Part 1: Proposed Quality and Safeguarding framework for the NDIS A quality and safeguarding framework for the NDIS what it — means The NDIS quality and safeguarding framework will replace existing state-based arrangements and is designed to give participants choice and control over their supports and allow people to take reasonable risks to achieve their goals. This is consistent with the overall approach of the NDIS. Central to the framework are developmental safeguards designed to make sure participants have the capabilities and supports to be able to choose quality supports and to build good and safe lives. Traditional regulatory controls of the kind canvassed in Part 2 of this paper are intended to supplement the safeguards which people have developed naturally. These may include, for example, the capacity to advocate for themselves, or having family, friends and links with their community which help to ensure they are safe and their rights are protected. The framework is intended to be risk based. There are two key types of risk that need to be considered. There is a risk that people with disability could receive poor quality supports that do not help them achieve their goals. There is also a risk that people with disability could be harmed in some way. Some trial can be managed by individuals and through strategies agreed between the NDIA and participants as they develop and monitor individual plans. Other types of risk may require regulatory approaches in order to ensure the rights of people with disability to be free of harm, abuse, exploitation or violence are upheld. The aim of a risk-based framework is to target those areas where the dangers are greatest and the consequences of harm the most severe. This means that providers of support types where there is potentially a greater risk to participants will have to comply with a stronger regulatory framework than providers in low-risk areas like home handyperson services. Finally, the proposed framework is intended to be nationally consistent. While current systems are state based and differ between states and territories, the NDIS quality and safeguarding framework aims to be consistent across the country. The National Standards for Disability Services, which were revised in 2013, provide a guide to the development of the national quality and safeguards framework.
Part 1: Proposed Quality and Safeguarding framework for the NDIS A quality and safeguarding framework for the NDIS — what it means The NDIS quality and safeguarding framework will replace existing state-based arrangements and is designed to give participants choice and control over their supports and allow people to take reasonable risks to achieve their goals. This is consistent with the overall approach of the NDIS. Central to the framework are developmental safeguards designed to make sure participants have the capabilities and supports to be able to choose quality supports and to build good and safe lives. Traditional regulatory controls of the kind canvassed in Part 2 of this paper are intended to supplement the safeguards which people have developed naturally. These may include, for example, the capacity to advocate for themselves, or having family, friends and links with their community which help to ensure they are safe and their rights are protected. The framework is intended to be risk based. There are two key types of risk that need to be considered. There is a risk that people with disability could receive poor quality supports that do not help them achieve their goals. There is also a risk that people with disability could be harmed in some way. Some can be managed by individuals and through strategies agreed between the NDIA and participants as they develop and monitor individual plans. Other types of risk may require regulatory approaches in order to ensure the rights of people with disability to be free of harm, abuse, exploitation or violence are upheld. The aim of a risk-based framework is to target those areas where the dangers are greatest and the consequences of harm the most severe. This means that providers of support types where there is potentially a greater risk to participants will have to comply with a stronger regulatory framework than providers in low-risk areas like home handyperson services. Finally, the proposed framework is intended to be nationally consistent. While current systems are state based and differ between states and territories, the NDIS quality and safeguarding framework aims to be consistent across the country. The National Standards for Disability Services, which were revised in 2013, provide a guide to the development of the national quality and safeguards framework. trial