The National Disability Scheme (NDIS) was created following the enactment of the act of parliament the NDIS Act 2013. The key function of the scheme is to ensure an equitable, fair, and efficient funding system to improve individual choices and control for people living with disabilities (Productivity Commission 2017).
The NDIS legislation came into effect in 2013 in what is now known as the NDIS Act 2013 and the main goal and objective of the Scheme is to ensure an adequate, efficient funding model and framework to facilitate control and choices for people with disabilities in Australia (Carey, Dickinson, Malbon, & Reeders,2018). The scheme was a follow-up from the recommendations of the Productivity Commission, designed to change the way care and support are delivered in the disability sector in Australia (Productivity Commission 2011: Moskos & Isherwood, 2019).
Under the NDIS citizens exercises control whereby funding packages are directly given to the citizens and they choose services or organisations to engage with ranging from private and not for profit organisation with funds being either self-managed, plan-managed, or agency-managed, but still retaining control on the services to engage (Australian Productivity Commission 2011: Carey, Dickinson, Malbon & Reeders 2018). The NDIS Commission manages the registration of new providers and ensures compliance as well as maintaining a safeguarding framework for the sector (NDIS Commission 2022).
The main activity of the sector includes in-home care support through the work and activities of direct support workers, disability services home modifications, and capacity building support such as occupational therapy, speech therapy, and Physiotherapy (Dean 2022). Hove Consulting works with providers in the sector to realise their potential, maintaining quality systems, and processes as well as designing organisations to enable talent across the sector.
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