Author: DAPA Admin

January 11, 2019 DAPA Admin

NDIS–Disability Work Has No Breaks Whilst NDIS service providers are having a break for the Christmas and New Year, the pressure has never been released in our work. This year, another independent and agency called the NDIS Quality and Safeguard Commission was setup and became operatonal in July. It was established to improve the quality…

November 16, 2018 DAPA Admin

NDIS–For Job Seekers with Disability If you care for a person with a disability who is in their final two years of schooling, or has left school and looking for employment, please contact the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) 13 77 88. NDIA will help you understand about the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and…

July 1, 2018 DAPA Admin

NDIS–Where DAPA can help DAPA, through our Stronger Forever Program, has been registered to provide the following services under NDIS: o Development – Life Skill o Group Centre Activity o Participate Community o Personal Activity High and Assist Personal Activities o Assist Access/Maintain Employment o Household Tasks o Support Coordination

July 1, 2018 DAPA Admin

NDIS–Plan Post Review Appeal Now many participants who live in the northern suburbs of Sydney have had their review done. NDIA expects a steady amount of expense claims for this immediate next period. . However recent examples show that support funding was found unnecessary or unused and therefore caused a reduction of funding in the…

June 3, 2018 DAPA Admin

JOB VACANCIES Now DAPA is expanding to a new office in Chatswood (near the station) and we are recruiting more participants to learn IT skills: ready to be employed with us on a Supported Wage System. Opportunities for late 2018-19:

February 5, 2018 DAPA Admin

NDIS – MYPLACE Participant Portal When you have your NDIS funding approved, you need to know how to see your plan and your budget for the amount of funding you can spend accordingly. That is why you need to use the internet to access the Participant Portal. First, setup MyGov access, then link the NDIS…

January 13, 2018 DAPA Admin

NDIS – the next steps DAPA has the same financial problems like many other established service providers when our participants are undergoing annual reviews. NDIA freezes payment procedures for those clients for nearly a three month period after a review.

December 6, 2017 DAPA Admin

Stronger Forever Program Our people: Ongoing internal training for DAPA support workers is important. As an NDIS registered service provider, we develop newly-joined participants so they achieve their goals, while they are at DAPA.

November 8, 2017 DAPA Admin

Radio Interview at 2RRR about “Our Ryde” App Ian Mackenzie and Vincent Yu went to the local radio station 2RRR to have an interview with Get Local presenter Andrew Sayers which you can hear by choose the third interview on the following link: