NDIS Practice Standards
Module 5A: Assistance with supported independent living
m5a-5.2 SIL practice governance: trauma-informed practice for a safe home
Clause and reference m5a-5.2, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
Each participant is supported in a positive, comfortable and safe home environment through trauma-informed practice in the supports delivered at home and in daily life.
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
- Trauma-informed practice guidelines for SIL homes
- Participant support plans identifying known triggers and trauma-informed strategies
- Observation or supervision records showing trauma-informed approaches in daily support
What assessors commonly find
- Support plans silent on trauma history the provider knows about
- Environment changes made without considering participant distress
What evidence do I need?
For m5a-5.2 SIL practice governance: trauma-informed practice for a safe home, the evidence to bring is: Trauma-informed practice guidelines for SIL homes. It sits under Module 5A: Assistance with supported independent living and our reference for it is m5a-5.2. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me trauma-informed practice guidelines for SIL homes, 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