NDIS Practice Standards
Module 5A: Assistance with supported independent living
m5a-5.3 SIL practice governance: workers competent in evidence-based home practices
Clause and reference m5a-5.3, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
Workers are trained and assessed as competent in evidence-based practices, including person-centred and trauma-informed practice, active support and supported decision-making, to create a safe, participant-centred environment at 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
- Competency assessment records for active support, person-centred practice and supported decision-making
- Practice leadership observation records in the home
- Records of participant engagement in daily activities consistent with active support
What assessors commonly find
- Training completed but competence never assessed
- Workers do tasks for participants instead of with them
What evidence do I need?
For m5a-5.3 SIL practice governance: workers competent in evidence-based home practices, the evidence to bring is: Competency assessment records for active support, person-centred practice and supported decision-making. It sits under Module 5A: Assistance with supported independent living and our reference for it is m5a-5.3. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me competency assessment records for active support, person-centred practice and supported decision-making, 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