Cultural safety that respects choice, control and identity

Why now

The NDIS Code of Conduct and the NDIS Practice Standards already expect supports that respect a person’s culture and identity. The NDIA First Nations Strategy 2025–2030 sets a clear direction of travel, and the Disability Royal Commission’s Volume 9 put First Nations people with disability firmly on every provider’s risk register. As the new Navigator workforce grows out of Local Area Coordination and Partners in the Community, teams need shared, practical language, not another policy PDF.

What the guides give your team

• Volume 2, Power, Privilege & Cultural Safety, connects cultural safety to what participants care about most: choice, control and dignity of risk.

• Reflective prompts on your own power and privilege as a worker, so support stays led by the person.

• Practical ways to respect culture and identity in planning, everyday supports, and how risk gets talked about.

• Shared language across support workers, coordinators and the emerging Navigator role.

Whole team, how it works

Pocket-sized and readable between appointments, written for support workers, coordinators, planners and back-office staff alike. Cultural safety is determined by the person receiving support, so the guides teach the reflexive work and the system, not culture, and keep pointing back to First Nations people and community.

On our roadmap, the series is designed to be led with First Nations co-facilitators.