Lived Experience Engagement

The NSW Anti-slavery Commissioner is committed to centring people with lived experience in his work. Half his Advisory Panel has lived expertise.

Lived Experience Engagement Policy

The Lived Experience Engagement Policy is central to how the Office of the NSW Anti-slavery Commissioner engages people with lived experience of modern slavery. You can find the Policy and supporting materials below. While these are internal documents, we are publishing them for the sake of transparency. The Charter of Expectations sets out our Office’s commitments in this area.

The Lived Experience Engagement Policy suite includes:

OASC Lived Experience Engagement Policy

Additional core documents

• Charter of Expectations (PDF, 524.5 KB)
• Participant information sheet and consent form (PDF, 161.2 KB)
• Authorisation for the OASC to enquire or act on your behalf (PDF, 152.1 KB)
• Appointment of support person form (PDF, 191.7 KB)
• Media and Communications consent and release form (PDF, 252.4 KB)

Factsheets 

• About the Office of the NSW Anti-slavery Commissioner (OASC) (PDF, 978.5 KB)
• Process for lived experience engagement policy (PDF, 302.5 KB)
• Informed consent factsheet (PDF, 536.2 KB)
• Privacy and confidentiality factsheet (PDF, 188.9 KB)
• Support and assistance factsheet (PDF, 201.4 KB)
• Engagement activities factsheet (PDF, 302.5 KB)
• Remuneration factsheet (PDF, 271.0 KB)
• Definitions and terminology factsheet (PDF, 209.1 KB)

Supporting documents

• Lived experience engagement process checklist (PDF, 167.1 KB)
• Brave Space Guidelines (PDF, 123.3 KB)
• Lived experience engagement activity briefing note template (PDF, 116.5 KB)
• Reflective practice tool (PDF, 270.6 KB)
• Peer-led debrief template (PDF, 126.1 KB)
• OASC converge booking template (counselling) (PDF, 203.2 KB)
• Acknowledgement of responsibility – child supervision
• Approval for individual lived experience remuneration
• OASC invoice template (PDF, 83.0 KB)
• Request for cab vouchers form
• OASC domestic travel request form