DSS Transition Strategy: Discussion and workshop

Indicators of successful DES: Disability employment policies• An increase of people receiving, or entitled to, DSP

accessing DES

• An increase in the number of people receiving DSP declaring income from employment

• A decrease in people accessing services in segregated and congregated settings

• An increase in those transitioning from segregated and congregated settings into DES and open employment

Indicate priority and importance

• “This needs to happen soon” Use the red stickers to indicate an item is a priority to be acted upon now

• “This is very important”Use the orange stickers to indicate an item is very important

Cut Red TapeThought leaders:• Remove requirement for all contacts to be face to

face

• Remove requirement for those on DSP to have an ESAt/JCA to access DES

• A less prescriptive, more principled, approach to Non-Payable Outcomes

• Change requirement for EPPs to updated quarterly to updated by phase

• Remove requirement to leave expired provider assistance codes in EPPs

Government Commissioning and Procurement

Thought leaders:

• A licensed, accredited model with an independent regulator

• Indexation, CPI increase

• Competitive tendering with longer-term contracts

Aligning DES to the NDIS – Person Centered ServicingThought leaders:

• Set Terms of Reference for a review of the DES model…

• Allow concurrent servicing along the ‘continuum’: between DES and ADEs or TTWs

• Better identify who is eligible for DES: review assessment policy and process

• Adopt a more market based approach: no market share, vote with feet

Over to you…