NDIS information for parents and families of children in care

Child Safety works with families, carers, the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), mainstream Queensland Government agencies and service providers to ensure children and young people with disability across all child protection phases have access to disability supports to meet their needs.

Access for your child to the NDIS

We are responsible for ensuring all eligible children and young people with disability or developmental delay who are in care are able to access the NDIS and receive NDIS support.

This includes for children aged 0-6 with a known or suspected disability or developmental delay who are in care, that we support them and their family and carers to access Early Childhood Approach (ECA) services.

If, following engagement with an Early Childhood Partner, participation in the NDIS is recommended, we support the child and their family and carers to access the NDIS.

After a child or young person’s NDIS access is confirmed, we support them and their family and carers through all stages of the NDIS process, including:

• preparation for planning
• plan development
• plan implementation
• monitoring
• review.

When we have guardianship of the child or young person through a short or long term child protection order, the child’s plan will be managed by the NDIA and the service providers supporting them will be NDIS-registered providers.

Where we have custody of the child or young person but not guardianship, we will recommend that their plan be managed by the NDIA and that the service providers supporting them be NDIS-registered providers.

Developing your child’s NDIS plan

Children and young people are more likely to receive an NDIS plan that meets their needs when all the relevant information is available at their NDIS planning meeting.

You can support your child through the NDIS process by contributing information about: 

• how your child’s disability or developmental delay affects their:
  • ability to undertake the tasks of daily living (e.g. showering, dressing, eating meals, getting ready to leave the house)
  • communication
  • relationships
  • behaviour
• the supports and services your child has previously received and those you feel are missing
• your child’s goals and aspirations
• any disability-specific training or supports that would help you and your child’s family and care-givers to better understand your child’s needs.

More information

• Find out more about the NDIS in Queensland
• Visit the NDIS website
• Subscribe to the NDIS e-newsletter
• Subscribe to the Queensland NDIS e-blast
• Information about the NDIS – a Child Safety factsheet for parents of children and young people in care (PDF, 454 KB) Information about the NDIS – a Child Safety factsheet for parents of children and young people in care (DOCX, 269 KB)