Specialist Disability Accommodation in Victoria - Summary guidelines Reportable Conduct Scheme Table 4: Requirements for providers of psychosocial supports Legislation, Standards, policies and Location guidelines Existing providers are encouraged to be National Standards for Mental Health accredited against the National Standards for Services: Mental Health Services 2010, however this is not mandatory. Existing providers may Human Services Standards Policy: choose to be independently reviewed and accredited against these Standards, at their own expense and discretion, by an independent review body. Note: An ‘existing provider of psychosocial is defined supports’ as a provider funded to deliver a Victorian Government funded Mental Health Community Support Services program that is transitioning to the NDIS, namely: Individualised Client Support Packages; Adult Residential Rehabilitation; and Supported Accommodation Services. Providers of all other state funded Mental Health Community Support Services are regarded as ‘new for the purposes of registration as providers’ a Victorian approved NDIS provider. New providers applying for NDIS registration for in-scope registration groups for people with a mental illness or mental disorder and associated psychiatric disability will be given Victorian approved NDIS provider status if they are accredited against at least one of the following standards: National Standards for Mental Health Services 2010 Human Services Standards Australian Service Excellence Standards National Standards for Disability Services Evaluation and Quality Improvement Program Standards
Specialist Disability Accommodation in Victoria - Summary guidelines Reportable Conduct Scheme Table 4: Requirements for providers of psychosocial supports Legislation, Standards, policies and guidelines Location Existing providers are encouraged to be accredited against the National Standards for Mental Health Services 2010, however this is not mandatory. Existing providers may choose to be independently reviewed and accredited against these Standards, at their own expense and discretion, by an independent review body. Note: An ‘existing provider of psychosocial supports’ is defined as a provider funded to deliver a Victorian Government funded Mental Health Community Support Services program that is transitioning to the NDIS, namely: Individualised Client Support Packages; Adult Residential Rehabilitation; and Supported Accommodation Services. Providers of all other state funded Mental Health Community Support Services are regarded as ‘new providers’ for the purposes of registration as a Victorian approved NDIS provider. New providers applying for NDIS registration for in-scope registration groups for people with a mental illness or mental disorder and associated psychiatric disability will be given Victorian approved NDIS provider status if they are accredited against at least one of the following standards: National Standards for Mental Health Services 2010 Human Services Standards Australian Service Excellence Standards National Standards for Disability Services Evaluation and Quality Improvement Program Standards National Standards for Mental Health Services: Human Services Standards Policy:
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