NDIS Practice Standards
Module 5A: Assistance with supported independent living
m5a-5.5 SIL practice governance: participant say in home and co-tenant matching
Clause and reference m5a-5.5, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
Each participant is given the opportunity and encouragement to take part in decisions about their home, including who they live with; affected participants are consulted before a new tenant is placed, and matched with co-tenants they feel safe living with.
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 house meetings on home decisions
- Consultation records with existing residents before each new placement
- Compatibility or matching assessments for new tenants
What assessors commonly find
- New resident placed before co-residents were told
- Matching considers vacancy and funding only
What evidence do I need?
For m5a-5.5 SIL practice governance: participant say in home and co-tenant matching, the evidence to bring is: Records of house meetings on home decisions. It sits under Module 5A: Assistance with supported independent living and our reference for it is m5a-5.5. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me records of house meetings on home decisions, 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