Introduction
The National Disability Insurance Scheme is a given devolution in Australia’s care services for persons with disability; an offer of a reformist plan in everyone’s care. The paradigm of this particular case study is concerned with an assessment of the empowerment received from the NDIS both from the opportunities offered and the problem that accompanied it and chances of organizing financial possibilities for decision and control for the users.
This paper focuses on the issues of the operational model, the impact of the Scheme on the recipients of services and, in general, the Australian population. Special attention is paid to the roles of intermediate staffs; social workers and others – in the implementation of the proposed scheme to which the Following reference is made to(Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care, 2023). The essence of this paper is to deliberately centre our attention on those service delivery responsibilities that fall under the National Disability Agreement so as to demonstrate the extent of the task and the significance of such an endeavour to the disabled populace.
Moreover, integrating the paper from the Australian Journal of Public Administration, Malbon, Carey, and Reeders (2018), the research reveals an assessment of financial sustainability to the accessibility of NDIS. Such an analysis becomes very important in determining whether or not the scheme holds the capacity of creating sustainable solutions to the intended beneficiaries and the nations that are part of the agreement with regard to the economic aspect. In this particular case however, we need to dwell on the facet that is more composite within the NDIS, the appraisal and the challenges as well as benefits that are received through the help of the program to come up with a society that is more inclusive.
Background
Scholars labeled a new stream of support called NDIS implemented by The National Disability Insurance Agency as a new form of support launched to start its implementation to improve the lives of over 460, 000 Australians with permanent significant disability under the age of 65 and enable them to live ordinary lives. This is one of the great aspects of the scheme because money go directly to the to service users who, in turn, can organize the kind of help required and appropriate to their ratio of need and choice.
First, a brief historical background on how and why the social work profession has extended its practice to the NDIS will be discussed to assist the reader to establish its advance into this new practice field.
The Role of Social Work in NDIS
As it has been observed, civil work practice is an indispensable part of NDIS’ mechanism; therefore, the roles of social workers remain inalienable. They are essential in the process of the scheme practical implementation which provide participants with the necessary support, set goals that a participant wants to achieve and coordinate the services to obtain these goals. To this end, the Australian Association of Social Workers (2022) explains that social workers need to follow this new model, pointing out that such workers should guarantee