justice , housing , child protection and employment services .
Market
A collection of providers offering products and services to NDIS participants .
Multidisciplinary
A team of professionals who work with one another and share the jobs of evaluating , planning and providing services to a participant .
N
NDIA
National Disability Insurance Agency . The Commonwealth government organisation administering the NDIS .
NDIS
National Disability Insurance Scheme . A new way of providing support for Australians with disability , their families and carers .
National Access Team ( NAT )
NDIA staff members who work in locations around Australia to review NDIS access applications and decisions relating to a participant ’ s eligibility for the NDIS .
Nominee
A person who is appointed to act and make decisions for a participant who does not have a parent or guardian .
P
Participant
A person who meets the NDIS access requirements .
Participant Statement
Information setting out a participant ’ s living arrangements , relationships , supports , description of day to day life as well as their short and longer term goals .
Person with disability
A person who has any or all of the following : impairments , activity limitations ( difficulties in carrying out usual age-appropriate activities ), and participation restrictions ( problems a person may have taking part in community , social and family life ).
Plan
A written agreement worked out with the participant , stating their goals and needs , and the reasonable and necessary supports the NDIS will fund for them . Each participant has their own individual plan .
Privacy Act 1988
The NDIA Privacy Notice explains :
• What kind of personal information the NDIA needs to collect about prospective and existing participants
• The people the NDIA may need to collect information from
• Why the NDIA needs the information , and
• What the NDIS usually does with this information .
Provider
Someone who has products or services to help participants achieve the goals in their plan . Participants can choose their providers and change providers at any time , this is also known as choice and control .
R
Reasonable and necessary
Reasonable means something fair and necessary means something you must have . The NDIS funds reasonable and necessary supports relating to a person ’ s disability to help them live an ordinary life and achieve their goals .
Registered provider
A disability support provider that has met the NDIS requirements for qualifications , approvals , experience , capacity and quality standards to provide a product or service . See ‘ Provider ’.
S
Sector
The organisations and companies providing disability support services and the peak bodies that represent them .
Self-management ( funding )
Participants receive all or part of their NDIS funding and they manage their payments for supports and pay their providers directly .
Self-management
The amount of help a participant needs doing daily tasks , making decisions and handling problems and money .
Service agreement
A contract between the participant and the service provider they have chosen to deliver the supports in their participant plan .
Service provider
See ‘ Provider ’.
Supplier
Someone who provides items to support participants , e . g . equipment .
Supports
Things to help a person undertake daily life activities and enable them to participate in the community and reach their goals .
T
Transdisciplinary similar to multidisciplinary , but one professional is chosen as the lead participant provider . A full team are involved in working with the participant , however , the lead provider is responsible for coordination and progress reporting for the participant .
Trial phase
A term used to describe the first three years of the NDIS where different ways of working were trialed .
Trial sites
The locations where the NDIS first started working with participants , prior to full scheme roll out , to test out the NDIS .
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Workforce refers to people working in the disability support sector .
Contact details
t ( 08 ) 8252 1000 f ( 08 ) 8255 1066 w eblds . org . au
e admin @ eblds . com . au EBL Disability Services
Endeavour House , Module 5 , 11 – 15 Fourth Avenue , Mawson Lakes SA 509
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