1300 006 929 437 North Road, Ormond Mon to Fri, 9am to 5pm
★★★★★4.9· 32 reviews
★★★★★4.9· 32 reviews
Home/NDIS Services/Supported Independent Living
where home actually feels like home

Supported Independent Living in Melbourne.

SIL is the support, not the house. We provide 24/7 supported independent living across Greater Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula, in your own home, a rental, or one of our homes in Clayton or Frankston, including complex and high-intensity needs.

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A YAY Today support worker with a participant at home in Melbourne
Registered NDIS provider
the question everyone asks first

What is SIL, in plain English?

Supported Independent Living is the funded help you receive at home so you can live as independently as possible. The important bit people miss: SIL is the support, not the property.

That means you can bring your own housing and we provide the SIL supports in it, or you can look at one of our homes and decide whether we are the right fit. You stay in control of both decisions.

What SIL support covers day to day
Personal care, showering, dressing and medication support
Cooking, cleaning, shopping and the daily routines that add up
Building daily living skills, budgeting, and using public transport
Community participation, appointments, work and study goals
Overnight and active night support where it is needed
not every provider does this well

Complex and high-intensity care, done properly.

Some people need more than standard support. This is where we are strongest, and where a lot of providers quietly are not.

Clinical Governance

High-intensity supports overseen by Authorised Program Officers.

Positive Behaviour Support

PBS plans built around the person and delivered by staff trained in them, working alongside your behaviour support practitioner.

Complex health needs

Epilepsy and seizure management, mealtime support, medication administration, complex mobility, personal care, and palliative support.

Nathalia, Compliance Manager for Home and Living at YAY Today
who is actually behind this

Compliance is not a box we tick.

Our SIL homes sit under Nathalia, our Compliance Manager for Home & Living, who bridges two areas most providers keep separate: compliance and the accommodation itself. That means the standard of the house and the standard of the paperwork are held by the same person.

Day to day service delivery sits with Emma, our Service Delivery Manager, and operations with Nicole, Head of Operations, who brings over 20 years across disability, employment and community services.

Meet the team →

How moving in actually works.

1
A real conversation
We ask about your goals, routines and what matters to you, not a checklist.
2
A proper assessment
Matching the right home, the right housemates and the right support ratio.
3
A service agreement
Clear, in plain English, with the funding explained so there are no surprises.
4
You settle in
We plan the transition properly, then keep reviewing as things change.
the questions we get most

SIL questions, answered.

What is the difference between SIL and SDA?

SIL is the support you receive. SDA is the housing itself, purpose-built accommodation for people with high physical support or extreme functional impairment needs. You can have SIL support in an SDA property, in a rental, or in a home you already live in. They are funded separately in your plan.

Do I have to move into one of your houses to get SIL from you?

No. We provide SIL support in your own home, a private rental, an SDA property, or a home arranged by another provider. Our own homes are an option, not a requirement.

How do you decide who lives together?

Carefully, and never just on who has a bed free. We look at daily routines, support ratios, interests, and how people are likely to get along, and we arrange a visit before anything is agreed. Getting this wrong makes everyone miserable, so we take our time with it.

Can you support complex or high-intensity needs?

Yes. This is a core part of what we do, including positive behaviour support, epilepsy and seizure management, mealtime support, medication administration and complex mobility. High-intensity supports are overseen by Authorised Program Officers.

Which areas do you cover?

We support participants across Greater Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula, with SIL homes in Clayton and Frankston. If you are not sure whether you are in range, call us and we will tell you straight.

where our homes are

Fixed homes in the south-east, support that travels with you.

Our SIL homes are in Clayton and Frankston, but SIL is the support, not the house. If you already have housing in Glen Eira, Bayside, Kingston or further out, we bring the support to you.

Clayton
SIL home
Frankston
respite home
Oakleigh
SIL home
Glen Eira
core patch
Bayside
covered
Kingston
covered
Mornington Peninsula
covered
real people, real outcomes

Stories worth sitting with.

A few of the people we've supported, in their own words.

David
Employment
David.

From participant to Brand Ambassador.

Read David's story →
A YAY Today participant
Community access
A YAY Today participant.

“I'd be stuck in my bedroom.”

Read their story →
Pandeli
Living & Learning
Pandeli.

Latte art, confidence, new friends.

Read Pandeli's story →
Sally, name changed for privacy
Psychosocial support
Sally.
Name changed for privacy.

Greater consistency, greater calm.

Read Sally's story →
homes now and homes to come

Enquire about a SIL home.

Interested in a home with a room now, or want us to keep you in mind for one coming up? Tell us what you are after and we will take it from there. We can also provide SIL support in your own place.


no pressure, just a chat

Ready to see what SIL could look like for you?

We will talk it through properly before anything else happens, and we will tell you honestly if we are not the right fit.