What is a "Risk-Assessed" Role?

Source Reference:

Ndis Commission Compliance and Enforcement - https://www.ndiscommission.gov.au/workers/worker-screening/ndis-worker-screening-check

What is a Risk-Assessed Role?

As a sole trader, unregistered & registered provider there are two types of risk-assessed roles requiring every person to hold a NDIS Worker Screening Check or an acceptable check under transitional and special arrangements. Roles that have been determined as not risk-assessed are not required to hold worker screening clearances.

• Employee, volunteer & contractor where there is actual or incidental contact with a NDIS participant AND/OR 
• Types of services & support offered by you as the NDIS provider.  

Types of Actual or Incidental Contact?

Actual or incidental contact with a NDIS participant may include:

• Physical contact
• Face-to-face contact
• Oral communication
• Written communication
• Electronic communication.

Types of Risk-Assessed Services & Supports 

The following table lists the NDIS registration groups that have been determined risk-assessed roles:

• 0107    
  • Assistance With Self-Care Activities
  • Intensive and Complex Behaviour Supports
• 0115    
  • Assistance in Supported Independent Living
  • Assistance in Supported Independent Living - High Intensity 
  • Unplanned onsite shared supports in Specialist Disability Accommodation
  • Intensive and Complex Behaviour Supports
  • Short Term Accommodation 
  • Medium Term Accommodation
• 0138    
  • Supported Independent Living
  • Supported Independent Living - High Intensity 
  • Intensive and Complex Behaviour Supports
• 0125    
  • Participation in Community, Social, and Civic Activities
  • Participation in Community, Social, and Civic Activities - High-Intensity 
  • Participation in Community, Social, and Civic Activities - Intensive and Complex Behaviour Supports 
• 0133    
  • Supports in Employment
  • Centre Capital Cost
• 0136    
  • Group Activities
  • Group Activities - Intensive and Complex Behaviour Supports 
  • Centre Capital Cost
• 0106    
  • Assistance With Decision Making Daily Planning and Budgeting
  • Assistance With Accommodation And Tenancy Obligations
  • Life Transition Planning Incl. Mentoring Peer-Support And Indiv Skill Develop
• 0117    
  • Skill Development And Training including Public Transport Training 
  • Capacity Building and Training in Self-Management and Plan Management
  • Skills Development And Training
  • Individual Social Skills Development
  • Training For Carers/Parents
• 0104    
  • Assistance With Self-Care Activities - High Intensity
  • Access Community Social and Rec Activities - High Intensity
  • Group Activities - High Intensity
  • Centre Capital Cost
  • Specialised Home Based Assistance For A Child
• 0107    
  • Intensive and Complex Behaviour Supports
  • Assistance with Personal Domestic Activities
• 0117    
  • Capacity Building and Training in Self-Management and Plan Management 
• 0102
  • Employment Assistance
  • Transition Through School And To Further Education 
• 0106   
  • Psychosocial Recovery Coaching 
  • Individualised Living Options - Exploration and Design
  • Support Coordination Level 1
  • Support Coordination Level 2
  • Support Coordination for Employment 
• 0132
  • Support Coordination Level 3
• 0103
  • Assistive Technology Mentoring
• 0114
  • Delivery of Health Supports by an Enrolled Nurse, Register Nurse, Clinical Nurse, Nurse Practitioner
• 0120    
  • House or Yard Maintenance
  • House Cleaning And Other Household Activities
• 0128 
  • Community Engagement Assistance
  • Therapy - Art Therapist 
  • Therapy - Audiologist 
  • Therapy - Counsellor 
  • Employment Therapy - Developmental Educator 
  • Employment Therapy - Dietician 
  • Therapy - Exercise Physiologist 
  • Therapy - Music Therapist 
  • Therapy - Occupational Therapist 
  • Therapy - Orientation Mobility Specialist 
  • Therapy - Orthoptist 
  • Therapy - Physiotherapist 
  • Therapy - Podiatrist
  • Therapy - Psychologist 
  • Therapy - Social Worker 
  • Therapy - Speech Pathologist
  • Therapy - Other Professional
  • Employment Therapy - Psychologist 
  • Employment Therapy - Rehabilitation Counsellor  
  • Employment Therapy - Speech Pathologist 
  • Employment Therapy - Other Professional
  • Therapy Assistant - Level 1 
  • Therapy Assistant - Level 2
• 0126
  • Personal training provided by a Personal Trainer to a participant
  • Therapy - Exercise Physiologist 
• 0119
  • Audiologist 
• 0134
  • Audiologist
  • Audiometrist
• 0135
  • Selection or Manufacture of Individualised Technology
• 0110
  • Specialist Behavioural Intervention Support 
  • Behaviour Management Plan Implementation 
• 0118
  • ECI Professional - Art Therapist 
  • ECI Professional - Counsellor 
  • ECI Professional - Developmental Educator 
  • ECI Professional - Dietician
  • ECI Professional - Early Childhood Teacher or Educator 
  • ECI Professional - Exercise Physiologist 
  • ECI Professional - Music Therapist 
  • ECI Professional - Occupational Therapist 
  • ECI Professional - Orientation Mobility Specialist 
  • ECI Professional - Physiotherapist 
  • ECI Professional - Podiatrist 
  • ECI Professional - Psychologist 
  • ECI Professional - Social worker 
  • ECI Professional - Speech Pathologist 
  • ECI Professional - Other Early Childhood Professional 
  • ECI Professional - Therapy Assistant - Level 1 
  • ECI Professional - Therapy Assistant - Level 2
• 0127 
  • Plan Management 

Owner/ Managers Role & Responsibilities 

The owner, manager or appropriate delegate is responsible for:

• Determining the type of services and support 
• Determine employee/s, volunteer/s and contractor/s in each risk-assessed role 
• Apply for or check all worker screening checks
• Monitor for worker screening clearances including any restrictions or rejections
• Implement and monitor all personnel supervision if awaiting clearance  
• Implement and regularly update risk-assessed role register. 

Risk-Assessed Role Register 

Employees, volunteers or contractors roles and clearance check details are recorded in the Risk Assessed Role Register. The Risk Assessed Role Register will document:

• risk assessed role tile
• description of the role
• type of risk-assessed role (as contained in the NDIS (Practice Standards - Worker Screening Rules 2018)
• date risk assessed role determined
• employees or contractors who are role assessed
• the name and title of the person who made the assessment.

When a new risk-assessed role is identified (or a current role is reclassified as a risk-assessed role following a review), the Risk-Assessed Role Register must be updated within 20 business days of the identification (or review) of the risk-assessed role. For each employee, volunteer or contractor working in a risk-assessed role, the Owner/Managers or delegate should document all relevant details in the Risk-Assessed Role Register. The information documented includes:

• the full name, date of birth and address of the employee or contractor
• the risk-assessed role or roles in which the employee or contractors engages
• if the worker or contractor may engage in a risk-assessed role without an NDIS worker screening clearance:
• the basis on which they may do so (refer to sections below regarding the exemptions to the requirement for a worker to have an NDIS Worker Screening clearance)
• the start and end date of the period in which the exemption that allows them to work in a risk-engaged role applies
• the name of the staff member or contractor who supervises the worker during this period if relevant
• the worker’s or contractor's NDIS Worker Screening Check application reference number
• the worker’s or contractor NDIS Worker Screening Check the outcome expiry date
• whether the worker’s or contractor's NDIS Worker Screening Check is subject to any decision which has the effect that the Manager or delegate may not allow the worker to engage in a risk-assessed role, and the nature of any such decision (i.e. interim bar, suspension, exclusion)
• records relating to an interim bar, a suspension, an exclusion, or any action taken by the provider concerning these kinds of decisions concerning any worker
• allegations of misconduct against a worker or contractor with a check and the registered NDIS provider's action in response to that allegation

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