NDIS: Where are We at with Supported Decision Making?
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Description
Attend and earn 3 CPD hours including:
2 hours in Substantive Law
1 hour in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
*This is an interactive recording, which allows you to claim all your annual CPD points
Chair: Michael Perkins, Principal, Autonomy First Lawyers
Bridging Insights from the New Aged Care Act to the NDIS Sector
- How is supported decision making approached in NDIS and Aged Care?
- How is the NDIS participant affected by whether or not they reside in a state or territory with a Human Rights Act?
- How does the regime for plan nominees in NDIS interact with the role of guardians and attorneys?
- Is supported decision making merely a method of care rather than representation?
- How solid are the constitutional foundations of NDIS now with the new Aged Care Act?
Presented by Michael Perkins, Principal, Autonomy First Lawyers
Professional Skills
Financial and Funding Issues: The Practicalities of Making a Choice
- Dignity of risk and the right to make decisions
- Managing the funds of people at risk
- The role of private money as a supplement to NDIS
- Advocacy for more funding: The role of a professional and limitations
- Housing and SDA issues
- Management and monitoring of participants funds
- NDIS funding within the Aged Care setting
- Taking a second look: How to review decisions
Presented by William Johns, Managing Director, Health and Finance Integrated Pty Ltd
Supported Decision Making in 2024 & Beyond
- What, why, how and when
- Helpful tools: Supported Decision-Making Guide, Circle of Support
- Challenges: unhelpful helpers, time, system pressures
Presented by Rebecca Anderson, Solicitor, ADA Law
Presenters
Michael Perkins
Michael is a lawyer, author, and educator with over 30 years’ experience in trusts, estates and private client practice. He is a strong supporter of Supported Decision Making as a method of client care in professional practice and dealing with the orderly management of a person’s longevity as they age. Michael helps resolve broader complexity and conflict in the lives of his clients, where possible without resort to litigation or other dispute resolution processes. This capability is born from Michael’s decades of knowledge of the law and deep understanding of how families need to operate to sustain themselves across generations. Michael helps clients deal with the practical, policy, strategic and operational needs of their wealth conservation, estate governance and administration and succession objectives.
William Johns
Founder of HFI, William is a pioneer in the areas of disability and illness personal finance. Uniquely, William combined extremely rare insight being dually qualified. He is a disability expert and has been recognised as an emerging leader by the Australian Government; and a highly skilled and qualified Certified Financial Planning and has been awarded Australia’s highest achievements by the Financial Planning Association of Australia. Using his skills he has helped hundreds of Australians move forward with certainty in highly stressful situations. In order to deliver such outcomes, the person’s situation is examined thoroughly including how our services could be delivered in an accessible way. Areas of specialisation: Transition planning Medical retirement planning Taxation (Insurance claims, Special Disability Trust) Public and Community Housing Eligibility Insurance claims Centrelink related matters including disability pensions Superannuation related incapacity matters Special Disability Trusts Private client support including estate administration and project management of complex affairs Planning for future needs including trustee support Executive coaching and support William has particular interest in neurological and movement disorders, autoimmune diseases, and illnesses or disabilities that result in cognitive challenges. He is a lead adviser and has featured for MS Australia, Parkinson’s Victoria, Autism Advisory and many more. As a carer for someone he loves and adores that lives with MS, he understands how a strong family fabric means no one is forgotten in the planning process. William is the adviser of choice for people with disabilities, their families. However he will not make you feel different. Qualifications Master in Disability Studies (Flinders Uni. School of Medicine) Bachelor in Business (Applied Finance & Financial Planning) Certified Financial Planner (Deaken University & FPA) Self-Managed Superannuation Fund Specialist (Kaplan) Certificate IV in Credit & Lending National Awards Financial Planning Association’s Future2 Community Award Winner (NSW) 2014 Emerging Leader (Finalist) National Disability Award 2014 (Federal) NSW Parliament Commendation in recognition for service to the Autism (ASD) Community 2014 Financial Planning Association’s Best Practice Award Winner 2012 (NSW) Certified Financial Planner Category & Nationally Highly Commended in this category Money Management Magazine Financial Planner of the Year (runner up) 2012 Association of Financial Advisers Excellence in Education Award Nationally Highly Commended 2012 Money Management Magazine Financial Planner of the Year (finalist) 2011.
Rebecca Anderson
Rebecca Anderson is a human rights solicitor for Aged and Disability Advocacy Law (ADA Law). Her special interest is adults with questionable capacity, and the intersection of health and justice. Rebecca advocates for the recognition of every adult’s human rights, particularly in the context of adult guardianship, or ‘substitute decision making’ and supported decision making. Practicing with ADA Law, Rebecca’s key focus is to develop community and institutional awareness about standards and legal application of Supported Decision Making, which recognises the person’s rights, ability, and views in cases of questioned capacity, and empowers people to be included in decision-making. As well as client work, Rebecca works in collaboration with key stakeholders, government, and community groups to progress legislative and social frameworks related to disability, elder abuse, and ageism. Rebecca is the Chair of the Qld Law Society Elder Law Committee.