Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Editorial: A practical SQUARE Guide on quality service for boards of disability service providers for adults with intellectual disability in Australia

Editorial: A practical SQUARE Guide on quality service for boards of disability service providers... Editorial Editorial: A practical SQUARE Guide on quality service for boards of disability service providers for adults with intellectual disability in Australia Introduction In Australia, disability service providers deliver disability supports to people with intellectual disability across a range of residential, personal support, employment, social and educational domains. Disability sector market analysis shows more than 80% of Australian disability service providers operate as companies or incorporations, called “organisations” for the purposes of this paper (National Disability Services, 2019). Section 198A of the Corporations Act 2001 (2023) regulations mandates that the business of such organisations, either for-profit or not-for-profit, must be under the direction of a board, composed of people appointed as directors. In addition, each state and territory has its own Associations Incorporations Act which has implications for organisational structure [Part 1.1A of Corporations Act 2001 (2023)]. The primary function of the board of directors is to direct, rather than operationally manage, the business of that organisation. Both consumers and management have important roles to play in aspects of service delivery, though it is the board as the most senior body within a disability service provider organisation that has ultimate responsibility for ensuring that practical, ethical, financial and regulatory http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences Emerald Publishing

Editorial: A practical SQUARE Guide on quality service for boards of disability service providers for adults with intellectual disability in Australia

Download PDF
16 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/emerald-publishing/editorial-a-practical-square-guide-on-quality-service-for-boards-of-s0Vj9L5tol

References (42)

Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
© Emerald Publishing Limited
ISSN
1756-669X
eISSN
1756-669X
DOI
10.1108/ijqss-03-2023-189
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

Editorial Editorial: A practical SQUARE Guide on quality service for boards of disability service providers for adults with intellectual disability in Australia Introduction In Australia, disability service providers deliver disability supports to people with intellectual disability across a range of residential, personal support, employment, social and educational domains. Disability sector market analysis shows more than 80% of Australian disability service providers operate as companies or incorporations, called “organisations” for the purposes of this paper (National Disability Services, 2019). Section 198A of the Corporations Act 2001 (2023) regulations mandates that the business of such organisations, either for-profit or not-for-profit, must be under the direction of a board, composed of people appointed as directors. In addition, each state and territory has its own Associations Incorporations Act which has implications for organisational structure [Part 1.1A of Corporations Act 2001 (2023)]. The primary function of the board of directors is to direct, rather than operationally manage, the business of that organisation. Both consumers and management have important roles to play in aspects of service delivery, though it is the board as the most senior body within a disability service provider organisation that has ultimate responsibility for ensuring that practical, ethical, financial and regulatory

Journal

International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences – Emerald Publishing

Published: Mar 17, 2023

There are no references for this article.