Supported Independent Living (SIL)
NDIS funding for help with daily-living tasks in a shared or individual living arrangement.
Supported Independent Living (SIL) is one of the more common forms of NDIS funding. It pays for the support a participant needs with everyday tasks such as personal care, cooking, cleaning and building daily-living skills. SIL is about the help a person receives, not the bricks and mortar they live in. That distinction matters because housing itself can be funded separately through Specialist Disability Accommodation.
For disability support workers, SIL is where a lot of frontline shifts happen, often in shared homes where several participants live together and support is rostered around the clock. The work is hands-on and ongoing, so providers running SIL arrangements carry real responsibility for who they place in those homes.
For providers, that responsibility shows up as screening and compliance. Everyone working in a SIL setting needs a current NDIS Worker Screening Check, and the NDIS Worker Orientation Module is expected too. Police history is already built into the screening check, so there is no separate police check to track. Keeping every worker's clearance current across a roster is exactly the kind of thing a Career Passport is meant to make simpler.
This is general information, not compliance advice. Always confirm requirements with the relevant regulator, and remember that providers keep the legal responsibility to sight credentials and decide who can work.
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Supported Independent Living (SIL): provider compliance
What SIL providers need for NDIS workforce compliance: mandatory registration from 1 July 2026, NDIS Worker Screening Clearances, orientation and audit readiness.
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