Our Work Plan

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Reference Group members looked at what their Work Plan will focus on.

The Work Plan is a document that explains what the Reference Group will work on.

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The Reference Group will use this Work Plan from:

  • 1 July 2023

to

  • 31 December 2024.

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They will also use the Work Plan to support the advice they give the IAC.

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Members picked 3 areas that focus on home and living to include in the Work Plan.

The 3 areas are:

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1. How well participants understand and use the NDIS

This includes supporting participants to:

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  • have the skills to take part in the NDIS on their own

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  • understand the work of local area coordinators (LACs).

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An LAC is someone who helps people with disability find and use supports and services.

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2. Improve how the NDIA make plans

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For example, members want the NDIA to:

  • include participants when they make plans
  • make plans that participants want.

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3. How the NDIS will work with others

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For example, how the NDIS will work with other organisations to support people who are homeless.

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People who are homeless do not have a home.

They must find a place to sleep each night.

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Members explained that many home and living issues are because of bad attitudes about disability.

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Your attitude is what you think, feel and believe.

This includes the attitudes of people from:

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  • the NDIA

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  • providers

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  • the community.

Members shared that they want to change these attitudes about disability so that people:

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  • listen to people with disability

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  • care about people with disability

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  • support people with disability to feel like they belong.

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Members also shared that the NDIA should include good attitudes about disability in their Reform for Outcomes work.

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The Reform for Outcomes will focus on what the NDIA can change to support better outcomes.

Outcomes are important results we want to get for people with disability.

Members agreed that their work will first focus on:

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  • how well participants understand and use the NDIS

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  • improving how the NDIA make plans.