Join OTA for our Member Forum on Section 33 and other NDIS legislative changes  

NDIA recently announced that from the week of 19 May, participant plans will include new ‘funding periods’ which will govern the timeframes of when participants can receive plan funds.  

This comes after last year’s amendments to the NDIS Act, under which the NDIA has the power to make further rules about participants’ plans and budgets, including total funding periods, funding component amounts and funding periods. 

NDIA has said the changes ‘will be rolled out gradually’ and that participants will only see the change in new or reassessed plans, following a discussion with a NDIA planner to understand their circumstances. Questions remain about how this will impact on OTs and the participants that they support. 

To keep you updated with the changes, OTA is hosting a Member Forum that will shed some light on how these changes may impact OTs. The one-hour session, with speaker Charmaine Fraser from DSC, will include the topics: 

• Key updates to Section 33 and other legislative changes 

• What Total Funding Amounts mean for your services 

• How to work within Funding Component Amounts 

• Impact of Funding Periods on scheduling and billing 

• Aligning your service agreements with funding periods 

• Participant options: review, variation, reassessment 

• Managing stated supports in Improved Daily Living 

This session is suitable for: 
Occupational therapists working under the NDIS  

FACILITATORS  

Jessica Szwarcbord 
Jessica is Head of Policy and Advocacy, OTA.  Jessica joins OTA having worked in the in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health sector for a number of years, including at the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service, and Lowitja Institute. She is passionate about holistic health and wellbeing, and about breaking down the siloes between areas. She has a keen interest in ensuring advocacy is inclusive and about empowering people to advocate for the things that they care most about. She is interested in the power of narrative, and the way that people's stories can enhance advocacy and influence change.  

Julia Collin
Julia is Principal Policy Advisor at OTA and leads OTA’s advocacy on NDIS issues. She is an experienced policy and government relations advisor with more than 15 years experience across the government and not-for profit sector. She has a Masters of Public Policy and Management from University of Melbourne.   

PRESENTER
Charmaine Fraser
Charmaine has been working with NDIS participants since the beginning of the trial sites and has made it her quest to learn everything that she can about the scheme. Prior to this, she worked in Early Intervention for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Developmental Delay. When she’s not running awesome training for DSC, Charmaine is the Director of Aurora Coordination and the mother of two children, the eldest of whom has autism. Charmaine is a very powerful advocate for inclusion and self-management.  

DATE:  
Wednesday 18th June 2025 

TIME:  
12:30pm | VIC, NSW, ACT, TAS, QLD |  

12 noon | SA, NT |  

10:30am | WA |  

Please login 10 minutes before the scheduled presentation time  
The session will run for approximately 60 minutes.   

CPD HOURS 

Total CPD claimable workshop hour: 1 hour 
A certificate of attendance will be issued upon completion of the full course. Please allow up to 48 hours for the certificate to appear in your CPD tracker.  

RECORDING ACCESS 

This session will be recorded and shared with all registrants in their OTA Account, with 12 weeks access. 

REGISTRATION FEES 

This is a free member event for Occupational Therapy Australia members only. 
Members must be logged in with username and password to register.  

RSVPS close 16th June 2025  

VENUE 

This is a 100% virtual event. You will receive an email with details to access the event the prior to the scheduled event date. 

DISCLAIMER 

All information is correct at the time of publication. OTA reserves the right to alter or delete items from the CPD calendar as required, and takes no responsibility for any errors, omissions, and changes.  
All resources including copies of the presentation, along with all supporting documents and links are not for distribution and are the property of the presenter.  
An OTA staff member or representative may be photographing this event for use in OTA publications and/or on OTA social media sites. If you do not wish to be photographed, or have your image published please make this known to the OTA representative at your course or contact OTA on 1300 682 878 or info@otaus.com.au  

TERMS AND CONDITIONS 

Terms and Conditions including OTA’s refund and cancellation policy are available here  

CONTACT US 

Please email info@otaus.com.au or phone 1300 682 878