NDIS Ready Project at a glance

WITH JERMANE HERBOHN PROJECT OFFICER, QAIHC

NDIS Ready Project at a glance

The Department of Social Services (DSS) has entered into an agreement with the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) for the provision of services to build the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) service capacity in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. This project is known as NDIS Ready: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander market capability.

The aim of the NDIS Ready project is to assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander CommunityControlled Health Organisations (ATSICCHOs) to become viable service providers of the NDIS and facilitate access to the NDIS for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in a range of areas. To achieve this, QAIHC has employed an NDIS Ready Project Officer to deliver monthly network roundtable meetings, providing opportunities for Members to have interactive discussions about specific logistical challenges and seek solutions towards becoming viable and sustainable NDIS service providers. These meeting offer the chance for Members to share ideas, concepts and ways of creating suitable and appropriate delivery models that are tailored to ATSICCHOs in Queensland. The program aims to increase the number of ATSICCHOs registered as NDIS providers to deliver sustainable disability services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Ultimately, this will improve access for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to appropriate supports and facilitate client choice and control under the NDIS. The key aims of the project will include:

Increased access to, and choice and control of, services available for Aboriginal and Torres Strait

Islander people with disability through access to NDIS services in their communities.

Increased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander NDIS registered providers in urban, regional and remote communities.

Expansion of existing services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander regional and remote communities to include NDIS services.

Increased community awareness within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities of the NDIS, and increased participant registration. These key aims will be achieved by strengthening the capacity of ATSICCHOs to transition to and expand NDIS services in their community. If you want more information on the project, or have any questions for the NDIS Ready Project Officer, Jermane Herbohn, you can email him at Jermane.Herbohn@qaihc.com.au