NDIS Practice Standards
Module 5A: Assistance with supported independent living
m5a-4.1 SIL safeguarding: Code of Conduct shown in respectful, rights-based home support
Clause and reference m5a-4.1, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
Relevant workers show they comply with the NDIS Code of Conduct by giving respectful, safe and rights-based support in the participant's 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
- Records of Code of Conduct training and acknowledgement for each SIL worker
- Practice observation or supervision records of support in the home
- Records of any Code of Conduct concerns raised and how they were handled
What assessors commonly find
- Workers unable to explain Code of Conduct obligations
- Concerns about worker conduct in the home not escalated
What evidence do I need?
For m5a-4.1 SIL safeguarding: Code of Conduct shown in respectful, rights-based home, the evidence to bring is: Records of Code of Conduct training and acknowledgement for each SIL worker. It sits under Module 5A: Assistance with supported independent living and our reference for it is m5a-4.1. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me records of Code of Conduct training and acknowledgement for each SIL worker, 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