Guide
How clinical governance works in our homes
The checks behind every roster, from nurse-led plans and behaviour support to restrictive practices and incident reporting.
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Small homes on ordinary streets
How our homes are set up, from choosing who you live with to rosters written around your day.
Homes are small, dispersed across Sydney’s Inner West and surrounds, and ordinary looking, because they are ordinary houses. The evidence, and the direction of NDIS policy, both point the same way. New build Specialist Disability Accommodation is funded only where it houses five residents or fewer, and funding for older homes with six or more residents ends after a set transition period. Best-practice research commissioned by the NDIS Commission puts the design standard at no more than six people under one roof.
You choose who you live with
That is your right, and we treat it as one. We take the time to match housemates carefully, because who you share a kitchen with shapes your daily life.
You choose who supports you
Matching staff to a person, their interests, temperament, language, culture and humour, matters a great deal. In a home where somebody is distressed, it is often what makes the difference.
Shared or on your own
SIL is most often funded for people sharing supports with housemates, but it can be funded where someone lives alone and needs it. If living alone is what works, we will say so in the evidence we contribute.
Support ratios can vary through the day
Two workers to one person for morning routines and community access, one to one through the afternoon, active overnight if that is what the night needs. Rosters are written around a person’s day, not around a template.
Last reviewed 17 September 2026 by Steven Lowrie, Governance and Case Management Lead. Rules and funding can change. If something here does not match your situation, ask us.
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