If you’ve been following the news about NDIS reforms, you’ve likely seen the recent updates regarding Supported Independent Living (SIL).
We know these changes can feel confusing and overwhelming, and it’s completely natural to feel some uncertainty about what this might mean for your daily life and support arrangements.
From 1 July 2026, providers delivering SIL supports must be registered or have started transitioning to registration with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission.
The NDIA has introduced this requirement to improve participant safety, increase quality and accountability, and ensure providers meet consistent benchmarks and safeguards.
For many people who rely on SIL funding, these changes have raised understandable questions, including:
- What will happen to my existing support team?
- Will my support arrangements need to change?
- What if my support workers aren’t registered?
Because Hireup is an NDIS registered provider, nothing is changing for people already using SIL-funded support with us. And if you aren’t currently with Hireup and have these questions about what’s next, we can help.
This article unpacks SIL, the registration changes and how SIL works on Hireup.
First, what is SIL?
Supported Independent Living (SIL) is a type of NDIS funding designed for people who require significant daily support to live as independently as possible.
While SIL is often associated with group homes, SIL funding can support a range of living arrangements, depending on a person's goals, needs and preferences.
This may include:
- Living with family
- Living independently
- Sharing with friends or housemates
- Living in Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA)
- Receiving support from workers in your own home
The focus of SIL is not where you live, but the supports you need to live safely and independently.
How SIL works on Hireup
Hireup doesn't deliver support through group-home models. Instead, we support participants to choose their own support teams, with help from our team where necessary, so they keep choice and control over how their support works.
This means you can choose who supports you, when support is provided, and how your supports fit into your life.
Through Hireup, participants can use SIL funding for eligible in-home supports while maintaining choice and control over their support arrangements.
For many people, this flexibility makes it possible to continue living in their own home and community, surrounded by the people and routines that matter most to them.
What’s changing?
For Hireup users, nothing.
Hireup is already registered to provide SIL supports.
That means Hireup participants and support workers can continue their supports as usual, without interruption.
As a registered provider, Hireup will continue meeting all registration, audit and compliance requirements, giving participants confidence that their supports can continue seamlessly.
What if I’m not with Hireup?
One of the biggest concerns being raised across the disability community is continuity of support.
Many participants have spent years building trusted support teams and creating arrangements that work for them. The prospect of regulatory change can create uncertainty, particularly for people receiving support through providers that are not currently registered.
If your SIL supports are delivered through an unregistered provider, they will need to have begun transitioning to registration by 1 July 2026 to continue providing SIL supports.
This may cause significant disruption to people’s supports. Understandably, this is concerning for participants using their SIL funding for support.
Want peace of mind?
The upcoming changes don't have to mean losing the support team you've worked hard to build.
With Hireup, you can continue working with trusted support workers, maintain choice and control over your supports, and have the confidence that comes from using a registered NDIS provider.
Many participants are choosing to bring their existing support teams onto Hireup so they can maintain continuity of care while continuing to work with the support workers they know and trust.
Learn more about SIL on Hireup and how we can help you maintain continuity of care through the upcoming changes.
