online workshop

Emergency and Disaster Planning: From Policy to Practice

A practical workshop to help NDIS providers build emergency and disaster plans that not only meet compliance, but actually work on the ground.

Registration

Flexible rescheduling

Change up to 4 hours before.

Why take this course?

Emergency and disaster planning is more than a compliance requirement, it’s about making sure your organisation and the people you support are prepared when it really matters. Too many emergency plans are built for audits but don’t translate into real action or safety during a crisis.

This workshop helps you close that gap. Whether you're preparing for a registration assessment or reviewing your plan after a real-world disruption, you’ll get practical strategies, clarity on the standards and tools to create a plan that your staff can actually use.


What you’ll gain

  • A clear understanding of what the NDIS Practice Standards require for emergency and disaster planning

  • Practical tools and sector-specific examples to strengthen and test your organisation’s plan

  • Insight into how other providers are approaching emergency planning and what you can learn from their experiences

  • Strategies for making your plan meaningful, usable and tailored to your service context

  • A guided process to review and refine your own plan. 

Participants are encouraged to bring their current emergency and disaster plan to work through during the session


Who’s it for?

This workshop is for anyone responsible for emergency planning, compliance or operational risk in NDIS services. It’s especially relevant for:

  • Senior leaders and governance roles

  • Quality and compliance managers

  • Operations or service managers

  • Support coordinators

  • Team leaders 


What’s included?

  • 2-hour live Zoom workshop with slides

  • Bonus On-Demand 30-minute pre-learning module Emergency and Disaster Planning in the NDIS (self-paced)

  • Staff capabilities register template  

  • Communication strategy template 

  • External stakeholders and supplier register template 

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Facilitators

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Paula Spencer

Paula has extensive experience developing risk and WHS tools and management systems. Her expertise include researching and writing policies, frameworks, procedures, and training material that is tailored to an organisation's size, scope and culture. Paula knows her way around a risk matrix, is passionate about helping organisations understand their risk appetite and embedding robust risk frameworks in the heart of the organisation. Prior to joining DSC, Paula worked in the disability sector for 8 years as a Risk and Compliance Manager. Paula is fast becoming a highly valued member of the quality team. Paula loves to garden, cook and spring clean. Just as well, she's going to need to clear some wall space – she is currently completing a Graduate Diploma in Governance and Risk Management and clocking up a country show ribbon count for eggs from her rare chickens.

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Ann Drieberg

With over 25 years experience in the disability, mental health and aged care sectors, Ann understands the big picture of organisational success in the NDIS. Give Ann a complex problem and she will break it down to its workable bits and then collaborate with you to build the human solutions. Her ability to work at the heart of things is her superpower for the design and implementation of new systems and services in employment, accommodation, community inclusion and training. Ann has that rare mix of systems expertise with co-design nous that delivers outcomes that people own. She is our go-to for organisations wanting to develop through engaging the people that matter, from services users to the Board and everyone in between.