Law for Disability Providers: Your Obligations in the NDIS Landscape
Hear from some of the best lawyers in the disability sector as they review recent changes to SDA regulations; financing disability and SDA housing; practice standards and worker screening requirements under the NDIS Quality & Safeguarding Framework; and key learnings from The Royal Commission. Review other laws that impact on your business including privacy and cyber-security, consumer laws, employment law, workplace manslaughter offences & more.
Description
Attend and earn 3 CPD units in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair: Michael Perkins, Founder, Autonomy First Lawyers
Review of the Disability and SDA Housing
Learn about the recent changes in the SDA regulations then understand:
- What are some of the best contract structures between housing providers and support providers, and what are the risks?
- What funding structures can be used to develop disability and SDA housing projects?
- What have we learnt from The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability?
Presented by Tony Rutherford, Partner and Darren James, Partner, Mills Oakley
Regulatory and Compliance Obligations: The Non-Compliance Consequences
Gain an understanding of the various regulations and compliance obligations required, and also understand the non-compliance consequences in the areas of:
- Privacy and cyber-security
- Consumer laws and service delivery
- Employment law and workplace manslaughter offences
- Whistleblower protection regime
- Modern slavery reporting and disclosure
Presented by Paige Comensoli, Director, In House Nous
A Human Rights-based Approach to Meeting Your Obligations under the Quality & Safeguarding Framework
Examine the changing community expectations of disability rights after the Disability Royal Commission investigation and what it means for you, including:
- Practice Standards & Worker Screening: the requirements for providers under the NDIS Quality & Safeguarding Framework
- The shift from mere compliance with legal obligations, to having a human rights-based approach. What are the disadvantages of tick-box compliance?
- Opportunities for DSPs: Practical guidance on how to embed a human rights based approach in a competitive NDIS market
- How the NDIS Quality & Safeguarding Framework and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability, work together
Presented by Emma Turner, Principal and Bea Dubinsky, Lawyer, Russell Kennedy Lawyers
Presenters
Michael Perkins, Founder, Autonomy First Lawyers
Michael Perkins TEP is a lawyer, author and educator with over 30 years’ experience in trusts, estates and private client practice. He has worked in boutique and large firms helping families across generations to preserve and manage their wealth, family and community connections. He is a founder of Autonomy First and is focused on helping empower and evidence the decision making ability of his clients. He is focused on building cognitive responsive workplaces and workers so professional and commercial service providers alike can work more effectively to help their clients and patients age well.
Tony Rutherford, Partner, Mills Oakley
Tony regularly advises disability organisations and technology start-ups in relation to legislative, policy and commercial issues arising under the National Disability Insurance Scheme. He has advised on large and complex infrastructure projects across a wide range of sectors including social and affordable housing (including specialist disability accommodation), health and hospitals, roads, rail, mining, oil & gas, water, wastewater, telecommunications and power. Tony has also advised on projects and construction disputes and is well-versed in the full range of dispute resolution mechanisms.
Darren James, Partner, Mills Oakley
Darren is an international award-winning, commercial litigation lawyer. He has 21 years of experience providing advice and representation in significant and high profile commercial disputes. He advises disability service providers in relation to the Disability Royal Commission.
Darren draws on the depth of his experience and expertise to help his clients achieve their commercial objectives when faced with the wide range of legal, commercial, insurance and brand issues often associated with significant commercial disputes, incidents and regulatory investigations. Darren’s expertise includes class actions, complex commercial proceedings, regulatory investigations and prosecutions, domestic and international arbitration.
Paige Comensoli, Senior Lawyer, Peer Legal
Paige has a particular interest in the health care sector, especially all things NDIS (the National Disability Insurance Scheme), and is passionate about the evolution of one of Australia’s largest social reforms. Her NDIS practice includes advising NDIS providers on how to navigate the ever-changing regulatory framework, their legal and regulatory obligations for both existing and new strategic business initiatives, undertaking risk-based audits and compliance analysis, and helping them to operationalise their compliance obligations. Paige is a commercial lawyer who advises on acquisitions/sales, operations, projects, and commercial transactions, with a particular focus on compliance, governance and risk management.
Emma Turner, Principal, Russell Kennedy Lawyers
Emma has experience working in-house for government, statutory boards and health service providers. She advises clients on legal compliance, risk management, policy and procedure development to support good governance and operations, statutory interpretation, good decision-making and procedural fairness, privacy and confidentiality, records keeping and access to information. Emma is also available to undertake investigations of incidents and resolution of complaints.
Bea Dubinsky, Lawyer, Russell Kennedy Lawyers
Bea assists clients on complex advisory matters in relation to administrative law, statutory interpretation, regulatory compliance and privacy, in the health, disability and education sectors. With a professional background in mental health, disability and community-based youth services, Bea has an applied understanding of the regulatory requirements relevant to her clients and the complex array of legal and policy issues affecting these sectors.