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Quality Management System

How strategy flows to frontline practice

Our Quality Management System works as a connected cascade. Strategy flows down from the Board to the people we support. Practice evidence flows back up to inform every decision. This page lets you explore that flow at your own pace.

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Strategic Direction

The Board sets our direction for the next three years.

What this layer does
  • Five strategic pillars co-designed with participants, families and community
  • Board governance tools: RAG status, stage gates, outcomes dashboard
  • Guiding frameworks: Keys to Citizenship, Think Local Act Personal, Wellbeing Teams
  • Three-year horizon, reviewed annually
  • Director sponsors assigned to each pillar
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The Board of Directors sets strategic direction through Our Future: Community-Led Plan 2026 to 2029. The five strategic pillars were co-designed with participants, families and community by Pinzon and Co in October 2025. The Board uses a Skills Matrix to ensure director competencies match the strategic agenda.

Owner: Board of Directors (Chair: Mark Glover)
Key documents:
  • Community-Led Plan 2026 to 2029
  • Board Skills Matrix
  • Board Outcomes Dashboard
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Operational Planning

The CEO turns strategy into clear plans for the year.

What this layer does
  • Translates strategic pillars into priorities, deliverables and timeframes
  • 13 plan sections across key SLT portfolios
  • KPIs across six domains: Participant Outcomes, Quality, Financial, Workforce, Community, Innovation
  • References 14 pieces of legislation and the Compliance Register
  • Monthly SLT review, quarterly Board reporting
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The Business and Operational Plan converts each strategic pillar into operational priorities with named SLT accountability. KPIs span six domains and are reviewed monthly by SLT and quarterly by the Board.

Owner: Steven Lowrie (CEO) with SLT
Key documents:
  • Business and Operational Plan 2025 to 2028
  • Compliance Register
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Risk and Quality Infrastructure

We track every risk, every law, and every improvement we are working on.

What this layer does
  • Risk Register: 37 risks across 12 domains, 5 by 5 matrix, named SLT owners
  • Compliance Register: 26 legislation entries across 5 categories
  • Continuous Improvement Register: 15+ entries linked to real incidents
  • Internal Audit Schedule: 13 audits for 2026
  • CEO Board Report: RAG dashboard with transparent risk reporting
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Risk and quality infrastructure is the engine room of the QMS. Inherent and residual risk scores are tracked across 12 domains. The CI Register links incidents to corrective actions and verification. The Internal Audit Schedule feeds findings back into the CI Register.

Owner: Steven Lowrie (owner), Sergio Pinzon (system), Ayrat Akhmetshin (implementation)
Key documents:
  • Risk Register
  • Compliance Register
  • CI Register
  • Internal Audit Schedule
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Policies

48 policies tell our team how to do every part of their work safely.

What this layer does
  • Core Module: 37 policies covering Rights, Service Delivery, Governance, HR, Information
  • Module 1 HIDPA: 11 policies on complex clinical supports
  • Behaviour Support: 2 policies (PBS and Restrictive Practices)
  • Module 4: 3 policies for SIL, SSRC and Trauma-informed care
  • WHS, Environment, Safety: 8 policies
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Every policy has a named owner, system owner and implementer. Policies cross-reference each other and link to real incidents that informed their development. All 48 policies are reviewed annually, with the next full review in March 2027.

Owner: SLT policy owners (Steven Lowrie, Aisling Scully, Marco De Angelis, Rei Guzman)
Key documents:
  • Policy Map
  • All 48 policies
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Operational Procedures

Step-by-step guides our staff use every day.

What this layer does
  • Support Provision Procedure: shift checklists, handover, case notes
  • Continuity of Supports Procedure: relief rosters, replacement workflows
  • Service Agreement Procedure: template, signing, variation
  • Support Coordination Procedure: intake, plan implementation, crisis, review
  • Money and Property Procedure: Budgetly, receipts, reconciliation
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Operational procedures translate policy into day-to-day workflows. They are paired with participant-level documents: enhanced care plans, behaviour support plans, site emergency plans and personal emergency evacuation plans.

Owner: SSLs and frontline workers
Key documents:
  • 6 operational procedures
  • Enhanced care plans
  • BSPs
  • Site emergency plans
  • PEEPs
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Frontline Practice

144 workers across 15+ sites supporting people every day.

What this layer does
  • Support delivery per support plans, enhanced care plans, BSPs and mealtime plans
  • Case notes, handovers, medication records, incident reports
  • Choice and control in everyday decisions; Active Support model in SIL
  • WHS compliance: PPE, manual handling, infection control, psychosocial hazards
  • Client-specific inductions, competency, supervision (monthly SIL/clinical, quarterly community)
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Frontline practice is where strategy meets the participant. Workers deliver supports guided by individual plans. Active Support is the SIL practice model. Supervision frequency depends on stream.

Owner: SSLs (Rodney Martin, Stella Bateman, Marvin Hazim, Sian Cavanagh, Michael Marino, Wence Buenacosa RN)
Key documents:
  • Support plans
  • Service agreements
  • Case notes
  • Handover logs
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Monitoring and Reporting

We listen, measure, and use what we learn to get better.

What this layer does
  • Participant satisfaction surveys and family questionnaire
  • Incident register with NDIS Commission, SafeWork NSW and OCG notifications
  • Complaint registers with resolution tracking and procedural fairness
  • Internal audit findings feed CI Register
  • Clinical Governance Committee, WHS Committee, SLT Cross-Accountability Meeting
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Monitoring closes the loop. Practice evidence flows back to risk management, continuous improvement and strategic planning. The CEO Board Report carries this evidence to the Board quarterly.

Owner: CEO and SLT collectively
Key documents:
  • CEO Board Report
  • CGC minutes
  • WHS Committee minutes
  • incident and complaint registers