We need People on the ground to visit the places our children go for care or programs not sit in an office never checking on these disability providers who get away covertly with everything...Health and safety regulations are enforced in all other businesses in NSW and the rest of Australia. In NSW if you fail on any of the regulations you face penalties and possible court prosecutions ( the businesses). Since disabilities sector has now become a business, big business, lucrative business its time the NSW government stepped up and applied Health and Safety laws to all disabilities businesses, such as day programs, group homes and respite houses. They make enough money to do the right thing. Normal businesses are penalized if they do not report an incident of harm. NDIS enforces nothing. Only if someone poor vulnerable person or child dies do the NDIS commission make some kind of effort only if it is in their interests to or to give the NDIS a good name.
In other businesses there are inspectors who check if health and safety protocols are being adhered to. There is an appointed health and safety officer to every business, who can be someone in that business, but it disabilities it should be someone neutral who will be transparent and not listen to bullying by managers or CEOs.
In other businesses there are regulators who check that the health and safety officers are reporting everything and that they are reporting on failed ability by a business to keep protocol and regulations. If the businesses allow someone to be harmed or die they are investigated immediately taken to court and prosecuted. None of this oh we will look into it, or oh the police have no evidence.
In fact, CCTV cameras should be a part of health and safety protocols applied to disabilities businesses including those under the NDIS which does little to enforce anything. Health and safety should be enforced for the sake of those who pay those businesses to look after their vulnerable in disabilities, and it should be enforced by the federal government if the NSW government will not take it up. CCTV cameras are put everywhere else in other business to protect those who work there and customers. Why should any more of our children be harmed in disability businesses, or die simply because paperwork is not done? At present, safety rules are not followed, supervisors are not supervising at all, and no one is physically following up and checking what each disability place is doing! They are left to their own devices. While other businesses are not allowed to do that according to Health and Safety law. We need this law applied in disabilities businesses.
Disability businesses should be visited to see how they are treating the disability people, and managers and workers should be questioned and checked for their adherence to the policies of health and safety. Enough is enough. No more harm no more death in disabilities – it has to stop now! Stand up and speak to your MPs about the need for proper health and safety laws – NDIS commission does not enforce anything. They happily sit behind their desks while our children are assaulted and neglected and die! This cannot continue! Parents and carers need to speak up wherever you can we must not remain silent. Our children and vulnerable adult children are at high risk wherever they are while there are no laws and regulations enforced in these disability ‘businesses’.
All the best
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