L1_NDIS Ignite: Frontline Fundamentals

Preventing harm: What goes wrong and why (LMN3a_L1_risk)


Description

Small warning signs become serious harm when nobody acts.

After this lesson, you will be able to:

  • Understand how isolation, power, and broken systems create danger
  • Recognise that abuse is not always obvious. Neglect, poor practice, and inaction can cause serious harm.
  • Describe what happened in three real cases where people with disability were seriously harmed, including where a person died.
  • Spot the failures that allowed abuse and neglect to continue
  • Know what you can do to help prevent abuse and neglect where you work

Duration 

20 min (approx)

Content
  • Preventing harm overview
  • The conditions that increase the risk of harm
  • Seeing the signs and what you can do
  • Why case studies matter
  • Self reflection questions
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed