NDIS software for Queensland providers
Queensland NDIS providers run under national NDIS rules plus Queensland's arrangements: disability worker screening through Queensland Worker Screening, a state framework for authorising restrictive practices, and show holidays that differ from town to town.
What's different about running NDIS supports in Queensland
Worker screening: Queensland Disability Worker Screening
Queensland workers apply online through the Queensland Worker Screening website, which also handles the blue card (working with children). A worker who needs both can make a combined application. Queensland runs a "no card, no start" approach for risk-assessed roles.
The clearance is national and lasts five years. Registered providers must confirm it in the NDIS Worker Screening Database before a worker starts a risk-assessed role, and keep records of it.
Disability Worker Screening — Queensland GovernmentPricing: national limits, remote loadings
There are no state-specific NDIS prices. National price limits apply in metropolitan and regional areas (Modified Monash Model MM 1–5). Supports delivered in MM 6 (remote) or MM 7 (very remote) areas use the higher remote and very remote limits. Use where the support is delivered, not the participant's home address.
The 2026–27 pricing schedule's isolated towns list also reclassifies places in Queensland: as remote — Cardwell, Charters Towers, Dysart, Emerald, Moranbah, Roma. Look up an address's category in the Health Workforce Locator.
Search the NDIS price guide 2026–27Public holidays and SCHADS penalties
Work on a public holiday attracts SCHADS Award public holiday rates, and many NDIS supports have a public holiday price limit. Which days count depends on the holidays declared in Queensland:
- Labour Day is the first Monday in May, and the King's Birthday is the first Monday in October.
- The Royal Queensland Show (Ekka) day is a public holiday in the Brisbane area only; many other towns have their own show holiday on a different date.
Dates change each year — check the official list before you roster.
Restrictive practices authorisation
The NDIS Commission regulates behaviour support, but each state and territory decides how regulated restrictive practices are authorised. Queensland has its own framework for authorising restrictive practices used by NDIS providers under the Disability Services Act 2006, and the state has been reviewing that framework. Check the Queensland Government's positive behaviour support and restrictive practices pages for the current process before relying on an authorisation.
One system for Queensland providers
Rostering with local public holidays
Set public holidays for Queensland — and for individual sites, for local show days — so shifts on those days carry the right SCHADS penalty rates and NDIS public holiday prices.
RosteringWorker screening and credential tracking
Track every worker's NDIS Worker Screening clearance, first aid, licences and other credentials, with alerts before they expire and a warning on the roster if one has lapsed.
Recruitment & onboardingIncidents and Commission deadlines
Workers report incidents from the app. Reportable incidents are flagged and the 24-hour and 5-business-day NDIS Commission deadlines are tracked in one queue.
Incident managementRestrictive practices register
Keep each regulated restrictive practice next to its behaviour support plan, with every use logged — ready for the authorisation process in Queensland.
Restrictive practicesNDIS billing from the shift
Billing lines sit on the shift with the support item and price from your price guide. Create NDIA bulk claim files and invoice plan managers and self-managed participants.
NDIS billingTimesheets and SCHADS pay rules
Weekend and public holiday penalties, evening and night loadings, overtime, sleepovers and broken shifts are set up as pay rules you can open and check.
Timesheets & payrollQuestions
Where do workers in Queensland apply for an NDIS Worker Screening Check?
Are NDIS prices different in Queensland?
Do Queensland public holidays change SCHADS pay and NDIS prices?
Does Suppora work for providers in Queensland?
References
Sources checked 7 October 2026.
- Disability Worker Screening — Queensland Government — Queensland
- Worker screening — NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
- Positive behaviour support and restrictive practices — Queensland Government — Queensland
- Pricing arrangements — National Disability Insurance Agency
- Modified Monash Model — Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
- Public holidays — Fair Work Ombudsman
Other states and territories
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