Enhancing the safety of people with disabilities
People with disabilities can be more vulnerable to violence, abuse, neglect, and exploitation (VANE). The project aims to help providers move beyond compliance and focus on preventing harm by providing comprehensive training and resources to disability service providers and workers. The goal is to enhance the safety of people with disabilities.
Training for workers
Practical training and resources to help NDIS workers understand risks of abuse, recognise grooming and other warning signs, maintain professional boundaries, and respond appropriately to concerns.
Training for providers
Training and resources for NDIS leaders and managers to strengthen their understanding of safeguarding responsibilities and implement effective systems that help prevent harm and promote safe services.
Training for safeguarding leads
Advanced training for safeguarding practitioners and leads, designed to deepen expertise, strengthen organisational capability, and enhance the effectiveness of safeguarding systems and responses.
Training for board members
Targeted training and resources to support boards in their governance and oversight responsibilities, helping ensure safeguarding remains a strategic priority across the organisation.
Information for NDIS participants and their families/supporters
Equipping NDIS participants and their supporters with knowledge about their rights, acceptable behaviour, professional boundaries, and how to raise concerns when something doesn’t feel right.
NDIS Compliance and Beyond: Resource Library
The NDIS Compliance and Beyond Building Blocks Library makes it easy to find relevant safeguarding information, resources and learning opportunities based on your role. Content is organised into three pathways:
Boards & Leadership Teams
For directors, board members, CEOs, executives, senior safeguarding leads, and those responsible for governance, risk, compliance and workforce oversight.NDIS Workers
For support workers, contractors, allied health professionals, support coordinators, plan managers and volunteers.NDIS Participants, Families & Supporters
For NDIS participants, as well as their family members, carers and supporters.
Within each pathway, resources are structured around the Building Blocks of Safeguarding Culture: Leadership, People, Environments and Response, making it simple to explore topics most relevant to your role and responsibilities.
Resources include fact sheets, guidance materials, links to training, and participant-focused resources available in both Easy Read and plain language formats.
To learn about training opportunities...
Email UsThe Partnership
This program is a collaboration between Micah Projects and BBSafe
Micah Projects
Micah Projects works with a range of people who are vulnerable to abuse and exploitation and many of our participants have lived experience of disability. Working safely with our participants and empowering them with information to help increase their safety and understanding the impact and consequences of trauma, including intergenerational trauma, is at the core of what we do.
We have adopted the Building Blocks Framework in Micah Projects to help strengthen the way our staff work safely with participants – have a look at Micah Projects' Child Safe and Vulnerable Adults Safeguarding Framework. We believe in the Building Blocks as a way to make organisational change and we are pleased to have the opportunity to support this work into the broader sector.
BBSafe
BBSafe is a national safeguarding consultancy, focused on not-for-profit capability development in safeguarding and trauma informed practice in community services.
BBSafe has worked in safeguarding of children and adults for over a decade, working with large national organisations with complex organisational dynamics, clients with a range of vulnerabilities to VANE, with a strong understanding of organisational change, right through to small, local organisations. BBSafe is a social purpose business, respecting the expertise of people with lived experience, and working with the practical realities of community services delivery.
FAQ
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The training can be undertaken by anyone who is connected to the NDIS under the categories above.
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Webinars and online resources are all free of charge.
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The sessions will be run several times per year from mid-late 2025. Join our mailing list here so you will get information about upcoming training sessions and how to register. You can also see the upcoming events online. Resource Library - BBSafe | Safeguarding Culture & Compliance
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The project was developed with input from a Peer Advisor and a Co-Design Panel who helped shape the training and resources.
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The best way to find out more is to join our mailing list here. Or you can email us at safeguarding@micahprojects.org.au. We will send out a quarterly newsletter and information about upcoming training sessions.
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If you have any concerns about someone is being harmed or at risk of harm, please contact police on 000.
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You can contact the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission at Complaints about a provider or worker | NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission or on 1800 035 544