Course Overview
Explore how support workers can protect and promote a person’s right to make choices, have control over their support and be involved in decisions that affect their everyday life.
This course introduces key principles that underpin the NDIS, including human rights, person-centred support, dignity of risk and informed consent, and looks at what these principles actually mean in day-to-day support.
Why take this course?
Choice and control is about more than simply asking someone what they want.
Good support creates genuine opportunities for people to make decisions, express their preferences, take reasonable risks and have a meaningful say in how they live their life.
This course explores practical ways support workers can help people understand their options and make their own decisions without unnecessarily stepping in or taking over.
You’ll also look at dignity of risk, respecting a person’s individual values and beliefs, supporting informed consent and understanding how the NDIS Code of Conduct applies to choice and control.
The course also considers the important role support workers play in helping people speak up when something isn’t right, including understanding and accessing complaints processes.
Important Disclaimer
This course is provided for information and educational purposes only. It is designed to increase your understanding of the topic and provide theoretical knowledge to support your professional development.
Upon successful completion, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. This certificate confirms that you have completed the learning content and any associated assessments within this course. It is not a formal qualification, nationally recognised certification, licence, or accreditation, and it does not, on its own, demonstrate practical competency or authorise you to perform workplace tasks.
This course provides the theoretical knowledge required to support safe manual handling practices. It is not a substitute for practical workplace training, supervised competency assessments, organisation-specific policies and procedures, or workplace-specific manual handling instruction.
Where practical skills are required, learners must complete any additional hands-on training, workplace induction, competency assessments, and ongoing supervision required by their employer or applicable legislation.
It is the responsibility of each learner and their employer to ensure that all work is carried out in accordance with current workplace policies, relevant legislation, applicable Australian Standards, and industry best practice.
By undertaking this course, you acknowledge and agree that the Certificate of Completion is evidence of participation only and should not be relied upon as proof of professional competence or eligibility to perform manual handling tasks without appropriate workplace training and assessment.