Outcome: Service responses at times of intense change and significant transition are appropriate, goal directed and well-coordinated. This support must be provide by, or purchased from, a professional service, either an organisation or individual that meets relevant industry standards and legislative requirements. Cluster 6A & 6B – Support Planning Price ($) 6A. Assistance in coordinating or managing life stages, complex situations, transitions and supports $54.40 - $67.60 per hour. This is time limited planning and coordination for up to three months, to build capacity to sustain an individual’s ongoing support and/or to assist an individual in times of transition. It includes support to assist the person to address an unexpected event or crisis, or to familiarise them with a new environment; as well as developing capacity and resilience in the person’s network. Planning is limited to the episodic provision of support to assist in stabilising an individual’s situation and reducing their at-risk status. Planning may be required during instances where there is breakdown or withdrawal of informal care, significant escalation in behaviour or medical support needs and/or in relation to justice- related matters. Where there are complex needs or changing needs it may assist the individual, their family and carers to envision their goals to assist planning. 6B. Assistance in delivering support activity(ies) that is beyond what is included in a standard unit price/cost of service delivery $54.40 - $67.60 per hour. Involves additional support that is beyond what is included in a standard unit price/cost of service delivery for the life of the plan, and beyond that provided by Local Coordination. Support may be ongoing or intermittent, rather than crisis based, and is required to manage and align multiple (three or more) services involved in a person’s life, and/or identified barriers to outcome attainment and/or safeguarding concerns. Supports should be flexible and adjusted to meet changing needs and sustained as the individual’s risk status intensifies. Funding under 6b only applies to the primary service provider who undertakes to align all of the services required to achieve the individual’s identified outcomes. 7: Behaviour Support and Specialist Care
This support must be provided by a professional service, either an organisation or individual that meets relevant industry standards and legislative requirements. General therapy includes provision of services by clinicians qualified in an allied health discipline, such as: physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology, podiatry, clinical psychology, and dietetics. Cluster 8 – Therapy & Specific Support Price ($) 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. Therapies are expected to fall into one of the three categories. Low Band Up to $9,539 per year This band is generally for a child with developmental delay, or mild disability, who is developing slower than their peers. Medium Band $9,540 to $12,188 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, that require specific interventions and for those interventions to be coordinated with other agencies. High Band $12,189 to $16,428 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 Low Band Up to $6,359 per year. This band is generally for a child with developmental delay, or mild disability, who is developing slower than their peers. Medium Band $6,360 to $8,479 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;