Supported Independent Living, explained

Supported Independent Living (SIL) is NDIS funding for the support workers who help you live in your own home, often with someone available day and night. The home itself is funded separately through Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA), which InLife does not deliver.

InLife is a Registered NDIS Provider, but we are not registered for SIL. Since 1 July 2026 SIL has had its own registration group, 0138, and InLife does not hold it. That means we don't run SIL homes, we have no vacancies, and we can't set up or deliver a SIL arrangement. If SIL is what you need, your support coordinator can help you find a provider who is registered for it.

SIL funding comes from a quote, sometimes called a roster of care. It sets out every hour of support across a typical week: active support during the day, sleepover or active overnight cover, and the hours shared between housemates. Your SIL provider prepares it with you and your support coordinator, and the NDIA decides what it will fund.

Individual SIL means workers rostered to you alone in your own home or unit, which suits higher or more complex needs. Shared SIL means two or more people living together, with workers rostered across the house. Shared SIL usually costs less and comes with housemates, so the match between the people living there matters a great deal.

When you compare SIL providers, check registration first. Search the provider on the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission's public register and look for group 0138, "Assistance with supported independent living". From 1 October 2026 the NDIA has told plan managers to reject SIL invoices from providers who are neither registered nor have applied to register. Then ask how the provider matches housemates, who will be in your core team of workers, how medication is managed, and how your family and support coordinator will be kept informed.

While you plan a move, or if you would rather stay where you are, InLife can support you at home. That covers personal care, meals and daily routines, getting out into the community, and building everyday skills like cooking, budgeting and catching public transport. Our workers are matched on language and culture, with Farsi, Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi and English across the team.

If you are a participant, a family member or a support coordinator weighing up SIL, call us on 03 7056 6625. We will tell you what we can help with, and say so plainly when another provider is the better fit.