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Contracting with us

Contracting processes and documents

The Ministry of Health currently has three types of contracts that it uses with organizations who provide disability support services. These are residential (PDF, 234 KB), non-residential (PDF, 224 KB) and/or a letter of agreement.

The National Service Specifications that the Ministry of Health has:

• Needs Assessment and Service Co-ordination (NASC) services

  • Service Specification: Needs Assessment and Service Co-ordination (NASC) services (Word, 241 KB)
  • Service Specification: Needs Assessment and Service Co-ordination (NASC) services (PDF, 119 KB)
    
    

• Disability Information and Advisory Services (DIAS)

  • Service Specification: DIAS (Word, 77 KB)
  • Service Specification: DIAS (PDF, 47 KB)
    
    

• Environmental Support Services (ESS)

  • Service Specification: Environmental Support Services Management Services (Word, 236 KB)
  • Service Specification: Environmental Support Services Management Services (PDF, 149 KB)
    
    

• Home-based Support Services (HBSS)

  • Service Specification: Home-based Support Services (HBSS) (Word, 157 KB)
  • Service Specification: Home-based Support Services (HBSS) (PDF, 146 KB)
    
    

• Respite and Carer Support

  • Service Specification Tier 1: "Out of Family" Respite Services (Word, 115 KB)
  • Service Specification Tier 1: "Out of Family" Respite Services (PDF, 49 KB)
    Service Specification Tier 2: "Out of Family" Respite Services (children 16 years and under) (Word, 98 KB)
  • Service Specification Tier 2: "Out of Family" Respite Services (children 16 years and under) (PDF, 48 KB)
    

• Child Development Services

  • Service Specification: Child Development Services (Word, 120 KB)
  • Service Specification: Child Development Services (PDF, 59 KB)
    
    

• Community Residential Support Services

  • Service Specification: Community Residential Support Services - Intellectual Disability (Word, 190 KB)
  • Service Specification: Community Residential Support Services - Intellectual Disability (PDF, 96 KB)
  • Service Specification: Community Residential Support Services - Physical Disability (Word, 160 KB)
  • Service Specification: Community Residential Suppot Services - Physical DisabilitY (PDF, 97.6 KB)
    
    

• Rest home and private hospital services (for adults generally aged under 65 years)

  • Service Specification: Community Residential Services within Aged Care Facilities for Younger People with Lifelong Disabilities (Word, 256 KB)
  • Service Specification: Community Residential Services within Aged Care Facilities for Younger People with Lifelong Disabilities (PDF, 89 KB)
    
    

• Assessment and service delivery for people with intellectual disability who have high and complex needs

  • Service Specification: Regional/National Intellectual Disability Secure Services (RIDCA) (Word, 4 MB - warning large file size)
  • Service Specification: Regional/National Intellectual Disability Secure Services (RIDCA) (PDF, 343 KB)
  • Service Specification: Regional/National Intellectual Disability Secure Services (RIDSS/NIDSS) (Word, 231 KB)
  • Service Specification: Regional/National Intellectual Disability Secure Services (RIDSS/NIDSS) (PDF, 169 KB)
  • Service Specification: Regional Intellectual Disability Supported Accommodation Service (RIDSAS) (Word, 308 KB)
  • Service Specification: Regional Intellectual Disability Supported Accommodation Service (RIDSAS) (PDF, 169 KB)
    
    

• Behavioural Support Services

  • Service Specification: Behavioural Support Services (Word, 129 KB)
  • Service Specification: Behavioural Support Services (PDF, 85 KB)
    
    

• Day Services

  • Service Specifications: Community Day Activity Programme (Word, 93 KB)
  • Service Specifications: Community Day Activity Programme (PDF, 45 KB)

It should be noted that there are a number of regional service specifications in use.

Page last updated: 21 July 2008