Fees

This support item, which includes mentoring, peer-support and individual skill development, is designed to establish volunteer assistance within the participant’s home or community to develop skills. For instance, assistance in attending appointments, shopping, bill paying, taking part in social activities and maintaining contact with others.

As well as direct service provision, this support item can be used to claim for:

• Non-Face-to-Face Support Provision
• Provider Travel
• Short Notice Cancellation – 7 days
• Provider Travel – Non-Labour Costs using support item 09_799_0106_6_3

• Activity Based Transport – Capacity Building Supports using support item 09_590_0106_6_3.

This support item is subject to price limits as set out in the following Table.

Item Name and Notes	Unit	National
Life Transition Planning Incl. Mentoring Peer-Support and Individual Skill Development	Hour	$83.87

HOURLY RATE	Weekday (during the day)	Weekday (evening)	Weekday (night)	Saturday	Sunday	Public Holiday	Sleepover 9PM – 7AM
MMM1-5	$73.58	$81.07	$82.57	$103.54	$133.50	$163.46	$311.79

Hourly Charges	1:1 Support Fee	Participant Accomodation Fee	Support Worker Accommodation Fee
Weekday	$73.58	$162.85	$162.85
Weekday Evening	$81.07
Saturday	$103.54	$162.85	$162.85
Sunday	$133.50	$162.85	$162.85
Public Holiday	$163.46	$162.85	$162.85
Weekday Overnight	$82.57
STA – Sleepover	$311.79

Wonderland Day program is also provided under the STA line item so that all activities, food and transport can be built in – life skills training can be provided overnight to allow for full self-care support to be trained.

Additional care for participants requiring 2:1 support at different times during STA will use the price guide below. – Non-face-to-face support outside of the hours for the participant using STA services will also incur costs at the hourly rate below and may be utilised for incident report follow-ups, communication for the participant’s wellbeing with guardians, COS, emergency services, reports to the NDIS Commission and other stakeholders.

This support item covers the accommodation costs of Medium-Term Accommodation (MTA). The support component of the care is to be charged separately. Typically, MTA would be used for periods of up to 90 days. Participants who stay in MTA are responsible for meeting their own food and everyday living costs from their own income rather than from their NDIS plan. The daily fee for MTA is $155.68 which provides enough finances for a cheaper hotel room or caravan park cabin.

As well as direct service provision, this support item can be used to claim for
Short Notice Cancellations.

As well as direct service provision, these support items can be used to claim for:
* Non-Face-to-Face Support Provision
* Provider Travel – charged at $1.00 per kilometre
* Short Notice Cancellations
* NDIA Requested Reports
Providers of these supports can also claim for the costs of:
* Provider Travel – Non-Labour Costs using the support item 01_799_0115_1_1
* Non-Face to Face supports will be charged through the appropriate line items and may be utilised for additional services for participant capacity building and wellbeing including incident report follow-ups, end-of-plan reports, team communications and meetings with external stakeholders, reports to the NDIS Commission and meetings with health and allied health services.

HOURLY RATE	Weekday (during the day)	Weekday (evening)	Weekday (night)	Saturday	Sunday	Public Holiday	Sleepover 9PM – 7AM
MMM1-5	$73.58	$81.07	$82.57	$103.54	$133.50	$163.46	$311.79

This support item is designed to enable providers to offer new and innovative services to participant and is for mainstream providers who want to enable participants to access mainstream activities. Any standards applicable to the industry in which the provider operates would need to be met. All supports claimed under this support item need to be reasonable and necessary given the participant’s plan goals.

This support item can be delivered to individual participants subject to the rules set out in the NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits.

HOURLY RATE	Weekday (during the day)	Weekday (evening)	Weekday (night)	Saturday	Sunday	Public Holiday	Sleepover 9PM – 7AM
MMM1-5	$73.58	$81.07	$82.57	$103.54	$133.50	$163.46	$311.79

This support item assists participants to develop their social skills for participation in community and social activity. This support item can be delivered to individual participants subject to the rules set out in the NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits.

As well as direct service provision, these support items can be used to claim for:

·     Non-Face-to-Face Support Provision

·     Provider Travel

·     Short Notice Cancellation – 7 days

·     NDIA Requested Reports

Providers of this support can also claim for the costs of:

·     Provider Travel – Non-Labour Costs using the support item 11_799_0117_7_3

·     Activity Based Transport – Capacity Building Supports using the support item 11_590_0117_7_3.

This support item is subject to price limits as set out in the following Table.

Item Name and Notes	Unit	National
Individual Social Skills Development	Hour	$83.87

As well as direct service provision, these support items can be used to claim for:
* Non-Face-to-Face Support Provision
* Provider Travel – charged at $1.00 per kilometre
* Short Notice Cancellations
* NDIA Requested Reports
Providers of these supports can also claim for the costs of:

* Provider Travel – Non-Labour Costs using the support item 01_799_0125_1_1

These support items assist participants to access community, social and recreational activities provided in a group setting, either in the community or in a centre.

These support items can be delivered to individual participants or to groups subject to the rules set out in the NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits. If a support item is delivered to a group then the price limit for each participant is the price limit set out in the following Table divided by the number of people in the group. Providers should make a claim for each participant using the relevant support item. Each claim should be for the total time of the support but is subject to the lower price limit as set out above.

As well as direct service provision, these support items can be used to claim for:

• Non-Face-to-Face Support Provision
• Provider Travel
• Short Notice Cancellation – 7 days
• Provider Travel – Non-Labour Costs using the support item 04_799_0136_6_1
• Activity Based Transport – Social, Economic and Community Participation Supports using support item 04_591_0136_6_1
• Centre Capital Costs using support item 04_599_0136_6_1, when the support is provided in a centre rather than in the community.

These support items are subject to price limits as set out in the following Table. Different price limits apply depending on the Time of Day and Day of Week when the support is delivered or Implementing Intensive and Complex Behaviour Supports.

HOURLY RATE	Weekday (during the day)	Weekday (evening)	Saturday	Sunday	Public Holiday
MMM1-5	$73.58	$81.07	$103.54	$133.50	$163.46

Please note – (Wonderland Community Services – and service divisions) fees will change as per NDIS Price Guides released periodically – the fees quoted above provide a guide only.  Any existing agreements signed will have an automatic price rise in line with changes in the Price Guide. Please note when Price Guide changes occur – participant plan income is automatically increased by NDIS to accommodate these changes.