Roles in the NDIS workforce

3 NDIS workers having a conversation in an office.

There are different types of roles in the NDIS workforce.

An NDIS worker supporting a participant to read a document.

Workers can provide general support.

For example, daily personal support.

An NDIS worker supporting a participant to cook.

Workers can provide advanced support.

For example, support for:

  • many areas of your life
  • a certain area of your life.

An NDIS worker cleaning a glass door in a kitchen.

There is also ancillary work.

Ancillary work includes jobs that support participants like:

  • cleaning
  • gardening.

A manager in front of a group of NDIS workers.

There are also leaders and managers.

A person giving a thumbs up and holding a document with a tick on it.

The Framework explains what workers must do in each of these jobs to meet our objectives.

Objectives are important results we want to achieve.