NDIS Practice Standards
Module 5A: Assistance with supported independent living
m5a-3.1 SIL supported decision-making: information to express will and preferences
Clause and reference m5a-3.1, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
Each participant receives information, in the language, mode of communication and terms they most likely understand, to help them communicate their will and preferences about supports and services in their home and daily life.
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
- Accessible information pack for SIL participants about their supports and choices at home
- Communication profiles or plans recording each participant's preferred communication method
- Records of participant preferences captured at house and individual meetings
What assessors commonly find
- Information given only in standard written form
- Participant preferences recorded by staff without the participant's input
What evidence do I need?
For m5a-3.1 SIL supported decision-making: information to express will and preferences, the evidence to bring is: Accessible information pack for SIL participants about their supports and choices at home. It sits under Module 5A: Assistance with supported independent living and our reference for it is m5a-3.1. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me accessible information pack for SIL participants about their supports and choices at home, 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