NDIS Practice Standards
Module 5A: Assistance with supported independent living
m5a-3.2 SIL supported decision-making: dignity of risk in home and daily life
Clause and reference m5a-3.2, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
Each participant's right to dignity of risk in decisions about supports in their home and daily life is supported, and when needed the participant is helped to weigh the benefits and risks of the options being considered.
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
- Dignity of risk procedure for SIL settings
- Records of risk and benefit discussions with participants about home and daily life choices
- Risk enablement plans showing the participant's choice and the safeguards agreed
What assessors commonly find
- Blanket house rules override individual choices
- Risky choices recorded as non-compliance rather than supported decisions
What evidence do I need?
For m5a-3.2 SIL supported decision-making: dignity of risk in home and daily, the evidence to bring is: Dignity of risk procedure for SIL settings. It sits under Module 5A: Assistance with supported independent living and our reference for it is m5a-3.2. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me dignity of risk procedure for SIL settings, 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