NDIS Practice Standards
Core module: rights and responsibilities
core-4.2 Individual values and beliefs: right to practise culture and beliefs supported
Clause and reference core-4.2, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
Each participant is supported to practise their culture, values and beliefs while receiving supports, for example attending ceremonies, worship, community events or following dietary and dress practices.
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
- Rosters or progress notes showing support to attend cultural or religious activities
- Menu and meal records reflecting cultural or religious dietary practice
- Participant feedback or survey results on respect for their beliefs
What assessors commonly find
- Practices limited because of service routines rather than participant choice
- No record of how a known observance is supported
What evidence do I need?
For core-4.2 Individual values and beliefs: right to practise culture and beliefs, the evidence to bring is: Rosters or progress notes showing support to attend cultural or religious activities. It sits under Core module: rights and responsibilities and our reference for it is core-4.2. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me rosters or progress notes showing support to attend cultural or religious activities, 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