What are Skills Descriptors?

Source reference 

Ndis Commission - https://www.ndiscommission.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-02/fact-sheetndis-practice-standardshigh-intensity-skills-descriptors.pdf

What are Skills Descriptors?

The high-intensity support skills descriptors (the skills descriptors) set out the skills and knowledge that NDIS providers should have access to when delivering complex supports, safely, to NDIS participants. These complex supports represent some of the highest risks for participants, workers and others, and are areas where NDIS providers must take particular care to source the relevant skills and knowledge to deliver high-quality and safe support. Auditors and NDIS providers will use this document to determine whether the skills and capabilities used in the delivery of the related NDIS supports and services provide a safe environment for NDIS Participants.
 

Which supports do the skills descriptors apply to?

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (Quality Indicators) Guidelines 2018 detail the indicators that providers are required to meet to comply with the NDIS Practice Standards. Some of these indicators set minimum competency requirements for support workers. The module of the Quality Indicators that the skills descriptors apply to is:
 

• Module 1: High-Intensity Daily Personal Activities. The skills descriptors for Module 1 are outlined in Annexure A. There are also some skills
  that apply to other support activities. These skills descriptors are also set out in Annexure A. They may form a co-requisite with the high-intensity support descriptors above, depending on the person’s support needs.

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