There are over 222,000 NDIS registered providers across Australia. This is only a tiny portion of the total number of individuals and organisations that support over 466,000 NDIS participants and their families.
Many companies choose to remain unregistered as the process of registration can be long and costly.
Who can benefit from NDIS registered providers?
NDIS participants with an Agency managed (NDIA) plan can only access NDIS-registered providers. This is roughly 20% of NDIS beneficiaries.
What is the reason for becoming an NDIS registered provider?
Provide support or services or assistance to NDIS members who the Agency has managed.
Included on the NDIS website.
Display the NDIS Registered Business badge
There could be an advantage in proving that your company complies with strict NDIS requirements for providers, especially when you provide more complex services.
Be a preferred supplier for participants managed by the Agency who can only utilise registered providers.
Tips for becoming an NDIS registered provider.
Here are some helpful tips for those who think that registration might benefit your company.
- Give your company time to complete the procedure. There’s plenty of paperwork involved, so it’s recommended to complete the process systematically to ensure you get approved on the first try.
- Check out all the background information before starting your research. This includes NDIS Practice Standards and Suitability Assessment Process Guide. NDIS Practice Standards and the Suitability assessment guide
- You must complete an application within 60 days, or it will expire and be removed.
- Choose a professional company to handle the task instead of making it your own. They manage this all the time and know the best steps to take.
- Include only the services you are currently providing but not services you might offer in the near future. This will help reduce audit costs and cut down on time.
How do you apply to be an NDIS-registered provider?
The following is a summary of information from the NDIS website. There is no cost for submitting your application to be an NDIS provider. However, you’ll need to pay for an audit.
Step 1: Fill an application form
Make your application available on your NDIS Provider Portal. You’ll need to provide the contact information and details of the structure of your company, its locations of operations and key personnel.
Choose your registration group (types of services) your company offers.
Take a self-assessment of your knowledge of the NDIS Standard Practice. Upload the relevant documents to prove.
Step 2: Choose a registered auditor
Choose a quality auditor to conduct the audit. The NDIS will send you an “initial scope of audit” along with the requirements for registration that apply to your organisation. It will also confirm if your company requires a verification audit or a certification.
- A verification audit is necessary to ensure lower risk and less complex support and services.
- A certification audit is mandatory for more complex or high-risk services and supports.
Step 3: The Audit
Auditors take into consideration the size and scope of the company and also the nature as well as the complexity of services offered. They assist you in understanding their findings and provide you with the chance to ask questions. The report of their audit is presented for review by the NDIS Commission. NDIS Commission through an online portal.
Step 4: Assessment
The NDIS will review the audit and assess the suitability of your company and its key employees. The NDIS will inform you of your application’s successful outcome and explain why you failed.
Step 5: The result
Successful applicants will be issued the Certificate of Registration which outlines the assistance or services they’re registered to provide and the conditions they have to comply with. In failure, applicants can ask for a review within three months.
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