NDIS Practice Standards
Module 3: Early childhood supports
m3-5.3 Inclusion: links with family community and other agencies built
Clause and reference m3-5.3, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
The provider enables and builds links between each family and their community and other support agencies, so the child and family are connected beyond the provider.
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
- Referral and linkage records with community services and agencies
- Consent forms for sharing information with linked agencies
- Contact lists of local services provided to families
What assessors commonly find
- Links recorded as suggested but never followed up
- No consent on file for agency contact
What evidence do I need?
For m3-5.3 Inclusion: links with family community and other agencies built, the evidence to bring is: Referral and linkage records with community services and agencies. It sits under Module 3: Early childhood supports and our reference for it is m3-5.3. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me referral and linkage records with community services and agencies, 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