Social Worker Pulse #1 · NDIS

Support coordination is changing. What happens to your work?

Many social workers in the NDIS work as Level 2 and Level 3 support coordinators, or provide NDIS social work. From July 2028, support coordination moves out of NDIS plans. Capacity building budgets start to reset from October 2026. Nobody has counted how many of us, and the people we support, this will touch. Let's count ourselves.

Answers in by Friday 25 September 2026 will shape Fair Go's submission to the government consultation, which closes on 2 October.

About 3 minutes. 11 short questions. Open to social workers and students in any field, whether or not you work in the NDIS.

What we'll do with it: publish the combined results on this site, and use them in our first advocacy campaign on the NDIS reforms. We will never publish anything that identifies you.

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This survey is part of our campaign, Skilled to Connect. New to the changes? Read the new NDIS laws, explained.

1. I am a…

Qualified social worker Social work student Other

2. How much of your work involves the NDIS?

Most or all of it Some of it Not directly, but people I support are participants None

3. What NDIS work do you do? Tick all that apply.

4. How do you do your NDIS work?

Registered provider, my own practice Unregistered provider or sole trader Employed by an NDIS provider Employed outside the NDIS Not applicable

5. Roughly how many NDIS participants do you support in a typical month?

6. How much of your income comes from NDIS support coordination or NDIS social work?

7. From July 2028, support coordination will be commissioned by the NDIA instead of funded in plans. What do you expect for your support coordination work?

My organisation expects to be commissioned Unsure whether we'll be commissioned I expect to lose this work I'm thinking of leaving support coordination Don't know yet Not applicable: I don't do support coordination

8. Which other changes will affect your work, or the people you support? Tick all that apply.

Only participants can ask for a plan reassessment Budget resets for community participation and capacity building, from October 2026 Plans suspended when the NDIA can't reach someone Record keeping and the 90-day claim limit Support needs assessments and the new way of planning More providers having to register, from July 2027 The panel of plan managers New access rules from 2028 I'm not sure yet

9. Overall, how much will the changes affect your work?

10. State or territory where you work 11. In one or two sentences, what worries you most? Optional. Please don't include anything that could identify a client.

Email So we count you once. Never published. Name Optional

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