There are many factors affecting the cost of delivering service under this cluster. These should be taken into consideration when establishing a price. Please refer to on page 3 for further information. These prices do not cover the cost of standard expenses related to recreational pursuits, such as entry fees, ticket prices or sporting game fees. Cluster 4 - Wellbeing Price ($) Assistance to access and maintain employment $45.20 - $61.90 per hour. Support with specialised open employment job searching. This may include time limited or ongoing provision of pre vocational skills, training, advice, coordination with employers, workplace orientation to assist an individual to get a job and/or induction to assist someone into open employment. Participation in community, social and civic activities $45.20 - $61.90 per hour. Assisting an individual to participate actively in community, social and civic activities; includes supporting people during these activities and developing the persons’ ability to partake in these activities. Recreational activities $45.20 - $61.90 per hour. Supporting an individual to participate in activities that promote and encourage physical well-being, including exercise and sporting activities. These supports relate to the additional requirements due to the disability to assist the individual to participate in recreation and/or sporting activities. Group activities $15.20 - $20.70 per hour. Where activity has a high ratio of individuals to support staff i.e. one support worker to 4 -10 individuals. Price as negotiated. Shared activities $45.20 - $61.90 per hour. Shared activities are those where two or three individuals undertake an activity supported by one support worker. Each person is funded individually and contributing to the cost of support, the price for each person is expected to be at the lower end of the range. Camps Price as negotiated
6B. Assistance in delivering support activity(ies) that is beyond what is included in a standard unit price/cost of service delivery $56.60 - $70.40 per hour. Involves additional support that is beyond what is included in a standard unit price/cost of service delivery for the life of the plan, and beyond that provided by Local Coordination. Support may be ongoing or intermittent, rather than crisis based, and is required to manage and align multiple (three or more) services involved in a person’s life, and/or identified barriers to outcome attainment and/or safeguarding concerns. Supports should be flexible and adjusted to meet changing needs and sustained as the individual’s risk status intensifies. Funding under 6b only applies to the primary service provider who undertakes to align all of the services required to achieve the individual’s identified outcomes. 7: Behaviour Support and Specialist Care Outcome: Individuals and others are free from harm and individual’s high support needs are met This support must be provided by, or purchased from, a professional service, either an organisation or individual that meets relevant industry standards and legislative requirements. Cluster 7A & 7B – Behaviour Support & Specialist Care Price ($) 7A. Behaviour support $56.60 - $89.20 per hour. This is time limited behaviour support, based on planned strategies that aim to reduce the likelihood of behaviours of concern developing and /or increasing. The behaviours may cause harm to the individual and/or others. Behaviour support provides assistance to individuals, their family and support persons to identify the behaviours of concern, and to design specific positive behaviour support strategies. It includes support for individuals who require assistance from a support worker with relevant additional qualifications and experience. 7B. Specialist care for persons with high care needs (includes nursing care in the community for people with high care needs) $70.40 - $99.80 per hour.
This is the provision of specialist care for persons who have high care needs. This involves support from someone with a high level of expertise, knowledge and/or training to respond to the person’s complex needs. It does not include acute nursing care as delivered by the health system. It includes support for individuals who require assistance from a support worker with additional qualifications and experience relevant to the complex high medical support needs that require continuous and active support. 8: Therapy and Specific Support Outcome: Improved and/or maintained functional capacity to enable individual’s to independently undertake practical activities. This support must be provided by a professional service, either an organisation or individual that meets relevant industry standards and legislative requirements. General therapy includes provision of services by clinicians qualified in an allied health discipline, such as: physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology, podiatry, clinical psychology, and dietetics. Cluster 8A & 8B – Therapy & Specific Support Price ($) 8A. Therapy Early childhood 0 – 8 years of age general therapy Provision of a combination of therapies, coordinated by a key worker together with the family, to support a child’s independence and participation. Low Band Up to $9,926 per year This band is generally for a child with developmental delay, or mild disability, who is developing slower than their peers. Medium Band $9,927 to $12,683 per year This band is generally for a child with disability or developmental delay who either has: moderate single or multiple areas of needs/concern; behavioural concerns; and/or some family complexities,
Therapies are expected to fall into one of the three categories. that require specific interventions and for those interventions to be coordinated with other agencies. High Band $12,684 to $17,095 per year This band is generally for a child with a disability, who has complex needs that may also include complex health and medical needs. School age children 9 – 17 years of age general therapy Provision of a combination of therapies, coordinated by a key worker together with the family, to support a child and/or young person’s independence and participation. Therapies are expected to fall into one of the three categories. Low Band Up to $6,617 per year. This band is generally for a child with developmental delay, or mild disability, who is developing slower than their peers. Medium Band $6,618 to $8,823 per year. This band is generally appropriate for a child/adolescent with a disability who either has: moderate single or multiple areas of need/concern; behavioural concerns; and/or some family complexities, that require specific interventions and for those interventions to be coordinated with other agencies. High Band $8,824 to $14,337 per year. This band is generally appropriate for a child/adolescent with a disability, who has complex needs that may also include complex health and medical needs. Adults 18 years of age and over general therapy Provision of a combination of therapies, coordinated by a key worker together with the family, to support an adult’s independence and Low Band Up to $6,617 per year. This band is generally for an adult with disability, who requires either minimal supports or a short term intervention strategy. Medium Band $6,618 to $8,823 per year. This band is generally for an adult with disability who either has: moderate single or multiple areas of needs/concern;
participation. Therapies are expected to fall into one of the three categories. behavioural concerns; and/or some family complexities, that require specific interventions and for those interventions to be coordinated with other agencies. High Band $8,824 to $14,337 per year. This band is generally for an adult with disability, who has complex needs that may also include complex health and medical needs. 8B. Specific Therapy Services - single focused supports and strategies for all ages These services are defined as single focused, highly specific and unique services that are client centred and complementary to other services, for example specialised equipment consultancy, positive behaviour support and human relationships. Individual strategies form part of a holistic approach to services required to achieve the individual’s identified goals/outcomes detailed in their plan. Collaboration with other community services that are involved with the individual are an integral part of ensuring successful outcomes are achieved and best practice approaches to service delivery are employed. Therapeutic supports are provided to assist the person to apply their functional skills to improve participation and independence in daily, practical activities. Targeted services also include the provision of a range of counselling services which may include relationship, family, grief, family and/or group counselling. Counselling services build an individual’s capacity to work towards their personal goals. Up to $186.80 per hour for health professionals. Up to $89.20 per hour for trained therapy assistants. Attachment One: Definition of terms Term Definition Accommodation cluster Support to live safely in various accommodation settings. The price for supported accommodation is inclusive of activities of daily living, skills development in the home and reasonable engagement in the community. Assistive technology & home Assistive technology is any device or system that allows individuals to perform tasks they would otherwise be unable to accomplish, and increases the ease and safety with which the task can be
modifications performed. Home modifications are changes to the structure, layout or fittings of the person’s home that are required to enable the person to safely access and move around frequently used areas in their home as a result of their disability. Behaviour support and specialist care cluster Provision of services to individuals with either challenging behaviour and/or vulnerabilities or complex medical/health needs. Cancellation Refers to as individual notifying a provider more than 48 hours in advance that scheduled hours of service are not required or are unable to be received. Where notice is given with more than 48 hours, individuals will not be charged for the service. Where notice is given with less than 48 hours or there is a ‘no show’, the individual will forfeit the period of scheduled support and the provider will be paid as if the service had occurred. Combination Management The combination of both self-managed and service provider managed supports in a plan. Communication Interpreting and translation services to assist individuals to communicate during essential activities where alternative translation is not available. Individual’s day to day communication needs are addressed in the daily living cluster. Consumables The provision of single use items, such as continence aids, enteral nutrition equipment, dressings etc. Daily living cluster Services required by individuals to assist personal activities and/or maintain and develop their daily living skills and independence. Support may also assist in maintaining life in the family home. Having a break cluster Services providing positive experiences for people with disability and strengthening and maintaining the capacity of families to provide support and care. Higher support Provision 24/7 support: Continual, active interventions and assistance are required. Some degree of informal support maybe required. Usually requires active support overnight. Requires flexibility to respond to changing needs and significant levels of coordination e.g. higher levels of support at specific times.