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3. Procedure
3.1 Check the participant’s plan management choice has been recorded
correctly
1. In
Planning – Staff Tasks, select
Determine Plan Management.
2. The
Determine Plan Management screen opens. Select
Risk Assessment.
3. Check the
Plan Management Choice to make sure it shows:
What is the participants plan management request?
- Plan Managed
- Agency Managed
- Self-Managed
Who will self-manage?
- Self
- Nom/Child Rep (
Note: only one child representative can manage the funding).
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If the
Plan Management Choice doesn’t show correctly:
go to the pre-planning
Complete the Risk Assessment task, and
update the participant’s
Plan Management Request.
If you need help to do this, refer to the Standard Operating Procedure – Complete the
Risk Assessment task.
4. If the participant has requested to self manage or use a registered plan manager go to
section 3.2 - Consider safeguards and supports to reduce risk to the participant. If the
participant has requested to have all their funding Agency managed go to section 3.3 –
Record your recommendtion and justification for the proposed management option.
3.2 Consider safeguards and supports to reduce risk to the participant
The System assigns a risk value to each of the following risk areas:
Safeguards – Informal Supports
Participant Vulnerability & Decision Making Capacity
Financial Management Capacity (if applicable)
Risk values are:
low – the plan developer has not identified any risks that may impact the
participant’s ability to have their plan management choice
moderate – the plan developer has identified risks. However, they have also
identified supports to reduce the risk during the
Risk Assessment task. If the
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supports are included this will enable the participant to have their plan management
choice with reduced risk of harm
high – the plan developer has identified there may be unreasonable risk to the
participant. Sometimes the participant can’t self-manage their NDIS funding or use a
registered plan manager. Refer to Our Guideline – Creating Your Plan if you’re
unsure.
The System also generates the
Consideration for Plan Management Decision.
If you want to know what information the System uses to determine the risk values, refer
to Standard Operating Procedure – Complete the Risk Assessment task.
5. Review the
Summary risk assessment section.
Example:
6. Review each section of the
Summary Risk Assessment and consider safeguards and
supports.
Check if the person managing the participant’s plan funding is currently insolvent
(including bankrupt). This will appear in the
Summary Risk Assessment from the
Risk Assessment task. Refer to Standard Operating procedure – Complete the
Risk Assessment task for guidance when insolvent.
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Check supports will assist them to choose and manage supports in accordance with
their plan. Do this if the risk is
moderate or
high.
- Refer to Standard Operating Procedure - Include capacity building and training
in self-management supports for more information.
Check other supports and strategies needed to help the participant to manage their
plan as they choose, have been included. Examples include:
- mainstream and informal supports
- funding for support coordination
- regular contact with the plan implementer
- a shorter plan period.
Consider whether these strategies reduce the risk of self-management and using a
registered plan manager.
Consider whether the participant’s plan management choice creates an
unreasonable risk to the participant. Use Our Guideline – Creating your plan to help
you consider this.
Check if the participant, their nominee or child representative is under legal orders.
Details of who is responsible for the participant’s financial decisions should be
recorded in the
Summary Risk Assessment. Any evidence should be attached as
an Inbound Document. Depending on the scope of the orders, the participant may
be able to self-manage or use a registered plan manager for their supports.
Include your considerations when you record the rationale for proposed plan
management.
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3.3 Record your recommendation and justification for the proposed plan
management option
1. Scroll down to the
Proposed Plan Management section.
2. Select the relevant plan management option from the
Proposed plan management
drop down list.
3. In the
Rationale for proposed plan management field, record the reason you are
recommending the plan management option.
You must:
include your justification for recommending (if you’re a plan developer), approving or
declining (if you’re a plan delegate) their request. Include details of how they want
each support to be managed. You must do this if the participant requested to self-
manage or use a registered plan manager for some or all their supports
include the considerations you made in section 3.2 Consider safeguards and
supports to reduce risk to the participant.
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Note: This will help staff answer participant enquiries. For more information see
Standard Operating Procedure – Explanation of a Decision.
Add an interaction using the Risk Assessment – More info for self-management template.
You need to do this if:
you have additional information about risks for self-management or using a
registered plan manager, and
it’s not already recorded in the
Complete Risk Assessment task.
4. Determine if this is the participant’s first plan or a review plan:
For first plans – go to section 3.4 Adjust the plan management option for each
support category
For review plans – go to the next step.
5. Select
Plan Management Decision in the Previous Plan. Review and note the
previous plan management decision. Sometimes you will recommend a different plan
management option than in the previous plan. If you do this, ensure you have recorded
the details in the
Rationale for posposed plan management field. For example, you
could recommend self-management of one support due to an increase in the
participant’s capacity.
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3.4 Adjust the plan management option for each support category
The System will al ocate funding in the participant’s plan as Agency managed or self-
managed. The System will do this based on the responses in the
Complete Risk
Assessment task.
When the participant has requested to self-manage, and the
Summary Risk Assessment is:
low – funding will generate as self-managed
moderate or
high – funding will generate as Agency managed.
Use the following procedure if you need to adjust the plan management option for each
support category. Some examples of when you might need to do this include:
the participant requested their funding be managed by a registered plan manager
the participant would like their supports to be a combination of plan management
types
when the System generated funding as Agency managed but you are
recommending some or all supports be self-managed. You might do this if you think
you have included enough safeguards and supports to reduce risk to the participant.
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1. Scroll down to the
Determine Plan Management for this Plan section.
2. At
Unit of Entry, select
Percentage. Check the amounts allocated under each
management type and reallocate, as required. If a support category has 2 plan
management types round to the closest percentage to get the dollar amount as
requested.
3. If the participant’s plan is Agency managed or Self-managed go to step 5.
4. If the participant’s
Plan Management Choice is using a registered plan manager for
one or more of their supports, review the
CB Choice and Control support category.
Check the following support items show as
Stated supports:
Plan Management – Set Up Costs
Plan Management – Monthly Fee
If they are not shown, you need to add them in the
Determine Funded Supports task.
Refer to Standard Operating Procedure - Include Plan Management support items, if
you need help to do this.
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5. When the form is complete, select
Submit.
6. A success message appears. Select
Close.
7. The
Planning page displays.
Determine Plan Management has a tick to show it is
complete.
3.5 Next steps
1. Continue to develop the plan.
4. Related procedures or resources
Our Guidelines – Your plan
Standard Operating Procedure – Include plan management support Items
Standard Operating Procedure – Include capacity building and training in self-
management supports
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