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Supported Independent Living in Brisbane — SIL That Works Around You

As a credible NDIS service provider, Aussie Bridge Care’s Supported Independent Living in Brisbane believes home to be the first place where one can live independently with their own choice. We provide support at every step tailored as per your needs so that you can live confidently and independently. The support — Supported independent living in Brisbane is offered to the individuals who are living alone or who are living in sharing accommodations.

NDIS supported Independent Living is a sort of paid support. We, Aussie Bridge Care proffers help with the daily tasks and guidance to assist the participants live in their respective homes.

Predominantly, Aussie Bridge Care’s supported independent living is for the people who have disabilities of any kind and those who need substantial support. They often require assistance throughout the day. The support generally encompasses a shared living arrangement, but it also provides support to the individuals who are living alone. Support independent living​ provides services and support in your own living communities and homes, that is in your comfort area, thereby avoiding the inconvenience of staying in the accommodation facilities and creating an overall smooth experience. This cultivates a sense of freedom and autarky, which can further enhance the self-confidence as well as the quality of life.

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What Is Supported Independent Living?

Supported Independent Living (SIL) is NDIS funding for the support you need to live in your own home. That’s it. It’s not housing. It’s not rent. It’s the rostered support workers who help with cooking, cleaning, personal care, medication, and the other daily tasks that make independent living actually workable.

SIL is funded inside your NDIS plan under Core Supports. If your plan includes SIL funding, the dollars are ringfenced — they can only be spent on SIL, not redirected to other supports. That’s because SIL funding is calculated against a specific roster of care, agreed with your planner.
Aussie Bridge Care is a registered NDIS SIL provider. We run shared SIL homes across six regions in South East Queensland and we also support participants living in their own private residences. Both models qualify for SIL funding — the key question is what level of support you need, not where you live.

Is SIL Right for You? (The Honest Answer)

SIL is designed for participants who need support most days, often overnight, and usually with tasks that can’t be easily batched into a few hours a week. If your support needs sit closer to 3-5 hours a week of help, you probably don’t need SIL — you need standard Assistance with Daily Life from your Core Supports budget.

SIL is usually the right fit when:

  • You need support with personal care daily (showering, dressing, toileting)
  • You need help with medication prompts or administration most days
  • You need someone present or on-call overnight
  • You need help with most household tasks (cooking, cleaning, laundry)
  • Your family or informal supports can’t realistically cover the load
  • You have complex disability or health needs that require trained support workers

If most of those apply to you, SIL is worth a conversation at your next plan review. We can help you map what your roster of care would look like so you can take realistic evidence to your planner.

What Our SIL Supports Cover

Our SIL participants get the full range of personal and daily living support, built around their individual roster of care. Specifically:

Personal care

  • Showering, bathing, and hygiene
  • Dressing and grooming
  • Toileting and continence support
  • Skin and pressure area care

Health and medication

  • Medication prompts and administration (where appropriate)
  • Appointment transport and attendance
  • Coordination with your GP, specialists, and allied health
  • Clinical supports through our in-house community nursing team where needed

Daily living

  • Meal planning, shopping, and cooking
  • Cleaning, laundry, and household tasks
  • Budgeting and bill management assistance
  • Skill building towards more independence over time

Active overnight and sleepover support

Many SIL participants need support to be available overnight. We offer two models:

  • Sleepover support — a support worker sleeps in the home and is woken only for specific needs. Lower cost, suitable where overnight needs are infrequent.
  • Active overnight — the support worker is awake and available the full shift. Higher cost, necessary where participants have regular overnight support needs (seizure monitoring, frequent toileting, behaviour support).
  • Skin and pressure area care

Active overnight and sleepover support

Many SIL participants need support to be available overnight. We offer two models:

  • Sleepover support — a support worker sleeps in the home and is woken only for specific needs. Lower cost, suitable where overnight needs are infrequent.
  • Active overnight — the support worker is awake and available the full shift. Higher cost, necessary where participants have regular overnight support needs (seizure monitoring, frequent toileting, behaviour support).
  • Skin and pressure area care
SIL vs SDA — What's the Difference?
This trips up a lot of new participants. Short version: SIL is the support, SDA is the building. You can have one without the other, but many participants with high needs have both.
SIL

Support workers

  • What it pays for staff time
  • Who needs it participants who need daily support
  • In your plan core Supports
  • High daily care
  • Can you have both? Yes — common for participants with very high needs
SDA

Specialist housing

  • Specialist housing
  • Rent (specially designed accommodation)
  • Participants whose disability needs purpose-built housing (wheelchair access, hoists, reinforced ceilings, etc.)
  • Capital Supports
  • Yes

How SIL Funding Works in Your Plan

SIL funding is calculated based on your agreed roster of care — a document that lists every support worker hour you need across a typical week. The NDIS then multiplies that roster by the Price Guide rates for your support levels.

Three things that matter about SIL funding:

  • It's ringfenced. SIL dollars can only pay for SIL support — you can't redirect them to community participation or other services.
  • It's usually locked to one provider. If you change providers mid-plan, your new provider needs to pick up the same roster. The dollars don't follow you automatically.
  • It gets reviewed. The NDIS can review your SIL funding if your needs change significantly. This works both ways — if your needs go up, funding can increase.

If you’re still at the planning meeting stage, the most important thing you can do is bring clear evidence of your daily support needs. Written assessments from OTs, GPs, and allied health professionals carry real weight. Your support coordinator can help you pull this together.

Our SIL Service Areas

We run SIL arrangements across all six South East Queensland regions. Each location has a dedicated page with suburb-level detail, local coordinator information, and the specifics of how SIL works in that area.

  • Supported Independent Living Logan
  • Supported Independent Living Ipswich
  • Supported Independent Living Moreton Bay
  • Supported Independent Living Redland
  • Supported Independent Living Gold Coast
  • Supported Independent Living Sunshine Coast

Our Supported Independent Living Services in Brisbane

Supported Independent Living Services in Brisbane offers the participants of NDIS with the tailored assistance for their daily chores to assist them live independently whether alone or shared, in a home setting. The services which are included in it incorporate personal care, management of the finances, cooking and cleaning. Also, it helps them to build life skills with an aim to promote empowerment and independence for the achievement of the goals. The participant needs to pay separately for the rent, groceries or other living expenses because the funding provided by the NDIS covers only the support workers and their time.

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Current Supported Independent Living Vacancies

Current Supported Independent Living vacancies can be found through specialised providers such as Aussie Bridge Care. We offer a range of Supported Independent Living vacancies. You can use specific filters for searching, for instance, preferred locations like Brisbane, for the vacancies available for you. You can contact us directly for your queries related to the vacancies. We will inform you about the current offerings as per your interest. We create personalised plans for the participants who wish to join us and take benefits of the NDIS scheme.

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What a Week in SIL With Us Actually Looks Like

Every SIL roster is different because every participant is different. But here’s the general shape — so you know what you’re signing up for, not what the brochure says.

  • 6:30 AM Wake-up support, breakfast, medication, getting ready for the day
  • 9:00 AM Worker handover, shopping or community access, or quiet morning at home
  • 12:30 AM Lunch preparation, light household tasks
  • 3:00 PM Activity time — could be gym, class, visit with family, or a drive
  • 5:30 PM Dinner preparation and eating together (if shared SIL)
  • 7:30 PM Evening routine, showering, relaxing
  • 9:00 PM Night routine, medication, settling for sleep
  • Overnight Sleepover or active overnight support depending on needs

Current SIL Vacancies

list current vacancies with suburb, participant gender mix, and brief profile of the existing housemates. If there are no current vacancies, say so and offer to add participants to a waitlist.] To enquire about current or upcoming SIL vacancies, call us on 07 3472 7562 or use the contact form.

How to Get Started with SIL

  • Call us on 07 3472 7562 or fill in the contact form. We'll arrange an initial conversation within one business day.
  • We meet — at your current home, at our Brisbane office, or online — and we talk through your support needs, your NDIS plan, and what a roster would look like.
  • If you haven't got SIL funding yet, we can help you prepare for your plan review. If you have SIL funding, we map your roster and show you the support breakdown.
  • Trial shifts. Most SIL arrangements start with a few trial shifts so participants and workers can get to know each other.
  • Sign a service agreement and go. Most SIL placements start within 2-3 weeks of the initial call

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

SIL is funded by the NDIS. You don’t pay out of pocket as long as the supports fall within your plan. The total cost varies based on your roster — typical SIL funding packages run from around $80,000 per year for lower support needs up to $500,000+ per year for complex high-intensity support.
No. SIL pays for support workers only. Rent, groceries, utilities, and other living costs come out of your income (DSP, wages, etc.), not from your NDIS plan. The exception is if you’re in Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) — the rent for SDA is funded separately under Capital Supports.
Yes. You’re free to change SIL providers. Give your current provider the notice period in their service agreement (usually 14-28 days), notify your support coordinator, and the new provider takes over. The roster of care follows the participant, not the provider.
Yes. At Aussie Bridge Care, we match support workers to participants carefully and we’ll rematch if the fit isn’t working. We’ll never force you to stay with a worker you don’t connect with.
Your roster of care can be reviewed. If your needs increase, we help you prepare evidence for a plan review to increase your SIL funding. If your needs decrease, we work with you to adjust the roster.
We maintain an active list of current and upcoming SIL vacancies across all six of our service regions. Call 07 3472 7562 to discuss what’s available right now.

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