Disability Employment National Panel of Assessors Deed of Standing Offer Clauses: Clause 4 Formation of Contracts – Clause 7 Conduct of Assessments – Clause 9 Provider’s Personnel – Clause 50 Conflict of Interest – Clause 62 The SWS Services – Clause 63 SWS Assessments – Clause 64 SWS Assessment Reports – Clause 65 SWS Fees – Reference documents relevant to these Guidelines: Supported Wage System Handbook Supported Wage System Supporting Document Version 1.0 Explanatory Note: All capitalised have the same meaning as in the Disability Employment National Panel of Assessors Deed of Standing Offer. In this document, that compliance is mandatory and means that compliance “must” “should” represents best practice. Supported Wage System Assessment Guidelines: Who is Responsible: What is Required: 1. SWS provider SWS providers may receive a Work Order on the Department’s IT System which will request the provider to Receives a Work Order complete a SWS Assessment. The provider: requesting a SWS Regularly checks the Department’s IT System for any Assessment be undertaken. new Work Orders Disability Employment Accepts or rejects Work Orders within one Business National Panel of Assessors Day of receiving a Work Order Deed of Standing Offer Records reasons for rejecting a Work Order, and Clause References: Takes action to resolve any Conflict of interest that Clause 4 arises in connection with any Work Order. Clause 13 Clause 50 DSS may have regard to previous rejections of Work Orders when deciding whether to allocate further Work Orders to the provider. 2. Assessor After accepting the Work Order on the Department’s IT System, the provider may allocate the Assessment to one of Prepares for and arranges its Specified Personnel who has been approved as an the SWS Assessment. Assessor by DSS and has completed the SWS online training Disability Employment modules. National of Assessors The Assessor will be able to determine from the Deed of Standing Offer Department’s IT system whether the SWS Assessment is an Clause References: initial or a review assessment, and view the relevant Clause 7 background.
Disability Employment National Panel of Assessors Deed of Standing Offer Clauses: Clause 4 – Formation of Contracts Clause 7 – Conduct of Assessments Clause 9 – Provider’s Personnel Clause 50 – Conflict of Interest Clause 62 – The SWS Services Clause 63 – SWS Assessments Clause 64 – SWS Assessment Reports Clause 65 – SWS Fees Reference documents relevant to these Guidelines: Supported Wage System Handbook Supported Wage System Supporting Document Version 1.0 Explanatory Note: All capitalised have the same meaning as in the Disability Employment National Panel of Assessors Deed of Standing Offer. In this document, “must” that compliance is mandatory and “should” means that compliance represents best practice. Supported Wage System Assessment Guidelines: Who is Responsible: What is Required: 1. SWS provider Receives a Work Order requesting a SWS Assessment be undertaken. Disability Employment National Panel of Assessors Deed of Standing Offer Clause References: Clause 4 Clause 13 Clause 50 SWS providers may receive a Work Order on the Department’s IT System which will request the provider to complete a SWS Assessment. The provider: Regularly checks the Department’s IT System for any new Work Orders Accepts or rejects Work Orders within one Business Day of receiving a Work Order Records reasons for rejecting a Work Order, and Takes action to resolve any Conflict of interest that arises in connection with any Work Order. DSS may have regard to previous rejections of Work Orders when deciding whether to allocate further Work Orders to the provider. 2. Assessor Prepares for and arranges the SWS Assessment. Disability Employment National of Assessors Deed of Standing Offer Clause References: Clause 7 After accepting the Work Order on the Department’s IT System, the provider may allocate the Assessment to one of its Specified Personnel who has been approved as an Assessor by DSS and has completed the SWS online training modules. The Assessor will be able to determine from the Department’s IT system whether the SWS Assessment is an initial or a review assessment, and view the relevant background.
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