REGISTRATION AND ARRIVAL 

INTRODUCTIONS AND WELCOME 

A successful Hospital to Home transition depends on more than medical readiness.

For NDIS participants requiring Supported Independent Living (SIL), Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) or other disability housing and support arrangements, having the right accommodation, supports and services ready at the right time is critical to achieving a safe and sustainable transition.

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This session brings together the SILSDA sector to examine how SIL and SDA providers, Support Coordinators, allied health professionals and other key NDIS stakeholders can work more effectively together to support participants transitioning from hospital into appropriate community-based living arrangements.

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The discussion will focus on the practical challenges facing the sector — from securing suitable housing and establishing supports before discharge to improving communication with hospital teams, clarifying responsibilities and reducing gaps that can contribute to delayed or unsuccessful transitions.

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Key Discussion Areas

• Housing and supports before discharge — aligning SIL, SDA, MTA and other appropriate pathways with individual participant needs.

• SIL readiness and transition planning — ensuring appropriate staffing, supports and service arrangements are established for a safe transition.

• SDA and accommodation availability — addressing suitability, vacancies, accessibility and timing challenges.

• Working effectively with hospital discharge teams — strengthening communication and understanding of SIL, SDA and NDIS pathways.

• Better coordination across SILSDA — strengthening collaboration between SIL and SDA providers, Support Coordinators, allied health and other stakeholders.

• Reducing transition gaps and avoidable readmissions — identifying what the SILSDA sector can do to support safer, more sustainable Hospital to Home outcomes.

NSW hospitals may face clinical negligence, duty-of-care, patient-safety and governance exposure where an NDIS participant is discharged despite foreseeable risks arising from inadequate SIL, SDA or other disability supports.

NSW Health specifically states that discharge planning should be safe and meet the patient’s needs, and its disability guidance says required supports should be in place before discharge, with appropriate handover to disability providers.

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Importantly, “medically ready for discharge” is not necessarily the same as having a safe discharge pathway.

The NDIS framework contemplates coordination between hospitals and the NDIA to establish the supports required for discharge, including arrangements relevant to SIL and SDA.

Q & A 

Break 

David and Christine will provide  a practical, no-fluff briefing on the NDIS Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 — now law, with a 2-year implementation runway that has real gaps.

We will unpack
●    What the Bill actually changes, and what it doesn't
●    The key sequencing and timelines providers need to plan around
●    What it means for providers, participants and families
●    The 5 things worth tracking over the next 90 days

​This session explores the increasing regulatory and safeguarding expectations facing Supported Independent Living (SIL) providers across 2026.

With heightened scrutiny from the NDIS Commission around incident management, restrictive practices, psychosocial safety, and governance accountability, providers must demonstrate stronger operational oversight, evidence-based decision-making, and compliant frontline practices within shared living environments.

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Attendees will gain practical insights into identifying, responding to, escalating, and governing complex incidents while strengthening organisational capability in safeguarding, risk management, and compliance assurance.

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Topics covered include:
• Responding to evolving NDIS Commission expectations for incident management and safeguarding in SIL environments.
• Identifying, documenting, escalating, and investigating incidents effectively in shared living settings.
• Managing restrictive practices, behaviours of concern, psychosocial hazards, and cumulative participant risk.
• Strengthening executive governance, audit readiness, and organisational accountability for incident response and compliance.
• Embedding frontline capability, evidence, and continuous improvement into SIL service delivery.

Restrictive practices in SIL environments rarely begin as formal decisions—they often emerge gradually through everyday routines, staffing pressures, and well-intentioned attempts to manage complexity. Over time, these patterns can unintentionally reduce participant choice, independence and quality of life, even in well-run services.
This session focuses on the practical reality of support delivery and how frontline decisions—often made under pressure—shape how restrictive or enabling a service becomes. It explores how staff behaviours, household routines, communication styles, and team habits can either support autonomy or unintentionally limit it.
Rather than focusing on rules or regulatory interpretation, this session is about recognising how “normal practice” develops, how restrictive patterns embed into daily routines, and what providers can do to shift culture and strengthen person-centred support in real time.
Topics Covered:
•    How restrictive practices emerge gradually through routine SIL operations 
•    The impact of workforce pressure, habits and shift-to-shift variation 
•    Identifying “quiet restriction” in everyday support delivery 
•    How team culture influences participant autonomy 
•    Practical ways to rebuild enabling routines without increasing risk or workload 
•    Strengthening consistency in support without relying on rigid systems 
•    Real examples of shifting from reactive support to proactive engagement

From 1 July 2026, Supported Independent Living (SIL) providers will face a fundamentally different regulatory environment under the NDIS Commission’s new SIL Practice Standards and mandatory registration framework.

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Driven by the Disability Royal Commission, the NDIS Review, and the NDIS Commission’s Own Motion Inquiry into Supported Accommodation, the reforms place significantly greater emphasis on participant safeguarding, human rights, incident governance, workforce capability, restrictive practice oversight, and evidence-based quality assurance in shared living environments.

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This session provides providers, executives and operational leaders with a practical roadmap for preparing their organisations for the new compliance landscape while strengthening participant outcomes and frontline practice.

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Attendees will gain insight into:
• Understanding the new SIL-specific Practice Standards and mandatory registration obligations commencing 1 July 2026.
• Translating “good support” into operational practice, evidence, governance and audit readiness.
• Strengthening safeguarding, incident management, restrictive practice oversight, and participant protections in shared living settings.
• Embedding participant-centred practice, supported decision-making, and human rights into daily service delivery.
• Preparing leadership teams, operational managers and frontline workers for heightened regulatory scrutiny and accountability.
• Managing psychosocial hazards, workforce capability, cumulative risk, and complex participant support environments.
• Building sustainable governance systems that support continuous improvement, quality assurance and regulatory compliance.

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This session is essential for SIL providers, operational leaders, quality and compliance teams, support coordinators, auditors, and executives navigating the most significant reform to SIL regulation since the commencement of the NDIS.

Q & A and panel 

Networking and depart