NDIS Practice Standards
Module 5: Specialist disability accommodation
m5-5.4 SDA service agreements: dwelling safety features shared with SIL providers
Clause and reference m5-5.4, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
The agreement includes information on the dwelling's safety features, including fire alarms and evacuation procedures, and how that information will be passed to the other providers delivering supported independent living to each participant in the dwelling.
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
- Dwelling safety information sheet (alarms, sprinklers, egress, evacuation plan) attached to the agreement
- Record of safety information sent to each SIL provider in the dwelling
- Fire safety equipment maintenance and evacuation drill records for the dwelling
What assessors commonly find
- SIL provider staff unaware of the dwelling's evacuation procedure
- Safety information not reissued after a change of SIL provider
What evidence do I need?
For m5-5.4 SDA service agreements: dwelling safety features shared with SIL providers, the evidence to bring is: Dwelling safety information sheet (alarms, sprinklers, egress, evacuation plan) attached to the agreement. It sits under Module 5: Specialist disability accommodation and our reference for it is m5-5.4. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me dwelling safety information sheet (alarms, sprinklers, egress, evacuation plan) attached to the agreement, 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