Supports for providers

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If you are a provider and you need more support, you can email National Disability Services Western Australia.

sectorreadinessWA@nds.org.au

Providers who give psychosocial support

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You might support someone with a psychosocial disability.

A psychosocial disability affects a person’s mental health.

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If you provide this support, you can email Western Australian Association for Mental Health.

ready4QSC@waamh.org.au

Quality Assurance Panels

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A Quality Assurance Panel is a group of people who check behaviour support plans.

They decide if the restrictive practice can happen.

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A behaviour support plan is a document that explains what support a person with disability needs.

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Providers can email Development Disability WA (DDWA).

ddwa@ddwa.org.au

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DDWA can help providers find an external behaviour support practitioner for a Quality Assurance Panel.

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External behaviour support practitioners are people that:

  • need to be on all Quality Assurance Panels
  • help decide if a restrictive practice can happen.

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The Government pays external behaviour support practitioners from DDWA to be on Quality Assurance Panels.