Assistant Director

2 weeks ago


Parramatta, Australia NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission Full time

**About the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission**

The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (the NDIS Commission) is an independent
agency established on 1 July 2018 to improve the quality and safety of NDIS supports and
services. The Commission is the dedicated national regulator of NDIS service providers in
Australia and a non-corporate entity under the Public Governance, Performance and
Accountability Act 2013.

The NDIS Commission commenced operations in New South Wales and South Australia on 1
July 2018, and expanded its operations to other jurisdictions (Tasmania, Queensland, Victoria,
Northern Territory and ACT) on 1 July 2019. The NDIS Commission will commence operations
in Western Australia on 1 December 2020.

**Job Reference**
**Number**

043_04/23
**Number of**
**Vacancies**

1

**Position Title**
Assistant Director
- Research

**Branch**

Senior Practitioner

**Classification **EL1 **Section**
Research and Practice Evidence
- Practice Quality Division

**Status **Ongoing Full time

**Salary Range **$111,445-$126,503 **Location **Parramatta, NSW

**Contact Person **Dr Donna Gillies **Contact Job Title** Director Research and Practice Evidence

**Date Applications**
**Open**

Wednesday 5 April
2023 12:00 AM

**Date Applications**
**Close**

Wednesday 19 April 2023 11:30PM

NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission 2

**The NDIS Commission’s core legislative functions**

Uphold the rights of, and promote the health, safety and wellbeing of, people with
disability receiving supports or services, including those received under the National
Disability Insurance Scheme

Develop a nationally consistent approach to managing quality and safeguards for people
with disability receiving supports or services, including those received under the National
Disability Insurance Scheme

Promote the provision of advice, information, education and training to NDIS providers
and people with disability

Secure compliance with relevant legislation through effective compliance and
enforcement arrangements, including through the monitoring and investigation functions
conferred on the Commissioner by legislation

Promote continuous improvement amongst NDIS providers and their delivery of
progressively higher standards of supports and services to people with disability

Develop and oversee policy design for a nationally consistent framework relating to the
screening of workers involved in the provision of supports and services to people with
disability

Provide advice or recommendations to the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA)
and its Board in relation to the performance of the Agency’s functions

Engage in, promote and coordinate the sharing of information to achieve the objects of
the relevant legislation

Provide NDIS market oversight, including:
i. monitoring changes in the NDIS market which may indicate emerging risk; and

ii. monitoring and mitigating the risks of unplanned service withdrawal

The NDIS Commission is a disability friendly organisation that offers interesting and

**Senior Practitioner**

The Senior Practitioner is responsible for delivering outcomes associated with the NDIS
Commissioner’s behaviour support functions, as outlined in the National Disability Insurance
Scheme Act 2013 (the Act) section 181 (h) with the overarching goal “_to provide leadership in _
- relation to behaviour support, and in the reduction and elimination of the use of restrictive _
- practices.”_

The Office of the Senior Practitioner provides clinical leadership and expertise to improve the
capability of NDIS providers to deliver quality behaviour support to NDIS participants. The
delivery of quality behaviour support recognises the needs of people with a disability, and
expression of their human rights through the reduction and elimination of restrictive
practices. Capability in behaviour support is supported through: assessing practitioner
suitability against the _Positive Behaviour Support Capability Framework;_ the development of
policy and guidance materials, education, training and advice; monitoring the use and quality

NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission 3

of behaviour support plans and restrictive practices; and research on the most effective ways
of providing behaviour support.

**The Practice Quality Division led by the Senior Practitioner consists of**:
National Behaviour Support practice

Performance Improvement

Research and Practice Evidence

**The Practice Quality Research and Practice Evidence team**

The Practice Quality Research and Practice Evidence team is responsible for the development
of research and practice evidence to support the Commission’s and Senior Practitioner’s core
functions. Research and Practice Evidence will inform the Commission’s safeguarding and
quality improvement functions through research syntheses including systematic reviews, data
analysis, research, and evaluation.

The Assistant Director - Research will work closely with the Director of Research a



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