Support the Victorian NDIS Community Advisory Council to provide advice about the operation and implementation of the NDIS in Victoria

What we have done and continue to do: 

  • Support quarterly meetings of the Victorian NDIS Community Advisory Council and Victorian Executive Steering Committee (ESC). The meetings include:
    • people with disability
    • NDIS participants
    • peak bodies
    • service providers
    • people holding statutory positions.

The council:

  • aims to improve people’s experience with the NDIS
  • advocates for people with disability to have a central role in the design and operation of the NDIS.
     
  • The ESC includes senior executives from:
    • the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA)
    • Victorian government agencies
    • Commonwealth government agencies. 

Lead division: Disability, Fairness and Emergency Management

Represent and advocate for the needs of Victorians with disability in all forums. These include the Disability Reform Ministers meetings and the Victorian Executive Steering Committee

What we have done and continue to do: 

  • Represent and advocate for the needs of Victorians with disability through providing policy advice, analysis and key points of advocacy. This supports the minister’s role with Disability Reform Ministerial Council (DRMC) meetings and the governance groups that report to the DRMC. 

Lead division: Disability, Complex Needs and Emergency Management

Work with the NDIA to support coordinated and person-centred responses across and within service systems

What we have done and continue to do: 

  • We will work with the NDIA through the ESC workplan. The workplan aims to improve Victorians’ experience with the NDIS. This involves:
    • using the Critical Services Issues Response to escalate urgent, unresolved matters. The matters are between the NDIA and Victorian Government
    • regular meetings between Department of Health and the NDIA. This will speed up plans for people awaiting hospital discharge.
  • build capacity to improve operations between the NDIS and systems including:
    • family violence
    • child protection
    • justice
    • education
    • health services.

Lead division: Disability, Fairness and Emergency Management

Advocate to ensure NDIS pricing provides better conditions for disability employers and workers. This will attract, train and retain a quality NDIS workforce, including in regional and rural areas

What we have done and continue to do:

  • Advocate for pricing that reflects provider costs. These include administration, compliance and workforce training. Better pricing will increase supply and offer innovative, high-quality supports to participants. We will do this through:
    • Disability Reform Ministerial Council (DRMC) meetings
    • input to the NDIA Annual Pricing Review.

Lead division: Disability, Fairness and Emergency Management

Identify service gaps and service-system interface issues. This will inform strategies to support a thriving disability workforce and market

What we have done and continue to do:

  • Collect and analyse information about the disability market from sources including:
    • the NDIA
    • the Department of Health, Disability and Aged Care
    • other parts of the department
    • Victorian Government agencies
    • National Disability Services Victoria.

This will contribute to disability reform work and support the disability minister at DRMC meetings.

Lead division: Disability, Fairness and Emergency Management

Support Victorians ineligible for NDIS

What we have done and continue to do:

  • Provide disability funding to people with disability who are ineligible for the NDIS. This is because they may not be an Australian resident.

Lead division: Disability, Fairness and Emergency Management

Represent and advocate for the needs of Victorians with disability in all forums

What we have done and continue to do:

  • Provide policy advice, analysis and advocacy through Victorian and intergovernmental governance groups.

Lead division: Disability, Fairness and Emergency Management

Build capability in mainstream services

What we have done and continue to do:

  • Partner with Vacro and its consortium partners [1] to develop and deliver training for:
    • Complex Needs Coordinators and Client Support and Housing Services Managers
    • Community Corrections Services workforces. 
      This will help these roles work with the NDIS to support people with disability.

Lead division: Disability, Fairness and Emergency Management

Work across the Victorian Government to ensure jobs and skills initiatives result in positive outcomes for the disability workforce

What we have done and continue to do: 

  • Implement the final round of the Regional Disability Worker Scholarship Program. This is for students doing a Certificate III and IV disability assistance courses to grow the regional workforce.
  • Deliver a new Community and Social Services Graduate Program
    • The program is a pilot. It is a 12-month professional development program for new community services graduates. This includes disability services.
    • The pilot includes 5 program rounds over 3 years, ending in June 2027.
    • We will fund National Disability Services Victoria to implement the program across community services.

Lead division: Corporate and Delivery Services

Footnote

[1] Partners include the Centre for Innovative Justice at RMIT University, VALID and Worn Gundidj.


Housing

Children and families