Projects Funded Under the Second Commonwealth State Disability Agreement (CSDA) Research and Development Trust Fund
Background
Under the second Commonwealth State Disability Agreement (CSDA 2), the National Disability Administrators (NDA) endorsed a range of research projects to be undertaken and allocated budgets to each project.
Thirteen projects have been completed under the CSDA 2 Research and Development program covering a range of issues. Each project listed below is linked to a brief description of the project. The reports associated with the projects can be found on this website under Disability Publications. CSDA (2) Publications
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The projects are:
Abuse Prevention Strategies in Specialist Disability Services
Ageing and Disability
Current Responses To Meeting The Service Needs Of People With A Disability And The Effectiveness Of Strategies To Support Families
Day Support Service Options for Older Adults with a Lifelong Disability
Disability Service Provision for People with High Support Needs: Improving Access to employment assistance and the interface between Commonwealth and State/Territory funded programs for people with high support needs
Indigenous Disability Data Project
Methods To Address Requirements For Changes In Funding Disability Services Brought About By External Change
National Survey on Satisfaction of Clients of Disability Services
Supporting Families with Children with Disabilities: Identifying Service Responses that Impact on the Risk of Family Breakdown
Towards a Strategic Development of CSDA MDS.
Developing Responsive Disability Services for People in Remote Indigenous Communities (Sharing Stories: Good Practice in Disability Services for Indigenous People in Remote Communities)
Workforce Capacity
Description of Projects
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This project reviewed quality assurance in systems, with the aim of improving abuse prevention strategies.
The key output from workshops conducted as part of the project was a practical tool designed to be used by program administrators and service providers alike to refine quality assurance systems generally and to tailor approaches to abuse prevention suited to local contexts and circumstances.
The report suggests that particular attention should be directed to the capture and effective management of data in order to gain a greater understanding of the incidence and patterns of abuse. Workforce issues such as selection and training are also identified as a major component suggesting the need for more defined requirements for staffing within services. It identifies a number key elements that are pivotal to all stakeholders management and response to abuse in funded services.
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Information to assist in the planning of disability support services for an ageing population. It was designed to look at the needs of people with a disability who are ageing and to determine whether there were differences in service needs between those who acquired a disability as a result of ageing and those who had a disability from an earlier age. The study examined current trends in service provision, including informal care, and drawing on population projections, made an assessment of future service needs.
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This report provides advice on service responses that could better meet the needs of people with a disability at an earlier stage and/or a lower intensity than current services. Particular emphasis was placed on the deferral of full-time residential care.
The results of this research were designed to be of assistance in identifying current and future initiatives that have the potential to achieve a preventative, pro-active approach. Such approaches are likely to be more cost-effective and produce better outcomes for individuals, including increased independence and the maintenance of natural support networks and the family unit.
The research defines key components of successful responses to demand for services from across the human services sector that could be applied to the Australian disability sector.
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A national study of the needs of older people with a lifelong disability that grew out of the recognition that this group of people is increasing in number and the increasing demand for day support services.
Based on ageing in place philosophy the report recommends that Day support should be redefined in broader terms as lifestyle support, that the system should be made more accessible for people currently outside it, including removing the age limit for entry into services.
Significant issues identified included:
the need for funding for existing unmet demand, as well as for new groups such as people retiring from employment or presenting for the first time at an older age.
greater leadership was required to ensure that the aged care system had a better understanding about the needs of frail aged people with disabilities.
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Report Title: To Take Part
The project sought to identify common parameters for establishing baseline data and monitoring trends in the participation and access of people with high support needs to employment options and Community Access programs, along with the impact of inter-jurisdictional interface issues.
Program interface issues are most likely to arise at times of transition or when a person with a high support need seeks a mixed program option. The availability of Commonwealth employment opportunities for people with high support needs is reported to impact on the demand for Community Access Program participation. Conversely, the availability of State/Territory Community Access opportunities for people wishing to retire from the workforce is reported to impact on the Commonwealths capacity to generate new employment places.
Further, the extent to which a person can access mixed options (where a person is capable of working less than full time) or can re-enter a Community Access Program if employment proves not to be feasible, can impact on an individuals willingness to try an employment option.
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This project was commissioned to ensure that disability data was included in the broader work being undertaken by the National Community Services Information Management Group (NCSIMG) and the ABS in relation to Indigenous data.
The broader project consisted of two inter-related components:
Development of the principles and standards for a collection of community services data on Indigenous clients; and
Review of current Indigenous community services data collections; the three collections identified for review were related to the supported accommodation assistance program (SAAP), child protection and disability services.
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This research report provides advice on appropriate indexation and demand factors for Commonwealth funding to the States via the Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement (CSTDA).
The report examines and makes recommendations on the adjustment of funding over time. The adjustment is intended to take account of both changes in the cost of services (price adjustment or indexation) and external factors influencing the demand for services (demand adjustment).
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The survey compared the satisfaction of clients of disability services across jurisdictions and across services within jurisdictions for the purposes of:
enabling comparisons across jurisdictions to be reported in the Report on Government Services; and
providing policy makers with information to improve their services.
The survey targeted clients of selected services for people with a disability and their families.
Results were included in the Productivity Commissions Report on Government Services 2000.
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Report Title: 'Listen to Us'
The report focuses on children and young people to the age of eighteen years who have a disability and their families. It examines the capacity and resources of both the immediate family, of their extended family and friendship networks, and of professional service systems to meet their support needs.
The report considers service responses that can strengthen and support families with children with disabilities and thus impact positively on their capacity to continue to care for the child at home
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CSDA Minimum Data Set Redevelopment
The National Disability Administrators and the AIHW undertook this project jointly in two discrete stages. An initial study examined the potential for enhancing the CSDA MDS collection.
Recommendations were accepted by the NDA leading to a second more detailed project that aims to redevelop the CSDA MDS from an annual paper-based snap-shot data collection into an ongoing electronic data collection that will meet critical information needs across the disability field.
It is envisaged that data collation methods within the collection will be integrated with the day-to-day operations of agencies and jurisdictions via the use of statistical linkage keys to enable data from various sources to be related and collated without duplication of effort. The new MDS will build on agreement on nationally significant data items, and agreement on a framework for collection and national collation.
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Report Title: Sharing Stories: Good Practice in Disability Services for Indigenous People in Remote Communities
This project aims to inform the development of a more effective national service system for communities supporting indigenous people with a disability, especially those who live in remote parts of Australia.
The objectives of the research are to:
Review the various models in place in indigenous communities which have provided effective support for indigenous people with a disability living in remote areas;
Identify the local and systemic factors which have contributed to the effectiveness of these disability support models amongst the indigenous communities;
Develop guidelines for best practice in indigenous disability service provision for remote communities;
Define and make recommendations about strategies toward further service development; and
Propose future mechanisms for enhancing partnership with indigenous communities in disability support provision.
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Workforce Capacity-2 Reports
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This Project was commissioned by the National Disability Administratiors(NDA) and has been supported by a National Project Steering Committee (NPSC).
The NDA has recognised the significant problem of manataining workforce capacity in the specialist disability sector. It has already completed a scoping project to develop a broad understanding of the extent and nature of workplace capacity issues in the disability sector nationally (focussed on workforce capacity issues for direct - care and therapy staff in government disability providers).
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This summary document provides a summation of the report arising from the project. It details the key findings of the research and provides an overview of potential forward strategies for consideration by the NDA in responding to workforce capacity issues for the disability sector.
KPMG was commissioned by the National Disability Administrator to undertake a research project to investigate appropriate attraction, recruitment, retention strategies and employment models for the disability sector that take account of the impacts of the ageing population and the need for a skilled and competitive workforce in respect of services for people with disabilities.
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