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NDIS COMPLIANCE AND BEYOND BUILDING BLOCKS LIBRARY
NDIS Compliance and Beyond
Building Blocks Library
Boards and Leadership Teams
Boards and leadership teams carry a distinct responsibility for safeguarding. Beyond meeting legislative requirements, they set the tone for a culture where safety is prioritised, and where staff, participants and families feel safe to speak up.
On this page, you will find information to help you understand:
- Your governance responsibilities for safeguarding under the NDIS Practice Standards and Code of Conduct
- The Building Blocks of Safeguarding Culture: Leadership, People, Environments and Response
- How to oversee safeguarding risk, including risk arising from people, environments and relationships
- How to build and monitor systems that support staff and participants to raise concerns, and that respond well when they do
This resource library contains references to violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability. While most references are general, some sections include specific examples and case studies.
You can take a break or stop at any time. If the content brings up difficult feelings or memories, support is available at:
You can also contact your organisation's Employee Assistance Program or speak with your supervisor.
If someone is at immediate risk of harm or has been harmed, please call emergency services on
000.
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Resources
Choose your blocks — By topic
Choose your blocks — By type
1. Leadership • 2. People
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Article
Beyond Compliance: Building a Code of Conduct That Guides Everyday Practice
In this article, we explore codes of conduct further: what makes a good code, and things to think about if you are drafting or reviewing.…
4. Response
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Factsheet / PDF
Responding to Harm – Organisational Systems and Practices
This factsheet provides advice for leaders about how organisations should respond when participants disclose harm, or harm is suspected.
…4. Response
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Factsheet / PDF
Responding to Disclosures
A summary of best practice responses to disclosures of harm or abuse, including legal and ethical obligations, impacts of trauma and tips for responding well.
…4. Response
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Factsheet / PDF
Trauma-informed Safeguarding in Disability Services
This factsheet provides information about the importance of trauma-informed practice when managing safeguarding matters in disability services.
…2. People
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Factsheet / PDF
About Grooming
This factsheet provides a brief overview of grooming in a disability services context, including signs of grooming and obligations under the NDIS Code of Conduct.
…2. People • 3. Environments
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Factsheet / PDF
Context-Specific Safeguarding Risks
This factsheet summarises of the concept of context-specific risks in safeguarding and has a guide to identify them.
…1. Leadership • 2. People • 3. Environments • 4. Response
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Factsheet / PDF
Safeguarding Checklist – Prompts for Boards and Leadership Teams
This checklist can support reflective discussion and gap analysis to identify how well safeguarding is embedded in an organisation.
…2. People
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Factsheet / PDF
Recruiting for Safety – Recruitment Checklist
This is a checklist for boards and leaders to use when recruiting new staff, including recruitment red flags.
…2. People
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Factsheet / PDF
Recruiting for Safety – Building a Culture of Safety
This factsheet provides information on how to embed safeguarding in recruitment.
…1. Leadership
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Factsheet / PDF
Safeguarding Indicators for Boards
This factsheet provides advice to boards on what safeguarding data to seek, and what the data can tell them.
…1. Leadership
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Factsheet / PDF
Leadership in Safeguarding – Reflection Prompts
This resource provides some prompts for leaders and boards to reflect upon when considering the maturity of safeguarding in their organisation.
…1. Leadership • 2. People • 3. Environments • 4. Response
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Factsheet / PDF
What is Abuse? Definitions, Signs and Responses
This factsheet provides a brief overview of types of abuse, possible signs, and how to respond if you suspect abuse has occurred.
…1. Leadership
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Factsheet / PDF
Safeguarding for Boards – Boards & Leadership
This factsheet provides information to help boards understand safeguarding risks and responsibilities for NDIS providers.
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We want everyone to be able to use this webpage, including people who use screen readers, keyboard navigation, captions or other assistive technology. On this webpage you will find:
- Easy Read and plain-language versions of key factsheets for people with disability and their supporters
- Factsheets for people with disability and their supporters that you can read on screen or download
- Text that can be resized
- Pages that can be navigated by keyboard and read by a screen reader
Some things are still being improved, and accessibility may be limited on the pages for boards, leadership teams and workers.
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