Disability Sector Podcasts by National Disability Services (NDS)

Zero Tolerance: Support for people from diverse cultural backgrounds

This episode is hosted by Dave Relf, NDS National Practice Lead, Zero Tolerance Initiative, featuring studio guests Christian Astourian from Diversity and Disability at the Migrant Resource Centre and Mini Dahiya from Action on Disability within Ethnic Communities, as they discuss support for people from diverse cultural backgrounds as part of the Zero Tolerance initiative. The Zero Tolerance Framework aims to assist disability service providers to understand, implement and improve practices which safeguard the rights of people they support, recognising that there are additional risks faced by people from diverse cultural backgrounds. In this episode you will gain advice into how organisations can understand and address these risks.

Ticket to Work: Life after school for young people with disability

The NDS Ticket to Work team share findings from their recent research about what happens when you give young people with disability opportunities at school to experience work, career development and to see themselves as workers.

Quality and Safeguards: What are Service Providers doing to prepare?

This episode is hosted by Dave Relf, NDS Victorian Manager, Quality and Safeguards, featuring studio guests Nathan Despott and Ella Joyce about what they are doing in their organisations to prepare for the changes to quality and safeguarding under the new national system. They provide useful perspectives from organisations of varying sizes, including an organisation that operates across a number of states.

Voice at the Table - Inclusive meeting practices for people with a cognitive disability

This episode is hosted by Dave Relf, NDS Victorian Manager, Quality and Safeguards, featuring studio guests Eva Sifis and Cameron Bloomfield from Voice at the Table (VATT). A project of the Self-Advocacy Resource Unit (SARU), aiming to increase the number of people with cognitive disabilities sitting on boards, committees and advisory groups within government, service providers, community and mainstream organisations at a local, state and national level.

Quality and Safeguards: What do people who use disability services need to know about the changes coming?

This episode is hosted by Dave Relf, NDS Victorian Manager, Quality and Safeguards, and features studio guest Peter Johnstone, NDIS participant, about what service providers need to consider in relation to people who use their services, including informing people of the changes and ensuring that people with disability are involved in meetings and decision making processes.

Quality and Safeguards: Behaviour support and restrictive practices

In this episode, Fiona Still, NDS NDIS Transition Manager, speaks to Dave Relf, NDS Victorian Manager, Quality and Safeguards about the changes to behaviour support and restrictive practices under the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Framework.

Quality and Safeguards: Complaints process

In this episode Dave Relf, NDS Victorian Manager, Quality and Safeguards, speaks to our studio guest Arthur Rogers, Victorian Disability Services Commissioner about the role of the Disability Services Commissioner and the changes to complaints processes that will come into effect from 1 July 2019.

Quality and Safeguards: Transitional arrangements for Victorian Service Providers

In this episode Dave Relf, NDS Victorian Manager, Quality and Safeguards, and Fiona Still, NDS, NDIS Sector Transition Manager discuss the transitional arrangements for Victorian service providers. Listen to this short episode to gain knowledge and guidance about worker screening, the NDIS Code of Conduct, incident reporting, registration and quality assurance.

The COAG Principles and the responsibilities of the NDIS and the other mainstream service systems

Learn about using the COAG Principles when considering the responsibilities of the NDIS and the other 11 mainstream service systems. These service systems, along with the disability sector have a key role to play in achieving the vision of an inclusive Australian society. This episode is hosted by Savanna Jewell, NDS Senior Sector Support Coordinator and features Fiona Still, NDS NDIS Transition Manager. Listen to gain knowledge about one of the most important areas when considering the NDIS rollout.

How to design effective supports to facilitate community participation

Community participation is a significant activity funded by the NDIS, being an element in approximately 50% of all plans. In this episode we explore what is community participation and how providers can design effective supports to facilitate community participation. This episode is hosted by Fiona Still, NDS NDIS Sector Transition Manager and features Professor Christine Bigby, Director of the Living with Disability Research Centre at La Trobe University and Clover Laurier, Head of Disability Services at Outlook.