Carer/Support Business documentation

The following documentation is a guide for participants using businesses for support workers. The following are recommended:

Documentation for the following:

• Business registration & ABN
• Covid Safe Business Plan COVID-19 Safety Plans | NSW Government
• Business insurance: Professional Indemnity and Public Liability 
• 100 points of ID NDIS Practice Standards (ndiscommission.gov.au)
• AHPRA registration if applicable
• Senior first aid certificate
• CPR certificate
• National Police check certificate https://policecheck.auspost.com.au/
• NSW Working With Children Check certificate Apply for a Working With Children Check
• NDIS worker screening check Worker screening requirements | NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (ndiscommission.gov.au) pg 4. 
• Influenza vaccination history consistent with latest advice Advice to home care service providers - COVID-19 (Coronavirus) (nsw.gov.au)
• COVID-19 vaccination history consistent with latest advice Advice to home care service providers - COVID-19 (Coronavirus) (nsw.gov.au)

The following training is required for businesses:

*Please note that even if participants are not children it is likely that business staff will carry out work where children are.

• COVID-19 infection prevention and control - Log in (covid-19training.gov.au)
• Infection Prevention and Control - Orientation Module -Infection prevention and control – orientation module | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
• Infection Prevention and Control Advanced Education Modules Infection prevention and control - advanced education modules | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
• Hand Hygiene National Hand Hygiene Initiative (NHHI) Learning Management System (LMS) learner access | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
• SAFESpace eLearning - Keeping children safe in organisations in disability sector eLearning - NSW Office of the Children's Guardian
• New Worker NDIS induction Module NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (ndiscommission.gov.au)
  
  

Training in the following is required for working with people with disabilities:

• Bowel and Bladder care
• Skin Integrity
• Manual Handling Training
• Autonomic Dysreflexia
• Use of transfer equipment 

We highly recommend the following training:

• Spinal Cord Injury Bundle: SCI Course + SCI Bowel Therapy Course https://addonskills.thinkific.com/bundles/spinal-cord-injury-bundle-sci-course-sci-bowel-therapy-course
• Skin & Pressure Area Care for Support Workers https://addonskills.thinkific.com/courses/skin-pressure-area-care-for-support-workers