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NDIS COMPLIANCE AND BEYOND BUILDING BLOCKS LIBRARY
NDIS Compliance and Beyond
Building Blocks Library
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.
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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.…
2. People • 4. Response
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Factsheet / PDF
Tell Someone Something Is Wrong – Easy English with Icons
This factsheet talks about how to tell someone about a worker hurting a person with disability. It uses pictures to make it easier to understand.
…2. People
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Factsheet / PDF
Choosing a Provider – Easy English with Icons
This factsheet talks about how to choose a safe worker. It uses pictures to make it easier to understand.
…2. People
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Factsheet / PDF
Reporting Concerns – Easy Read Version
This factsheet talks about how to tell someone about a worker hurting a person with disability. It uses plain language for easier reading.
…2. People
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Factsheet / PDF
Boundaries – Easy English with Icons
This factsheet talks about the rules between workers and participants. It uses pictures to make it easier to understand.
…2. People
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Factsheet / PDF
Choosing a Provider – Easy Read Version
This factsheet talks about how to identify a safe provider. It uses plain language to make it easier to understand.
…2. People
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Factsheet / PDF
Boundaries – Easy Read Version
Read about why boundaries between participants and NDIS workers are important. This factsheet uses plain language to make it easier to understand.
…2. People
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Factsheet / PDF
Safeguarding Questions for NDIS Participants, Families and Supporters
This list of safeguarding questions for participants, their families and supporters, is to ask providers and identify if they have a strong approach to safeguarding.
…3. Environments • 4. Response
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Factsheet / PDF
Safeguarding for Participants, Families and Supporters
Information to help understand what safeguarding is, why it is important, red flags to look for, and how to report concerns.
…2. People
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Factsheet / PDF
Professional Boundaries for NDIS Workers
This factsheet outlines the importance of professional boundaries for NDIS workers, and practical steps to maintain boundaries.
…2. People
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Factsheet / PDF
Safeguarding for NDIS Workers
This factsheet provides an overview of safeguarding, boundaries, abuse and responses for NDIS workers.
…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.
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