WA NDIS

Extensive materials are available on the National Disability Insurance Scheme. The following links access documents most relevant to people experiencing mental illness and their access to the scheme.

Sector Development

  • Psychosocial Disability Support through the WA NDIS My Way trials.
  • NDIS and My Way: Mapping the Territory - Sector Feedback
  • Theresa Williams’ report is based on a study of the UK/European experience, and a valuable resource for individuals and services on the topic of self-direction and individualised funding.
  • WAAMH is part of the Mental Health Council of Australia’s NDIS Capacity Building Project Advisory Group - the aim of the group is to ensure NDIS improves outcomes for people with psychosocial disability.
  • Practical Design Fund provides solid information about NDIS capacity building in the Australian context.
  • Uniting Care West's paper provides a framework for agencies to examine how they relate mission and service to individualised care.
  • NDIS Organisational Readiness Toolkit.


National Disability Insurance Scheme

  • WAAMH’s Position on the Future Governance of the NDIS in WA
  • Report from Productivity Commission inquiry into a long-term disability care and support scheme
    Disability Care and Support, Commonwealth of Australia, 2011
  • The intersection with mental health, Appendix from Productivity Commission report.
  • The National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013
  • Legislation, Rules and government agreements - the rules are legislative instruments which operationalise the Act. Rules are published on various aspects of the scheme including ‘Becoming a participant’ (includes eligibility) and ‘Supports for Participants’.
  • NDIA developed operational guidelines covering access, planning and assessment, plan supports, and more.
  • Operational guidelines on the interface with mental health services
  • Fact sheet: Supports the NDIS will fund in relation to mental health services - also contains information about what services remain the responsibility of mental health systems.

WA and My Way

  • Launch sites - NDIS, My Way, and the Disability Services Commission.
  • Agreement between the Commonwealth and WA Governments.

 

Mental Health

  • The Mental Health Council of Australia position paper on the NDIS. 
  • ConNetica director and Professor John Mendoza’s paper presented at the Integrating Mental Health and the National Disability Insurance Scheme Conference.
  • NDIS / My Way Sector Presentations 2014
  • NDIS Capacity Building
  • WAAMH's submissions, briefs and workshops on NDIS.
  • NDIA Mental Health Sector Reference Group June meeting communique