Safeguards are things or actions people with disability, or their friends and families can do to manage risks of harm that may be present in their lives.

The policy outlines the NDIA's commitment to support people with disability who engage with the NDIS to create or expand safeguards to improve their safety and minimise the risk of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation.

The aim of the policy is to:

• improve how the NDIS supports people with disability, participants, and their support networks to create or increase safeguards
• be more proactive to support people with disability, participants, and their support networks to identify, assess and manage risk of harm
• have clear roles and responsibilities in the NDIS support system
• improve safeguarding resources for people with disability and the NDIs staff.

This policy includes 6 co-designed principles and 4 focus areas.