This issue is a policy matter for the Department of Education ensuring alignment with the Act Reporting of Mandatory reporting of Reporting of abuse is not mandated for people with disability Consultations abuse for people with Current national developments that support the reporting of disability abuse include national worker screening, a national complaints process and the National Abuse and Neglect Hotline This will largely be addressed by national worker screening that is currently being implemented Worker health and safety Worker health and safety Concerns were raised about worker health and safety when Consultations relating to clients with subject to clients with challenging behaviours challenging behaviours Examine Work Health and Safety Act 2012 for appropriate coverage of workers in this situation Individual Easier transition from Aligning funding processes for individual plans with NDIS Consultations to NDIS-funded processes will assist transition plan Planning and practice has been streamlined through a template that guides inclusions in individual plans and provision of transition support – – The gateway providers Baptcare and Mission Australia are also appointed to provide Local Area Coordination services under the NDIS which should assist transition This will be addressed through streamlined practice See Review Committee Recommendation 18 Gateway Support through transition Gateway has a key role in supporting client transfer to the NDIS Consultations to NDIS Difficulties are being experienced with referral processes Gateway also has a vital role in navigating different funding streams e.g. HACC, Mental Health, Disability, Youth Services Gateway is not working as well as desired in this transition role – participants reported difficulty working with gateways, creating a service gap to DCS for action
This issue is a policy matter for the Department of Education ensuring alignment with the Act Reporting of Mandatory reporting of abuse for people with disability Reporting of abuse is not mandated for people with disability Current national developments that support the reporting of abuse include national worker screening, a national complaints process and the National Abuse and Neglect Hotline This will largely be addressed by national worker screening that is currently being implemented Consultations Worker health and safety Worker health and safety relating to clients with challenging behaviours Concerns were raised about worker health and safety when subject to clients with challenging behaviours Examine Work Health and Safety Act 2012 for appropriate coverage of workers in this situation Consultations Individual Easier transition from to NDIS-funded plan Aligning funding processes for individual plans with NDIS processes will assist transition Planning and practice has been streamlined through a template that guides inclusions in individual plans and provision of transition support The gateway providers – Baptcare and Mission Australia – are also appointed to provide Local Area Coordination services under the NDIS which should assist transition This will be addressed through streamlined practice See Review Committee Recommendation 18 Consultations Gateway Support through transition to NDIS Gateway has a key role in supporting client transfer to the NDIS Difficulties are being experienced with referral processes Gateway also has a vital role in navigating different funding streams e.g. HACC, Mental Health, Disability, Youth Services Gateway is not working as well as desired in this transition role – participants reported difficulty working with gateways, creating a service gap to DCS for action Consultations
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