Following the creation of a federal commission to regulate, monitor and audit all businesses that provide services to individuals, families and carers under NDIS, a State Government supported series of workshops to help small to medium businesses will arrive in Armidale on June 11, and Tamworth on June 26.
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CEO of the program administrator The Business Centre Steve Wait said it was a series of NDIS registration masterclass.
"Now, that wouldn't mean very much to people outside the disability sector, the NDIS," he said.
"Under this new marketplace and great innovation, businesses have to become registered under a national scheme to be providers to people with disabilities because obviously these are vulnerable people; and it is a marketplace worth north of $20billion for over 470,000 people with disabilities across Australia.
"The challenge for us is to support those small businesses with this compliance regime."
Workshops will be held at:
- Armidale on June 11 - NDIS Verification Audit Ready Masterclass. Tickets can be found here.
- Armidale on June 17 NDIS Verification Audit Ready Masterclass. Tickets can be found here.
- Armidale on June 19 Growing Your Business in the Disability Sector. Tickets can be found here.
- Tamworth on June 26 NDIS Verification Audit Ready Masterclass. Tickets can be found here.
- Tamworth on July 1 Growing Your Business in the Disability Sector. Tickets can be found here.
Mr Wait said businesses had to prepare to be a registered provider under the NDIS scheme, and there were costs associated with doing that. He said NDIS compliance for businesses would be similar to that surrounding taxation or work health and safety.
"If they don't get that right, they put at risk their ability to trade and service this new, regulated market for people with disabilities," he said.
"So we put together these rapid response training days for small businesses to come in for virtually no cost.
"They come away with a package of tools and documents to understand what they have to do to become registered, and make sure they are compliant with the law."
If you wish to book a one-on-one business advisory appointment with a disability sector expert, Nat Ellis, you can call The Business Centre on (02) 4925 7700 to set that up.
