Risk Assessment, NDIS & Psychosocial Disability
Workshop Duration: 1.5 hours
Cost: $90.00
Do you feel unprepared when referrals arrive with limited risk information?
Have you ever left a visit feeling uneasy about what you observed?
This session builds confidence in dynamic, person-centred risk assessment and safety planning within psychosocial disability practice under the NDIS.
Purchase this workshopWhat will you learn?
In this workshop, you will gain practical knowledge and tools to:
- Understand psychosocial disability and its implications for functional assessment and risk
- Apply dynamic, person-centred risk assessment rather than point-in-time judgement
- Distinguish between chronic risk and situational or acute risk
- Integrate trauma informed care when exploring risk, safety and wellbeing
- Assess episodic and fluctuating capacity using worst-day experiences
- Balance duty of care with dignity of risk in everyday OT decision making
- Identify behaviours of concern and understand the OT role alongside PBS practitioners
- Develop meaningful safety and wellness plans including WRAP-informed approaches
- Document dynamic risk, early warning signs and safety planning clearly in reports
- Recognise risks associated with misuse of OT reports and raise red flags appropriately
Who is this workshop for?
This workshop is designed for Occupational Therapists working with NDIS participants with psychosocial disability. It is particularly relevant for:
- OTs completing home visits or community-based interventions
- OTs supporting participants with fluctuating capacity, trauma histories or behaviours of concern
- OTs involved in functional assessments, reporting and care-team collaboration
- OTs seeking clearer boundaries, stronger documentation and improved professional confidence
Why attend?
In this workshop, you will:
- Build a structured approach to risk assessment that aligns with NDIS principles
- Strengthen confidence managing complex psychosocial presentations
- Learn how to integrate supported decision making into assessment and documentation
- Gain practical strategies for safety planning that respect autonomy and recovery
- Improve report writing to accurately capture risk without overreach
- Enhance professional sustainability by reducing uncertainty and moral distress
What's included?
- Gain online access to the workshop – live workshops are delivered via Zoom, while self-paced options include access to recorded sessions
- Download workshop slides and any resources provided by the presenter
- Enjoy six months of access to the recording and resources via your Verve OT Learning Library
- Receive a certificate of completion for your CPD records, available via email upon completion of the workshop
About the Presenter
Muriel Cummins is an Occupational Therapist with extensive experience across mental health and disability practice. In addition to being an OT, she holds a Master of Public Health. She has worked in clinical, not-for-profit, peak-body and private-practice settings.
A tireless advocate for an equitable, best-practice NDIS, Muriel sits on the Every Australian Counts steering Committee; on both NDIS and mental health Occupational Therapy Australia National Reference Groups; the Transforming Australia's Mental Health Service System (TAMHSS) committee; and the ICF-Australia Interest Group which explores the application of international frameworks in the Australian context.
Muriel co-founded the Occupational Therapy Society for Invisible and Hidden Disability (OTSi) and works to build this dynamic organisation.
She holds the Policy and Strategy Advisory role with the Australian Rehabilition and Assistive Technology Association (ARATA).
Her leadership was recognised when she received the Australian Allied Health Awards – Occupational Therapist of the Year (2022).
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Quick add to cartWhat Are Others Saying?
"Great to get recommendations of further sites to access with are supportive to OT's working in the area. Was also great to get the education delivered within the context of working in NDIS."
- Kiandra M, Occupational Therapist
"Muriel is a great presenter. The real clinical examples provided were very informative."
- Aimee T, Occupational Therapist
