NDIS Practice Standards
Module 5A: Assistance with supported independent living
m5a-3.3 SIL supported decision-making: informed access to mainstream services
Clause and reference m5a-3.3, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
Each participant is supported to make informed decisions about using mainstream supports and services outside their home.
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
- Participant records of decisions about health, transport, education or community services outside the home
- Referral and information records for mainstream services offered
- Support plan goals relating to community and mainstream access
What assessors commonly find
- Staff make appointments without involving the participant
- Community access limited to provider-run activities
What evidence do I need?
For m5a-3.3 SIL supported decision-making: informed access to mainstream services, the evidence to bring is: Participant records of decisions about health, transport, education or community services outside the home. It sits under Module 5A: Assistance with supported independent living and our reference for it is m5a-3.3. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me participant records of decisions about health, transport, education or community services outside the 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