Participant onboarding | BondiByte NDIS Software
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Onboard participants with the right detail.

Create the participant record once, properly: identity and NDIS number, contact and communication preferences, the people around them, plan management, and the rostering model that matches how they receive support. Everything downstream draws on it.

Participant onboarding

What you get with Participant onboarding.

  • Starter onboarding fields

    Capture each participant's key details up front with a guided onboarding flow.

  • Plan-management details

    Record how their plan is managed so billing and claims pick the right path.

  • NDIS number capture

    Hold the NDIS number where it's needed, ready for agreements and claims.

Why it exists

The problem it solves.

New participants arrive with details scattered across referral emails, intake forms and someone's spreadsheet. Every field that never makes it onto the record comes back later as a rostering question, an invoice that cannot be sent or an agreement with blanks in it. Onboarding done properly once means the chasing stops there.

How it works

1

Start the record

Open Clients and add the participant with their name, status and NDIS number. The number is checked as you type it, spaces and dashes included, and it can be added later if it is not confirmed yet. Add your own internal client reference, or let BondiByte generate one.

2

Capture contact and communication detail

Record email, phone and mobile, the preferred contact method and best time to call, and any communication notes your team should know before picking up the phone. Residential and service delivery addresses are held separately, along with the participant's living arrangement.

3

Add the people around the participant

Record the representative or guardian with their relationship and exactly what they are authorised to do, plus an emergency contact with a clear yes or no on after-hours calls.

4

Record plan management and support contacts

Set whether the plan is Self Managed, NDIA Managed or Plan Managed, then keep the plan manager, support coordinator and local area coordinator details on the record alongside the NDIS plan reference.

5

Choose the rostering model

Link the participant to a site or house, or give them their own standalone community roster. The finished profile opens with tabs for billing details, service agreements, documents, reports, sites and a full history.

What you can do.

NDIS number checked at the door

Numbers are validated as 9 or 10 digits when entered, with pasted spaces and dashes handled for you, and a participant can be onboarded before their number is confirmed.

Communication preferences that staff actually see

Preferred contact method, including via a guardian or support coordinator, best contact time, whether direct contact is OK, and free-text notes sit on the profile.

Representative and emergency contacts

Record who acts for the participant and who to call in an emergency, including whether the emergency contact can be reached after hours.

Plan and support contacts on file

Plan manager, support coordinator and local area coordinator details are held with the participant, ready for agreements, invoices and coordination work.

Two rostering models

Roster the participant through a site or house, or give them their own standalone community roster area that appears in the roster selector under their name.

History from day one

Creating the record writes the first history event, and every later change is recorded with who made it and when.

The Clients page in BondiByte with the Add client action highlighted
Onboarding starts from the Clients page.
A BondiByte client profile overview showing profile details, rostering setup and related tabs
The finished profile: overview, rostering setup, and tabs for billing, agreements, documents and history.

How it connects.

  1. Participant record created
  2. Representatives & consent
  3. Client billing profile
  4. Service agreements
  5. Rostering
  6. History & audit trail

You stay in control.

Status stays in your hands

Managers set and change participant status, and deactivating a participant preserves the record while blocking further operational changes until they are reactivated. Both actions are logged.

The rostering model is a deliberate choice

Site-based and standalone rostering are mutually exclusive, and an active site assignment must be removed before standalone rostering can be switched on, so a participant is never rostered two ways at once.

Access follows your roles

Who can view and edit participant records follows your workspace roles and permissions, so onboarding detail is not open to everyone.

Learn how to use this feature.

Frequently asked questions.

Do we need the NDIS number before creating a participant?

No. A participant can be created without one and the number added when it is confirmed. When it is entered, BondiByte checks it is a valid 9 or 10 digit number.

What if the participant receives community support rather than living at a site?

Enable standalone community rostering on their profile. The participant becomes their own roster area, shown in the roster selector under their name, without needing a site.

What happens when a participant leaves our service?

Deactivate the record. Everything is kept, the deactivation is logged in their history, and further operational changes are blocked until the participant is reactivated.

Can we record how a participant prefers to be contacted?

Yes. Preferred contact method, including via a guardian, representative or support coordinator, best contact time, whether direct contact is OK, and communication notes all sit on the profile.

Does onboarding detail flow into agreements and invoices?

Yes. Plan management, representative and contact details populate service agreement templates automatically, and the billing profile drives who each invoice is sent to.

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