FOI 24/25-1473 DOCUMENT 65

Record employment and training information

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1 Recent updates …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4 2 Before you start …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5 3 Understand work and study supports ……………………………………………………………………. 6 4 Record work and study supports in a Personal and Environmental Circumstance (PEC) case …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7 5 Next steps …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 8

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This article provides guidance for a local area coordinator, early childhood partner and all NDIA staff (planner, payment officer, internal review officer, complaints officer, participant service officer, access officer, quality officer, technical advisor, SDA officer, NCC officer, provider support) to: ● understand work and study supports ● record work and study supports in a Personal and Environmental Circumstance (PEC) case.

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1 Recent updates

December 2023 Updates to work and study supports, including: ● updated links to the Our Guidelines – Work and study and new article Understand work and study supports.

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2 Before you start

You have read and understood: ● Our Guideline – Work and study (external) ● article Understand work and study supports ● article Complete personal and environmental circumstances case ● article Create Personal and Environmental Circumstances case ● Guide - Conversation style guide.

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3 Understand work and study supports

Work and study are an important part of life for most people. If an NDIS participant wants to work or study, we want to support them. We can fund work and study supports for the participants disability-related needs. All NDIS funded supports must meet the NDIS funding criteria (external). To access work and study funded supports, a participant will have a work or study goal in their NDIS plan. To learn more about work and study supports, go to article Understand work and study supports.

When will we fund work and study supports?

When we think about what work or study supports we can fund, we’ll consider if it: ● relates to the person’s disability ● helps the person pursue their goals ● is effective and beneficial for the person ● is legal and safe ● is value for money ● is something we don’t expect informal supports or the community to provide ● is funded or provided by another program or service.

The Let’s talk about work booklet (external) will help the participant get ready to think and talk about work.

We might not be able to fund all the supports a participant needs for work and study. Some supports might not meet our NDIS funding criteria (external). Some supports might be better funded or provided through: ● other mainstream services. For more information, go to Our Guideline - Mainstream and community supports ● government programs, such as Disability Employment Services (DES) or JobAccess Department of Employment and Workplace Relations ● other government departments, like your state or territory government ● school, university or TAFE ● a business or employer.

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4 Record work and study supports in a Personal and

Environmental Circumstance (PEC) case

We complete the Personal and Environmental Circumstances (PEC) case when a person is applying to the NDIS.

Completing the questions in the PEC case helps us to understand: ● the person’s support needs ● how the person manages daily life.

Ask the person the employment and training questions in the PEC case and record their answers.

Note: Don’t read the response options to the person out loud. Instead, listen carefully to their answers. You may need to select the most appropriate response for each question.

Use your interpersonal skills in a guided conversation to seek answers to each question.

Explain to the person we need the right information before we make an eligibility decision.

You must record a response for each mandatory field marked with an asterisk. Then select Next to continue.

Note: The PEC case Steps and questions are dynamic and may change depending on the person’s circumstances and age, as well as the response options selected for some questions.

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5 Next steps

Read article Record Equipment and Consumables information

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