider. MHCSA supports option 3 as a minimum and option 4 preferred (eg for larger providers) from the summary of options for registration (p32). It is imperative that NDIS service providers offer a consistent and high level service. This may require support for small and sole providers such as accreditation preparation workshops, assistance with compliance, incident reporting and management etc. There have been significant gains in developing the mental health workforce and this should not be lost so we ensure that NDIS participant receive a professional and caring service. All staff providing psychosocial support services should have a minimum qualification such as Certificate 4 in Mental
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