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A short notice SIL placement is a Supported Independent Living transition that needs to happen faster than the standard planning process allows — because a current living arrangement has broken down, a hospital is ready to discharge, or a family situation has become unsustainable.

Even in these situations, the NDIS process still applies. The difference is that a responsive provider like MMT Care can move efficiently through assessment, matching, and transition planning to reduce unnecessary delay on our end.

Every situation is different and we will not give a blanket timeframe. The NDIS process takes the time it needs. What MMT Care does is move through our intake, assessment, and matching steps as efficiently as possible — without cutting corners on clinical safety.

The timeline depends on the participant's complexity, the availability of a suitable environment, and how complete the referral information is. The earlier you start the referral and the more detail you provide, the faster we can identify a match.

Yes — every placement at MMT Care includes a Registered Nurse at no additional cost, including short notice and time-pressured transitions. The RN reviews the referral, develops the initial clinical care plan, and is available to the support team from the participant's first day. There is no separate invoice for this.

Submit what you have — you don't need everything ready to start. Helpful information includes the participant's NDIS plan details, a summary of their current situation and why the placement is needed at short notice, any clinical or behavioural assessments, and their current location and approximate timeline.

Our clinical team will follow up to fill in gaps. Starting the referral early — even before everything is confirmed — gives us more lead time to work through the process.

Yes. We work regularly with hospital social workers, discharge planners, and community mental health teams on transitions from inpatient psychiatric care to supported accommodation. Our RN liaises directly with the treating team to receive a clinical handover and ensure continuity of care through the transition.

The earlier the referral is made — ideally before discharge planning is finalised — the better placed we are to identify a suitable environment and prepare the support team.

SIL arrangements break down for many reasons — a provider exiting the market, a house closure, incompatibility between housemates, a participant's needs escalating beyond what the current environment can safely manage, family carer burnout, or a period of hospitalisation that reveals the participant needs a higher level of support.

MMT Care works with coordinators and families across all of these scenarios. If a placement is showing signs of strain before it formally breaks down, early contact is always better than waiting until the situation reaches crisis point.

MMT Care covers Victoria (Melbourne), Queensland (Brisbane), and New South Wales (Sydney). Our multi-state network means that when a suitable environment isn't available locally, we can explore options across states — which is particularly important in short notice situations where local SIL vacancies may be limited.

We will be transparent about availability. If no suitable SIL environment is available immediately, our team will communicate this clearly, advise on interim options where possible, and keep you updated on upcoming vacancies. We do not overcommit to placements we cannot safely deliver — a poorly matched or premature placement is worse for the participant than an honest wait.

MMT Care works with NDIS participants who need to leave residential aged care — whether because their placement has broken down, the environment is no longer appropriate for their age or disability, or because they are transitioning to the NDIS and seeking SIL as an alternative. This is not an aged care service; it is NDIS SIL for people currently sitting in an aged care system that wasn't designed for them.

Where a current aged care placement becomes untenable and a participant's support coordinator needs to find an alternative quickly, we work through the NDIS process as efficiently as possible — providing honest guidance on timelines and what interim options may exist. We operate across VIC, QLD, and NSW, which gives us more options than a single-state provider when local vacancies are limited.

A crisis placement refers to a SIL arrangement that needs to be found when a participant's current living situation has broken down unexpectedly — a carer health crisis, family breakdown, discharge from a psychiatric facility, or the sudden unavailability of an existing SIL home. The term is commonly used by support coordinators and planners but is not an official NDIS funding category.

Under the NDIS, Short-Term Accommodation (STA) can fund up to 28 days of temporary supported accommodation in a crisis scenario while a longer-term solution is sourced. Medium-Term Accommodation (MTA) can bridge the gap further when a confirmed longer-term placement isn't yet available. MMT Care works with coordinators to navigate both and identify SIL environments that can take a participant on a realistic timeframe — with a Registered Nurse in place from day one.