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NDIS Quality and Safeguarding Framework issues paper

NDIS Independent Review
Thursday 27th April, 2023
Monday 29th May, 2023
The Framework says what governments will do to keep NDIS participants safe and make sure the services they receive are good quality. The Framework was put in place in 2016.
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Own Motion Inquiry into aspects of supported accommodation report

NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
This first Inquiry focused on the experiences of NDIS participants living in supported accommodation. The Inquiry examined reportable incidents and complaints that have been made to the NDIS Commission in
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Complaint mechanisms: Reporting pathways for violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation

University of Sydney, the University of Melbourne and the University of Technology Sydney.
Disability Royal Commission
Tuesday 15th November, 2022
The report found that a lot of violence, abuse, neglect, and exploitation experienced by people with disability is related to being segregated or institutionalised, discrimination and negative attitudes. It said
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Senior Practitioner Annual Report 2020-21

Victorian Senior Practitioner
This report measures the use of restrictive practices and compulsory treatment reported by disability services. In 2020-21 environmental restraint was reported for the first time. This is the second report
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Victorian Disability Worker Commission Complaints Resources

The Victorian Disability Worker Commission
Tuesday 29th March, 2022
Have you got concerns about a disability worker’s behaviour or quality of work? The Victorian Disability Worker Commission aims to protect the rights of people with disability and support the
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TelePBS: Delivering Positive Behaviour Support via telepractice

NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
Sunday 21st November, 2021

TelePBS is the delivery of positive behaviour support via telepractice. Telepractice is the delivery of services at a distance. Services can be delivered by face to face videoconferencing, audio videoconferencing,…

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Police responses to people with disability

University of NSW
Disability Royal Commission
Tuesday 28th September, 2021
The report finds that often, police responses to people with disability – whether they are witnesses, victims or alleged offenders – are not adequate. This is because policing is the
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Securing Their Future: Planning for the future when you care for a person with disability

Office of the Public Advocate
Monday 21st June, 2021
This guide has been created to help you put in place some safeguards to ensure the person with disability you care for is properly provided for, if something were to
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Regulated restrictive practices with children and young people with disability: Practice guide

NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
Thursday 15th April, 2021

This guide and the associated decision trees focus on the use of regulated restrictive practices (RRP) with children and young people aged under 18 years who are participants of the…

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Regulated Restrictive Practice

DARU
Wednesday 3rd March, 2021
The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission released the Regulated Restrictive Practices Guide in November 2020 that supports a contemporary positive behaviour support framework and explains what a restrictive practice is.
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Community Visitors Annual Report 2020-21

Office of the Public Advocate
Thursday 18th November, 2021
Community Visitors are volunteers who play a vital role in safeguarding the rights of people with disability and fostering their inclusion in the community. This is an annual report that
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NDIS Workforce Interim Report

Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Parliament of Australia
Wednesday 9th December, 2020
This is an interim report which makes 14 recommendations to address key issues facing the NDIS workforce. The committee will continue to consider these issues next year and intends to
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