How does the Council work?

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We have a guide about how the Council should work.

We call it our Operating Model.

Our Operating Model helps us work well:

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  • as a team

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  • with the NDIA.

It helps us connect with:

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  • people with disability

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  • their families and communities.

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Our Operating Model also helps us:

  • share our ideas with experts
  • write our advice.

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Our Operating Model has 4 main steps.

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1. Identify and prioritise

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We think about:

  • what advice the NDIA needs
  • other information we know about.

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The NDIA can ask us for advice and information about a certain topic.

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We make a plan to work out what:

  • information we need
  • work we will do first.

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2. Mobilise

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We work out who can give us the information we need.

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We do our own research.

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We write our advice.

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We make sure we all agree with the advice.

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3. Advise

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We get our advice ready for the NDIA Board.

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The NDIA Board:

  • thinks about our advice
  • decides what to do with our advice.

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They give our advice to:

  • the Minister for the NDIS
  • other disability ministers.

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4. Implement

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  • We get a report from the NDIA every 6 months to see how our advice is going.

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  • We give more advice if we need to.

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  • We share our final advice with the:
  • NDIA
  • community.