NDIS Practice Standards
Module 5A: Assistance with supported independent living
m5a-4.7 SIL safeguarding: approaches to conflict, intimidation and harm between participants
Clause and reference m5a-4.7, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
Safeguarding approaches are put in place to address conflict, intimidation and harm between participants, developed in consultation with participants so they reflect each person's own risk and safety while respecting autonomy.
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
- House safeguarding plans addressing conflict between co-residents
- Records of consultation with each affected participant
- Incident and conflict log for the home with actions taken
What assessors commonly find
- Conflict managed by restricting the victim's movement
- Participants not asked what would make them feel safe
What evidence do I need?
For m5a-4.7 SIL safeguarding: approaches to conflict, intimidation and harm between participants, the evidence to bring is: House safeguarding plans addressing conflict between co-residents. It sits under Module 5A: Assistance with supported independent living and our reference for it is m5a-4.7. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me house safeguarding plans addressing conflict between co-residents, 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