Development of market capacity of service provider organisations, support workers, support coordinators, behaviour practitioners and other professionals including Acknowledging the highly skilled and challenging nature of the work Providers from Indigenous communities Ensuring availability of last resort providers Addressing disincentives, e.g. unreliable income flow because of periods in custody and the time it takes to engage with a client Ensuring availability and increasing levels of tertiary expertise like that in the Community Justice Program NSW as a source of training, mentoring and expert consultancy Considering block funding of some services Specific consideration of this group in implementation of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Framework Interplay with mainstream services Systemically and locally, strong collaborative relationships between the NDIS and justice, health, housing, Indigenous, CALD, child and family and other relevant services A framework for information sharing Proactive case coordination by an NDIS support coordinator Capacity to work in the context of police and court diversion schemes Capacity to work in the structure of criminal and forensic orders of courts and tribunals Development of equitable access to and reasonable accommodation in mainstream services Development of the overall capacity of mainstream services and, in the meantime, NDIS being realistic about what they can/not provide Support for research including collaboration with researchers who have expertise in disability and justice issues. Time for the NDIA to systematically respond To date, the NDIA has not responded systematically to the needs of this group. Responses to individuals have been variable but have shown a range of concerning patterns including: Trial sites varying in the quality of their engagement with the justice system and therefore in linking potential participants into the NDIS. A tendency towards a simplistic and inaccurate distinction between challenging behaviour which is accepted to be the responsibility of the NDIS and offending behaviour which is seen as the responsibility of the justice system. Offending behaviour by persons with cognitive disability is likely to be directly related to a disability as is other challenging behaviour. Unrealistic expectations about what mainstream services can do. Only being willing to start planning community supports six months before a set release date. People will often not be able to get a release date until a plan for disability support is in place. NDIS pricing and market policies not recognising the need for continuity of support relationships when a person is in detention. Inadequate funding in plans including for behaviour support. The roundtable being conducted by the Joint Committee is an opportunity for the NDIA to engage with community representatives towards collaborative action on these issues.
Development of market capacity of service provider organisations, support workers, support coordinators, behaviour practitioners and other professionals including Acknowledging the highly skilled and challenging nature of the work Providers from Indigenous communities Ensuring availability of last resort providers Addressing disincentives, e.g. unreliable income flow because of periods in custody and the time it takes to engage with a client Ensuring availability and increasing levels of tertiary expertise like that in the Community Justice Program NSW as a source of training, mentoring and expert consultancy Considering block funding of some services Specific consideration of this group in implementation of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Framework Interplay with mainstream services Systemically and locally, strong collaborative relationships between the NDIS and justice, health, housing, Indigenous, CALD, child and family and other relevant services A framework for information sharing Proactive case coordination by an NDIS support coordinator Capacity to work in the context of police and court diversion schemes Capacity to work in the structure of criminal and forensic orders of courts and tribunals Development of equitable access to and reasonable accommodation in mainstream services Development of the overall capacity of mainstream services and, in the meantime, NDIS being realistic about what they can/not provide Support for research including collaboration with researchers who have expertise in disability and justice issues. Time for the NDIA to systematically respond To date, the NDIA has not responded systematically to the needs of this group. Responses to individuals have been variable but have shown a range of concerning patterns including: Trial sites varying in the quality of their engagement with the justice system and therefore in linking potential participants into the NDIS. A tendency towards a simplistic and inaccurate distinction between challenging behaviour which is accepted to be the responsibility of the NDIS and offending behaviour which is seen as the responsibility of the justice system. Offending behaviour by persons with cognitive disability is likely to be directly related to a disability as is other challenging behaviour. Unrealistic expectations about what mainstream services can do. Only being willing to start planning community supports six months before a set release date. People will often not be able to get a release date until a plan for disability support is in place. NDIS pricing and market policies not recognising the need for continuity of support relationships when a person is in detention. Inadequate funding in plans including for behaviour support. The roundtable being conducted by the Joint Committee is an opportunity for the NDIA to engage with community representatives towards collaborative action on these issues.
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