November 14, 2019
Auscare Support… who are we, and what do we stand for? Auscare Support was established in 2015 by my wife and I. We saw an opportunity to bring our combined skill set into the new National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). We had family experience of a variety of disabilities…including mental illness and psychosocial. What we didn’t have however, was a background in the disability industry… I am from the staffing industry and my wife has a background in fashion marketing and branding. For over ten years I ran a recruitment agency, recruitment marketing and employer branding agency. We have had […]
April 3, 2019
As always –> DSC deliver the goods…. for the full article please see www.disabilityservicesconsulting.com.au NDIS Quarterly Report – Now With Exciting SDA Data The latest Quarterly report (Quarter 1, 2019/20 FY) has finally included some detailed data about Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA). This is a further encouraging development following the market data release in October. The data shows some positive developments in the SDA market. Here is what the data tells us (data as of 30 September): The Participants 9,536 Participants have SDA payments in their Plans. This is up 678 people from the data released in October (8,858). 14,025 Participants […]
April 3, 2019
This response to the SDA Pricing & Payments Framework Review ( the ‘Review’) has been developed by Melanie Southwell (Independent Consultant, specialising in NDIS housing supports) to highlight some key current cross-sector implications of the current SDA Pricing & Payments Framework (the ‘current Framework’), and recommendations to address that are amenable to all respondent parties. The following organisations contributed to this submission: SDA Housing Australia: A small for profit and for purpose SDA stock developer and Registered NDIS SDA Provider in NSW. SDA HA are a team of property experts formed to support the rollout of the SDA plans of […]