About this resource
Supervision should help people do their job better, not just tick a box. This form records practice with participants, wellbeing, safety concerns, learning, and agreed actions.
Purpose
A record of regular supervision that covers practice, wellbeing, safety, training and actions.
Who it is for
Primary profession: NDIS providers and support coordinators. Also relevant for disability support workers, positive behaviour support practitioners.
Client or participant group: Registered NDIS providers: directors, quality and compliance staff, house and team leaders.
Practice setting: Registered NDIS providers, including supported independent living homes.
Suggested uses
- Day-to-day records for a registered provider
- Audit evidence that a process is used in practice
- Induction and team training
Instructions for practitioners
- Add your organisation's name and details, and delete what does not apply.
- Show workers how and when to use it, and where completed copies are stored.
- Complete it at the time, in plain and respectful language.
- Check a sample regularly and add any improvements to your Continuous Improvement Register.
Accessibility considerations
Clear tables with room to write. The Word version can be filled in on screen.
Scope and limitations
An editable template and practical record. It is not legal advice and does not by itself show that a provider meets the NDIS Practice Standards. Check it against the current Practice Standards, NDIS rules, your registration groups and your state or territory's laws, and adapt it to how your service really works.
Research basis
The NDIS worker screening rules require records of risk assessed roles and of each worker's screening check, kept for 7 years, and the Practice Standards require documented induction (including the NDIS worker orientation module), training, infection control training and supervision. Research in Australian supported accommodation links frontline practice leadership, such as observing, modelling and giving feedback on everyday support, with better active support and quality of life for residents.
- Beadle‐Brown, J., Bigby, C., & Bould, E. (2015). Observing practice leadership in intellectual and developmental disability services. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 59(12), 1081–1093. https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12208
- Bigby, C., & Beadle‐Brown, J. (2018). Improving Quality of Life Outcomes in Supported Accommodation for People with Intellectual Disability: What Makes a Difference? Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 31(2). https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12291
- Bigby, C., Bould, E., Iacono, T., & Beadle-Brown, J. (2020). Predicting good Active Support for people with intellectual disabilities in supported accommodation services: Key messages for providers, consumers and regulators. Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 45(3), 279–289. https://doi.org/10.3109/13668250.2019.1685479
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (Practice Standards–Worker Screening) Rules 2018 (Cth). https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2018L00887/latest/text
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission. NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators. https://www.ndiscommission.gov.au/rules-and-standards/ndis-practice-standards
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission. Worker screening for registered providers. https://www.ndiscommission.gov.au/providers/worker-screening
What is included
A 3-page printable A4 PDF, including a practitioner notes page with the research basis (version 1.0).
Originality
Original Practitioner Plus content: wording, activity structure, layout and icons were created for this resource. No third-party worksheets, illustrations or text were reproduced. Written for Practitioner Plus from the NDIS Practice Standards and NDIS rules listed in the research basis; no third-party template was used. It is not an NDIS Commission form.
