Advice Support Tool

Theme: Mainstream Interface Supports Sub-Theme(s): Education Considerations (Including Personal Care in schools).

References:

• NDIS Act 2013 Section 34 1. (a) - (f) and 2.
• NDIS Support for Participant Rules 2013
• APTOS- Principles to determine the responsibilities of the NDIS and other service systems
• s47E(d) - certain operations of agencies

Note: All criteria need to be met for the supports to be funded through the NDIS.

Criteria for reasonable and necessary supports	Is criteria met?	Considerations (including evidence used)
34.1(a) Enabling the participant’s goals and objectives. (supports will assist the participant to pursue the goals and objectives in their plan)	Yes →	* Review participant’s goals and confirm any associated goals which may be relevant to the requested support.

• Consider the mandatory nature of school attendance as they may differ from state to state.
• Check the In-Kind arrangements for personal care in school. redacted: s47E(d) - certain operations of agencies | | 34.1(b) Assist the participant’s social and economic participation. (supports will assist the participant to undertake activities to facilitate their social and economic participation) | Yes → | * Consider the mandatory nature of school attendance as they may differ from state to state.
• Check the In-Kind arrangements for personal care in school. redacted: s47E(d) - certain operations of agencies | | 34.1(c) Value for money (supports represents value for money, ie the costs of support are reasonable, both in terms | Yes → | Capacity Building Supports/ Core Supports:
• redacted: s47E(d) - certain operations of agencies |

Criteria for reasonable and necessary supports	Is criteria met?	Considerations (including evidence used)
of the benefits achieved and the cost of alternative support)
Consider NDIS Support for Participant Rules 2013 Part 3.1 (a) – (f);
S47E(d)-certain operations of agency		s47E(d) - certain operations of agencies
Transport and personal care funding is likely to be funded through in-kind arrangement.
Review the in-kind arrangements redacted: s47E(d) - certain operations of agencies
Are there comparable support options which would achieve the same outcome at a substantially lower cost? What alternative supports were considered?
Is there evidence that the support will substantially improve the life stage outcomes and be of long-term benefit to the participant?
Is there evidence that funding support is likely to increase independence and reduce funded support costs in the long-term?
Is there evidence the support will increase the participant’s independence and reduce the participant’s need for other kinds of supports?
Is there evidence the quoted support cost is comparable to expected cost of same kind of	Capital/ AT Supports
s47E(d) - certain operations of agencies
Transport:

• Check in kind arrangement. redacted: s22(1)(a)(ii) - irrelevant material |

Criteria for reasonable and necessary supports

Criteria for reasonable and necessary supports	Is criteria met?	Considerations (including evidence used)
Supports?
34.1(d) Support is effective or beneficial for the participant (supports will be, or are likely to be, effective for desired effect and beneficial for the participant, having regard to current good practice)
Consider NDIS Support for Participant Rules 2013 Part 3.2 and 3.3
What are the expected benefits of the support provision?
How will effectiveness of achieved outcome be measured?
When will effectiveness of achieved outcome be achieved?
Are there other supports required to achieve or maximise the reported support outcomes for participant?
☑️ Yes	Core and transport:

• Transport and personal care funding is likely to be funded through an in-kind arrangement. s47E(d) - certain operations of agencies Capacity Building: s47E(d) - certain operations of agencies Capital and AT: s47E(d) - certain operations of agencies | 34.1(e) Support coordinates with but does not replace informal support. (funding or provision of supports takes account of what it is reasonable to expect families, carers, informal networks and the community to provide) Consider NDIS Support for Participant Rules 2013 Part 3.4 | ☑️ Yes | Core / Transport:
• Transport and personal care funding is likely to be funded through an in-kind arrangement as there may be instances where a participant is unable to attend their nearest state school due to their disability specific need. In-Kind funding is provided to address this. s47E(d) - certain operations of agencies

Criteria for reasonable and necessary supports

Is criteria met?

Capital and AT:

s47E(d) - certain operations of agencies

Capacity Building:

s47E(d) - certain operations of agencies

• Supports are also available for children at mainstream schools for assessment of learning needs which will then inform their curriculum adjustments in mainstream settings.

Transport:

• The NDIS will be responsible for supports that a student requires that are associated with the functional impact of the student’s disability on their daily living activities, such as transport to and from school (rule 7.13 of the Supports for Participants Rules).

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Criteria for reasonable and necessary supports

Criteria for reasonable and necessary supports	Is criteria met?	Considerations (including evidence used)
The NDIS has funded school transport via in-kind arrangement with each state which eligible students should have access to.

• Refer to the s47E(d) - certain operations of agencies for further information.

Support will not cause harm

(Supports will not be funded if it is likely to cause harm to the participant or pose a risk to others, or the support would be contrary to a law of a jurisdiction) Consider NDIS Support for Participant Rules 2013 Part 5.1 and 5.3

• Yes
• No

Support is directly related to the participant’s disability

(supports will not be funded under the NDIS if they do not relate to the participant’s disability or are day-to-day expenses or income replacement) Consider NDIS Support for Participant Rules 2013 Part 5.1 and 5.2

• Yes

• No

• Include consideration of the responsibility of Mainstream Education as outlined in:

  • School education | NDIS
  • NDIS Support for Participant Rules 2013

Support does not duplicate other supports

(supports do not duplicate other supports delivered under alternative funding through the NDIS such as Information, Linkages and Capacity Building (ILC) funding.)

• Yes
• No

| Core:

• Funding of supports to assist with personal care tasks for a participant attending a special school may be seen as a duplication of existing in-kind arrangements. Transport:
• Funding of supports to assist with transport for a Participant with an In-Kind transport

Criteria for reasonable and necessary supports

Consider NDIS Support for Participant Rules 2013 Part 5.1 (c)

Is criteria met?	Considerations (including evidence used)
	arrangement would be seen as a duplication of existing in-kind arrangements.
s47E(d) - certain operations of agencies

Are all of the above criteria met for all supports?

• Yes →
• No →

Version Control

Version #	Status	Date	Modified by	Brief Description of Modification
V1.0	Cleared	04/09/2023	NMK927	Production of initial V1.0
V1.0	Cleared	05/09/2023	JIF775	Transferred to Key Advisor Advice Resources repository

Note: Document uncontrolled in hard copy

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