What is NDIS?
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) provides support to Australians with disability, their families, and carers. The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is the independent agency in charge of the NDIS. The NDIS supports people with disability to build skills and capability so they can participate in the community and employment.
How does the NDIS work?
If you’re eligible for NDIS funding and your Access Request is approved, you’ll receive a confirmation letter. After that, you’ll work with the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) to create your NDIS plan.
The NDIA will ask questions about your lifestyle, your goals, and what kind of support you need so that a plan can be tailored to suit you and your needs. Your plan will outline your goals and what funding has been allocated to help you achieve them. Everyone’s plan will be different because it is unique to your needs.
Once you have your NDIS plan, you’ll be able to start finding services and supports. If you have ‘support coordination’ included in your plan, a Support Coordinator can help connect you with services and make the most of your NDIS plan.
The NDIA will review your plan at the end of the plan period to make sure you’re receiving the right supports for your needs and goals. If needed, you can also request one sooner.
What is the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission?
The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (also known as the NDIS Commission) is an independent government body that works to ensure and improve the safety of NDIS services and supports.
The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (also known as the NDIS Commission) is an independent government body that works to ensure and improve the safety of NDIS services and supports. The NDIS Commission:
- Responds to concerns, complaints, and reportable incidents, including abuse and neglect of NDIS participants
- Promotes the NDIS principles of choice and control, and works to empower participants to exercise their rights to access quality services as informed, protected consumers
- Requires NDIS providers to uphold participants’ rights to be free from harm
- Registers and regulates NDIS providers and oversees the NDIS Code of Conduct and NDIS Practice Standards
- Provides guidance and best practice information to NDIS providers on how to comply with their registration responsibilities
- Monitors compliance against the NDIS Code of Conduct and NDIS Practice Standards, including undertaking investigations and taking enforcement action
- Monitors the use of restrictive practices within the NDIS with the aim of reducing and eliminating such practices
- Is working in collaboration with states and territories to design and implement nationally consistent NDIS worker screening
- Focuses on education, capacity building and development for people with disability, NDIS providers and workers
- Facilitates information sharing with the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), state and territory authorities and other Commonwealth regulatory bodies.
Your NDIS Plan
Your NDIS plan will show you how much funding you have, the categories you have access to and what they’re for. We can go through your plan with you to explain your options based on your funding.
The NDIS plans have three support budgets:
- Core Supports budget: This is for supports to help with everyday tasks and activities, including community participation and transport.
- Capacity Building Supports budget: This is for supports to help you become more independent and build on your skills.
- Capital Supports budget: This is for one-off purchases you may need, including technology and home modifications. It also covers Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA). Capital Supports budget funds can only be used for their specific purpose.
The Compass Institute is a professional and experienced NDIS registered service provider in Queensland providing a wide range of support and services funded through both Core and Capacity Building Supports funding.
Compass and the NDIS
Compass is a NDIS Provider registered with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission. Compass specialises in learning and skill development across multiple locations including Gympie, Hunchy, Nambour, Caloundra, and Caboolture.
When we receive an enquiry, one of our specialist Coordinators will call you to gather basic information including support needs and NDIS goals, and to discuss current functioning ability. We will also send out an Application for Service. Once this is returned, a Coordinator will then make contact to discuss the application further and schedule a time to meet in person to get to know more about your goals and aspirations. We will match you with the activities to best support you to develop the skills and learning to achieve your NDIS goals.
Compass provides support under the following Registration Group Names:
- Development of Daily Living and Life Skills
- Participation in Community, Social and Civic Activities
- Group and Centre Based Activities
NDIS Price Guide
Find the latest NDIS prices and support items.
The NDIA sets price limits for some supports to ensure they provide value for money for participants.
Changes to prices are updated to respond to market trends and changes in costs and are generally identified through an Annual Price Review, with any new prices outlined in an updated price guide, effective 1 July each year.
Temporary Transformation Payment (TTP)
The Compass Institute is a registered NDIS Provider, and as a provider of community and centre-based activities, we are eligible to apply Temporary Transformation Payment (TTP) rates.
In line with the rules in the NDIS price guide, the rates Compass charges for supports depends on the nature of the support, where the support is delivered, the time of day the support is delivered, how complex the participant’s needs are, and the ratio of supports delivered (i.e. if the participant is supported one-to-one by a support worker, or in a group supported by the same worker). Compass charges participants at the TTP rates under the NDIS Price Guide.
Compass provides support under the following Registration Group Names:
- Group and Centre Based Activities
- Development of Daily Living and Life Skills
- Participation in Community, Social and Civic Activities
Support rates applied by Compass are based on the rates in the NDIS price guide. For Compass Pricing, please refer to our Schedule of Charges.
Advocacy and Support
There may be times when you need to speak with an Advocacy service. These contacts may be helpful to you;
- Queenslanders with Disability Network
- Queensland Government Advocacy
- Australian Government Disability Advocacy
- Sunshine Coast Citizen Advocacy Programme – Citizen advocacy for people with intellectual disability living in the Sunshine Coast
- People with Disability Australia (PWDA) is a national disability rights, advocacy and representative organisation
