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ACIS for Certified Auditing Bodies

The Australian Community Industry Standard (ACIS) is highly recognised and provides best practice standards for support of people with disability and those with acquired injuries. This Standard is periodically reviewed to ensure it represents contemporary expectations for service quality. The latest Standard to be released, ACIS 5.0, includes recommendations from the Disability Royal Commission, the Aged Care Royal Commission, and the NDIS Review.


ACIS 5.0 Training for Certified Auditing Bodies

Auditors are required to complete all training below prior to auditing against ACIS 5.0.

Transition modules

These modules are provided on enrolment in pdf format as pre reading. These modules provide an overview of the changes that have been made to ACIS 4.0, comprised of 7 modules broken up into 14 parts:

• What's Changed Overview
• Audit process and report format
• Certification cycle and conformance
• Sampling
• Equivalence
• Rights and Responsibilities
• Corporate Governance
• Clinical Governance
• Service Delivery
• Service Environment
• Complex Physical Support
• Complex Behaviour Support
• Mental Health Support
• Assistive Technology
Introductory module

This module is provided via ACIAs self-paced online training platform. This module provides a detailed overview of ACIS 5.0, comprised of 1 module broken up into 5 parts:

• Part A: Understanding the Certification process, legal requirement, Client consent during the audit process and the Transition Policy
• Part B: Application, Self-assessment, Practice Manual and scope of service
• Part C: Certification and Surveillance audits, conformance and Equivalence
• Part D: ACIS Relevant Clients and sampling
• Part E: Special Consideration, Provisional Certification, remote audits, terminations, reduction, suspension of withdrawal of Certification and complaints and appeals

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Core and Supplementary Standard modules

These modules are provided via ACIAs self-paced online training platform. These modules provide a detailed overview of the ACIS 5.0 Standard, comprised of 7 modules broken up into 13 parts:


• Rights and Responsibilities Part A

• Rights and Responsibilities Part B

• Corporate Governance Part A

• Corporate Governance Part B

• Clinical Governance

• Service Delivery Part A

• Service Delivery Part B

• Service Environment

• Complex Physical Support Part A

• Complex Physical Support Part B

• Complex Physical Support Part C

• Complex Physical Support Part D

• Complex Behaviour Support, Mental Health Support and Assistive Technology


ACIS Relevant Information

TRANSITION POLICY

Download the Transition Policy for ACIS 5.0

AUDIT TIME AND DURATION
MAPPING

Download the Mapping for ACIS 5.0

Download the Audit Time and Duration for ACIS 5.0

EQUIVALENCE POLICY

Download the Equivalence Policy for ACIS 5.0

AUDIT REPORT TEMPLATE

Download the Audit Report Template for ACIS 5.0

ACIS 5.0 SCHEME

Purchase the Scheme for ACIS 5.0

ACIS RELEVANT CLIENTS

Download the ACIS Relevant Clients for ACIS 5.0

PRACTICE MANUAL

Purchase the Practice Manual for ACIS 5.0

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For Certified Auditing Bodies and Auditors.

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If you are a Certified Auditing Body who wishes to audit against ACIS, please contact ACIA below.

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