NDIS Practice Standards
Module 5A: Assistance with supported independent living
m5a-5.6 SIL practice governance: emergency planning oversight in shared living
Clause and reference m5a-5.6, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
In shared living there is governance oversight of emergency planning, and all affected participants are consulted so emergency arrangements are coordinated, rehearsed and tailored to individual needs and participants can respond safely.
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
- Home emergency and evacuation plans with individual participant arrangements
- Evacuation drill records with participant involvement and lessons noted
- Governance reports reviewing emergency preparedness across SIL homes
What assessors commonly find
- Personal emergency evacuation needs not recorded
- Drills never rehearsed with night staff or all residents
What evidence do I need?
For m5a-5.6 SIL practice governance: emergency planning oversight in shared living, the evidence to bring is: Home emergency and evacuation plans with individual participant arrangements. It sits under Module 5A: Assistance with supported independent living and our reference for it is m5a-5.6. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me home emergency and evacuation plans with individual participant arrangements, 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