Responsibility: Australian Government
Response: Accept in principle
Status: In progress
What has been achieved to date
The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (NDIS Commission)’s NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators include independence and informed choice as core components of quality service provision. The NDIS Commission funded the development of a co-designed toolkit ‘Deciding With Support – Holistic Supported Decision Making.’ The free toolkit is now publicly available online.
The NDIS Commission has developed an Evidence review, Evidence summary and Resource map on Person-centred practice which includes evidence-based guidance on supported decision-making and links to a range of supported decision-making resources. These are now available on the NDIS Commission’s website.
In August and October 2024, the NDIS Commission consulted to understand NDIS Practice Standards implementation challenges including how current guidance is utilised. The NDIS Commission is undertaking a review of Commissioner-made NDIS Rules and NDIS Practice Standards, which have not undergone a comprehensive review since their introduction. This review will consider the recommendations of the Disability Royal Commission.
What the Disability Royal Commission said in the final report
The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission should co-design – with people with disability, disabled people’s organisations, disability representative organisations including member-led First Nations Community Controlled Organisations, and peak bodies – a practice guide on supported decision-making for service providers. This should be consistent with the NDIS Supported Decision Making Policy and the supported decision-making principles outlined in Recommendation 6.6.
Australian Government Response July 2024
The Australian Government agrees that NDIS participants accessing disability services should have access to the supports they may require to make decisions about those services.
The NDIS Commission’s NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators include independence and informed choice, and support planning as core components of quality service provision The NDIS Commission commissioned Flinders University, the Council on Intellectual Disability, and the University of NSW to develop Deciding with Support, a new toolkit of co-designed resources for everyone involved in positive behaviour support.
The NDIS Commission will continue to work with the NDIA, First Nations community controlled organisations, and build connections with advocacy groups and other parties to design resources that provide guidance to providers in supported decision making where appropriate.
More recommendations
View progress on other recommendations made by the Royal Commission.