Area Question Comment Improving Discussion Point 1) Reasonable travel (3 Participant 1: More Choice hours or less; 1hour or less Choice and for Participants in a major metropolitan Control areas. What, if any, restrictions 2) should there Participants should be able to move up to a be (for maximum of two moves example, in 12 months not three. region or For participants who distance) on move there needs to be participants a pro rata of services choosing to that can easily and attend a simply be administered. There also needs to be provider? some protection that How often once a participant is placed in a job that they should are not poached by participants another provider be allowed to (without pro-ratapay). voluntarily transfer or switch 3) Centrelink default providers? mechanism should What should attempt allocate based on rotating algorithim be the basis to those service who of referral by can serve the key Centrelink for requirements of the participants participant based on who do not the ESAT.
Area Question Comment Improving Participant Choice and Control Discussion Point 1: More Choice for Participants What, if any, restrictions should there be (for example, region or distance) on participants choosing to attend a provider? How often should participants be allowed to voluntarily transfer or switch providers? What should be the basis of referral by Centrelink for participants who do not 1) Reasonable travel (3 hours or less; 1hour or less in a major metropolitan areas. 2) Participants should be able to move up to a maximum of two moves in 12 months not three. For participants who move there needs to be a pro rata of services that can easily and simply be administered. There also needs to be some protection that once a participant is placed in a job that they are not poached by another provider (without pro-ratapay). 3) Centrelink default mechanism should attempt allocate based on rotating algorithim to those service who can serve the key requirements of the participant based on the ESAT.
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