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Allied Health NDIS Audit Checklist: worksheet

Written risk management plan for roles held by people without a clearance yet

NDIS Worker Screening Rules. Edition held: NDIS (Practice Standards - Worker Screening) Rules 2018, Compilation No. 4 (F2021C00788), in force 31 July 2021; checked current on 6 October 2026 (Federal Register: latest version on 6 October 2026).

Source: https://compliance.theartofservice.com/frameworks/australia-ndis-worker-screening-rules-2018. Page: https://allied-health-ndis-audit-checklist.theartofservice.com/rules/ndis-worker-screening-rules/s12-1-written-risk-management-plan-for-roles-held-by-people/

RefRequirement (our statement of the clause)Evidence an auditor or the regulator asks forCommon gap to checkHeld (yes, partly, no, not applicable)Where it is keptOwnerLast reviewedNext review
s 12(1) and (2)The provider develops and keeps a written risk management plan to protect people with disability while any worker or personnel is engaged in a risk assessed role and is in the process of obtaining a clearance. The plan identifies and describes each risk to the people with disability the provider supports and explains how each risk will be managed (supervision, restricted duties, no unsupervised contact).Written risk management plan naming each risk to participants and the control for it while clearances are pending; Supervision roster showing a cleared worker supervising each person awaiting clearance; Plan version history with approval by a responsible managerGeneric plan that names no specific risks or controls; Plan exists but pending workers are rostered alone with participants; No plan for personnel supplied by agencies☐ yes
☐ partly
☐ no
☐ n/a

Completing this worksheet records what your practice holds and where. It does not make a practice compliant or ready for audit, and it is not legal advice.