In the disability support sector, safety, dignity, and person-centred care are non-negotiable. The NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators outline clear expectations for providers to deliver high-quality, rights-based support. Backsafe’s manual handling training goes beyond basic compliance – empowering providers to exceed these standards by embedding safe, respectful, and consistent practices into everyday care.
Our courses cover general manual handling, patient moving and transfers, and manual handling risk assessments, and are based on nationally recognised frameworks: the Hazardous Manual Handling Code of Practice and WorkSafe Victoria’s Transferring People Safely guidebook. This evidence-based approach ensures training is practical, relevant, and fully aligned with work health and safety laws.
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Here’s how Backsafe training helps providers exceed the NDIS Practice Standards across core modules:
1. Rights and Responsibilities
Participants learn how to move and support people in ways that preserve dignity, choice, and autonomy – ensuring that rights are respected in every interaction. Training reinforces the importance of consent, communication, and respectful engagement during transfers.
2. Governance and Operational Management
By embedding safe manual handling procedures, providers can reduce risk, improve incident response, and strengthen workplace health and safety systems. Our training supports continuous improvement and strong organisational governance.
3. Provision of Supports
Staff are equipped with the practical skills and confidence to deliver support that is not only safe and consistent, but tailored to individual needs. Whether supporting mobility, transfers, or activities of daily living, Backsafe-trained workers uphold a high standard of service delivery.
4. Support Provision Environment
A key focus of our training is the prevention of injury and harm. Through risk assessments and best practice techniques, providers can create and maintain a safer, more accessible environment for both participants and staff.
Raising the Bar in Disability Support
Backsafe training is more than a compliance box — it’s a strategic investment in quality, safety, and excellence. By prioritising manual handling training that is grounded in industry standards, our clients build a capable workforce and safer service environment, all while exceeding the expectations set out in the NDIS Practice Standards.
Let Backsafe help you raise the bar in disability support — for your team, and for the people you support.For more information about our program call 1300 022 257 or email info@backsafe.com.au
