Ongoing Support Assessment Allocation Guidelines: Who is Responsible: What is Required: The Department’s IT System will notify a DES provider that a 1a. The DES provider Participant is due for an OSA when: The DES provider receives a Participant has reached 48 from Job Placement  a notification an OSA is Or due it has been 48, or 74 since the Participant's last OSA or Disability Employment a Job in Jeopardy Participant has achieved a Services Deed Clause  References: Outcome Clause 100.1(a)  Proceed to Step 2. Clause 107.1  Clause 107.2  Note: The DES provider must initiate an Ongoing Support Assessment Allocation within two days of being notified that an Ongoing Support Assessment is due. In certain circumstances Participants may be referred for an OSA Independently of notifications from the Department’s IT 1b. The DES provider In certain circumstances a Participant may be referred for an system. Refer to 1b for further information. OSA independently of notification from the The DES provider refers a Department’s IT Systems. This may be done where a Participant for a Change of change in individual circumstances means that a Circumstances Participant may need a higher level of Ongoing Support Reassessment if the and a Change of Circumstances Reassessment is Participant’s individual required. circumstances change significantly and an increase This situation may arise where: in the level of Ongoing a Participant’s individual circumstances Support is required.  change significantly; and Disability Employment the DES provider decides the Participant would Services Deed Clause  benefit from a higher level of support References: Proceed to Step 4. Clause 105.1  2. The DES provider The DES provider will consider whether Ongoing Support is Clause 110.1  likely to be required or if the Participant can be Exited as an The DES provider considers if Independent Worker. the Participant is likely to require Ongoing Support. If the DES provider decides to exit the Participant as an Independent Worker - Proceed to Step 3.
Ongoing Support Assessment Allocation Guidelines: Who is Responsible: What is Required: 1a. The DES provider The DES provider receives a notification an OSA is due Disability Employment Services Deed Clause References:  Clause 100.1(a)  Clause 107.1  Clause 107.2 The Department’s IT System will notify a DES provider that a Participant is due for an OSA when:  a Participant has reached 48 from Job Placement Or it has been 48, or 74 since the Participant's last OSA or  a Job in Jeopardy Participant has achieved a Outcome Proceed to Step 2. Note: The DES provider must initiate an Ongoing Support Assessment Allocation within two days of being notified that an Ongoing Support Assessment is due. In certain circumstances Participants may be referred for an OSA Independently of notifications from the Department’s IT system. Refer to 1b for further information. 1b. The DES provider The DES provider refers a Participant for a Change of Circumstances Reassessment if the Participant’s individual circumstances change significantly and an increase in the level of Ongoing Support is required. Disability Employment Services Deed Clause References:  Clause 105.1  Clause 110.1 In certain circumstances a Participant may be referred for an OSA independently of notification from the Department’s IT Systems. This may be done where a change in individual circumstances means that a Participant may need a higher level of Ongoing Support and a Change of Circumstances Reassessment is required. This situation may arise where:  a Participant’s individual circumstances change significantly; and  the DES provider decides the Participant would benefit from a higher level of support Proceed to Step 4. 2. The DES provider The DES provider considers if the Participant is likely to require Ongoing Support. The DES provider will consider whether Ongoing Support is likely to be required or if the Participant can be Exited as an Independent Worker. If the DES provider decides to exit the Participant as an Independent Worker - Proceed to Step 3.
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