NDIS Practice Standards
Module 5A: Assistance with supported independent living
m5a-5.1 SIL practice governance: worker development, mentoring and supervision
Clause and reference m5a-5.1, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
Policies and procedures cover the planning, delivery and evaluation of worker development and training so workers are skilled and competent to support participants at home, including mentoring, supervision and training in cultural safety and positive behaviour support.
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
- Worker development and training policy for SIL
- Training needs analysis and training plan for SIL teams
- Practice supervision and mentoring records
- Cultural safety and positive behaviour support training records
What assessors commonly find
- Training plan exists but completion is not evaluated
- Supervision occurs only after incidents
What evidence do I need?
For m5a-5.1 SIL practice governance: worker development, mentoring and supervision, the evidence to bring is: Worker development and training policy for SIL. It sits under Module 5A: Assistance with supported independent living and our reference for it is m5a-5.1. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me worker development and training policy for SIL, 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