28/04/2026
Welcomed news to help protect the people we support and the Behaviour Support field.
đź”” Important update for New Entry NDIS behaviour support practitioners
🔍 We’ve improved our guidance on how suitability is assessed for practitioners delivering, or intending to deliver, specialist behaviour support services. Behaviour support and restrictive practices are considered high risk supports. They require the right skills, knowledge and experience.
What’s changing for New Entry NDIS behaviour support practitioners?
If you’re early in your practice (typically less than six months’ experience), higher levels of supervision and support are required to help you build capability, in line with the Positive Behaviour Support Capability Framework: https://bit.ly/3PVVDZD
You may be found not suitable as a New Entry NDIS practitioner if you plan to:
• operate as a sole trader, or as key personnel of a specialist behaviour support provider
• and do not engage a Proficient (or above) NDIS behaviour support practitioner to provide clinical supervision and oversight
What may be required instead:
• additional supervision arrangements and/or
• Proficient (or above) NDIS behaviour support practitioner (minimum two years’ experience) to oversee practice
These requirements may be imposed as conditions on a specialist behaviour support provider’s registration (registration group 0110).
đź“„ Read the updated New Entry Level Behaviour Support Practitioners; Applying for suitability fact sheet to find out more: https://bit.ly/47OaaN8
