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NDIS Risk Assessment Template
Spot the hazards, rate them, and record the controls before support starts.
A risk assessment works through what could go wrong for a support, an activity, or a home visit, and sets out how to keep everyone safe. It is a practical safety tool, done with the participant.
The template gives you a hazard table to rate likelihood and consequence, plus space for an emergency plan. Review it whenever the activity or the participant needs change.
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What a risk assessment records
Involve the participant in the assessment. These fields cover identifying hazards and recording the controls that manage them.
- Participant name and the support, activity, or setting assessed
- Assessor name, date, and a review date
- Each hazard, and who could be harmed
- How likely the harm is, and how serious it would be
- The controls already in place
- Any further action needed, and who is responsible
- An emergency plan and who to contact
- Sign-off from the participant and the assessor
How to use it
Home and community visits
Walk through the setting before support starts. Note access, pets, equipment, and anything about the environment a worker should know, and record the controls that manage each.
Higher-risk supports
For supports with more risk, be specific about controls and the emergency plan, and review more often. Keep the participant central to the conversation about how risks are managed.
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When should a risk assessment be done?
Before a new support or activity starts, and again whenever the setting or the participant needs change. A home visit, a community outing, and a higher-risk support each warrant their own look. The point is to spot hazards early and agree the controls before anything goes wrong.
Who should be involved in the assessment?
The participant, and the assessor or worker who knows the support. The participant view on how risks are managed matters, and involving them keeps the controls realistic. Record their agreement with the controls so everyone is working to the same plan.
How are likelihood and consequence used?
Rating how likely a harm is and how serious it would be helps you focus effort where it counts. A hazard that is both likely and serious needs stronger controls than one that is neither. The template gives simple low, medium, and high ratings to keep it usable.
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