NDIS Practice Standards
Core module: support provision environment
core-26a.6 Mealtime management: plans available where meals are provided
Clause and reference core-26a.6, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
Mealtime management plans are available where mealtime support is given and are easy for the workers providing it to access.
Our wording of the requirement: our statement of what the clause asks, not the instrument verbatim. Source: NDIS Practice Standards on the compliance desk.
The evidence to bring
- Plans displayed or filed at the point of meal service
- Mobile access to plans for community-based supports
- Spot checks confirming plans are present at mealtimes
What assessors commonly find
- Plans kept in the office rather than where meals are served
- Out-of-date plan versions at the point of service
What evidence do I need?
For core-26a.6 Mealtime management: plans available where meals are provided, the evidence to bring is: Plans displayed or filed at the point of meal service. It sits under Core module: support provision environment and our reference for it is core-26a.6. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me plans displayed or filed at the point of meal service, and tell me who owns it and when it was last reviewed.
That is the question a quality assessor opens with for this requirement. Have the record on the desk and the date it was last reviewed to hand.
Read your own evidence against this clause
Paste your policy or evidence pack and the reading marks, line by line, whether a phrase from this requirement appears and quotes your own words when it does. It is a reading of your text, not a compliance result; a quality assessor decides whether a requirement is met. Read your pack, free See the paid reading