Four weeks out: map evidence to standards
Take each applicable Practice Standard and name the document or record that proves it, and where it lives. Any standard without a named artefact is your risk list.
Three weeks out: staff files
Auditors sample files, and gaps in one file suggest a system gap.
- Current NDIS Worker Screening Check and expiry tracking
- Signed position description, code of conduct and confidentiality
- Induction record, qualifications, first aid and any required training
- Supervision and performance notes with dates
Two weeks out: participant records
Signed service agreements, consent forms, risk assessments, support plans with review dates, progress notes matched to claimed supports, and evidence that participants were given complaints information in an accessible format.
One week out: run a mock audit
Ask your team the questions the auditor will ask: what do you do if a participant is injured, how do you report it, where is the complaints form, who is your supervisor, what happens if you cannot attend a shift.
Confident, consistent answers in ordinary language are what convert documented systems into a pass.
The findings that catch providers out
In our experience the same five issues recur.
- An empty incident register presented as evidence of no incidents
- Policies with no version, owner or review date
- Screening checks that expired quietly
- Support plans with no review evidence
- Staff who cannot describe the process their file says they were trained in
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