What does a support plan need to contain?
An assessment and a plan developed with the participant, covering their goals, needs and preferences; a regular risk assessment with the risk treatment strategies; a periodic review of those strategies with the participant; and an annual review of the plan, or earlier if something changes, with progress assessed against the goals.
Answered from the held text of NDIS Practice Standards core-19.1. The clause behind it is cited below, and the requirement page carries the evidence an assessor asks for.
What the clause behind this answer says
core-19.1 Support planning: assessment and plan developed with the participant
With the participant's consent, the provider works with the participant and their support network to assess needs and develop a support plan, drawing on appropriate information sources so that needs, support requirements, preferences, strengths and goals are all captured.
Source: NDIS Practice Standards on the compliance desk. Our statement of the clause, not the instrument verbatim.
core-19.2 Support planning: regular risk assessment and risk treatment strategies
Working with each participant, the provider regularly carries out risk assessments, documents them in the support plan, and plans and puts in place strategies to treat the known risks to that participant.
Source: NDIS Practice Standards on the compliance desk. Our statement of the clause, not the instrument verbatim.
core-19.4 Support planning: annual or earlier plan review and progress assessment
The provider reviews each support plan with the participant at least annually, or earlier as needs or circumstances change, and assesses progress toward outcomes and goals at a frequency proportionate to risk, functionality and the participant's wishes.
Source: NDIS Practice Standards on the compliance desk. Our statement of the clause, not the instrument verbatim.
What evidence answers it
- Completed intake assessment and support plan in a sample of participant files
- Signed consent for assessment and for involving the support network
- Reports from other practitioners or the NDIS plan used to inform the assessment
- Support planning procedure
What assessors commonly find
- Support plan templated and identical across participants
- Goals and strengths sections left blank
The reviewer opens with
Show me completed intake assessment and support plan in a sample of participant files, and tell me who owns it and when it was last reviewed.
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- core-19.1 Support planning: assessment and plan developed with the participant
- core-19.2 Support planning: regular risk assessment and risk treatment strategies
- core-19.4 Support planning: annual or earlier plan review and progress assessment
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