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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Disability · NDIS registered provider 4050003922
Supported Independent Living in Sydney
A home of your own, with the right support around you, every day. Specialist care for adults with complex needs.
- NDIS registered
- 24/7 Nursing Team
- 24/7 support, including overnight
- Sydney’s Inner West and beyond
At a glance
What Supported Independent Living is
SIL means support workers help you with everyday life, in the place you call home.
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Where
One of our shared homes, a place of your own, or somewhere you already rent or own.
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Who it is for
Adults with a disability who need help with daily life, every day.
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How it is paid for
Through your NDIS plan. SIL pays for the support, not rent or bills.
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How to start
Anyone can refer: you, a family member or a support coordinator.
Who we support
We specialise in complex support needs
Our teams deliver contemporary supports for people who need additional support.
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Behaviours of concern
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Psychosocial disability
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Autistic adults who need calm, predictable homes
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Intellectual disability with high support needs
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High intensity health needs, such as tube feeding or tracheostomy care
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Reablement specialist for placement breakdowns
How a referral works
Four steps, at a safe pace
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Tell us the whole picture
No need to tidy it up. We would rather know now.
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We assess carefully
A clinician and an operations lead review it together.
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We plan the move
Meet people first. Staff trained before day one.
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We report back
Clear, regular updates, including when things are hard.
What it costs
What SIL pays for, and what it does not
SIL pays for
- Personal care
- Cooking, cleaning and daily routines
- Help taking medication
- Building independent living skills
- Getting to appointments
- Getting out into the community
SIL does not pay for
- Rent or board
- Groceries
- Electricity, gas, phone or internet
- Holidays
- The building itself (that is SDA)
- Day programs, work or study supports
Our team
Clinical care built into every home
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Registered nurses
Write each person’s care plan, train the workers on it, and sign off their competency.
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Behaviour support practitioners
In the homes every day, not just on paper. Assessed as suitable by the NDIS Commission.
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Experienced support workers
Matched to you: interests, language, culture and humour. You choose who supports you.
It is clear the team are really embracing positive behaviour support in the way it was always intended to be implemented. Their work is evidence of best practice.
More than a place to live
Small homes on ordinary streets, pointed at the community.
Every home is an ordinary house, with a plan for who your people are and what you want to be part of.
- Purpose
- Money
- Freedom
- Help
- Home
- Love
- Life
Getting started
Getting started is simple
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Contact us
Call, or send a message. Tell us a little about you, or the person you care for.
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Discuss your needs
We visit you, or you visit us at Rozelle. We work out together what good support looks like.
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Start receiving support
We begin with what matters most, and grow the support as trust grows. You stay in charge.
Aisling Scully
Complex Care Lead - AASW Social Worker, Registered Behaviour Support Practitioner
Aisling and her team take the first call, and will either get you started or pass you to the right person.
Read more
Read more about our support model and approach to support
Guide
Our approach to positive behaviour support
Why behaviours of concern are communication, how we work out what is behind them, and how we measure progress.
Guide
Working alongside families
How we support the families of the people who live in our homes, and how what they know shapes the plan.
We would be glad to hear from you.
Whether you are a support coordinator with a complex referral, or a family looking for a home where your son or daughter can build a life.
Prefer Easy Read? Here is our Easy Read library. Need Auslan or an interpreter? Tell us and we will arrange it.
Complaints are welcome and are answered. Tell us, or go directly to the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission on 1800 035 544.
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