What are the high intensity support training skills descriptors?
The high-intensity support skills descriptors (skills descriptors) are supplementary guidance for NDIS providers and workers supporting participants with high-intensity daily personal activities (HIDPA). They describe the skills and knowledge NDIS providers should ensure their workers have while supporting participants who rely on HIDPAs. These supports present some of the highest risks for participants. Many of these high-intensity support trainings are intensely personal and require workers to communicate and work very closely with the participant to understand when and how to deliver support safely to meet the participants’ preferences and daily routines. Which supports do the skills descriptors apply to? High-intensity skills descriptors apply to providers required to be audited against the NDIS Practice Standards, Supplementary Module 1: High Intensity Daily Personal Activities (HIDPA), relevant to the intensity supports they provide. The skills descri...