Assistance with Social and Community Participation
Assistance with Social and Community Participation (Support Category 4) is a funded support category that you may find in your NDIS plan, under Core Supports.
This funding covers the SUPPORT NDIS participants need to meet goals relating to participating in community, social or recreational activities. These activities may be provided in a centre or in a community setting.
All supports funded under this item need to be determined as reasonable and necessary given the participant’s plan goals.
In the latest NDIS Price List (Support Catalogue), the rate paid for the support worker may vary based on day of week, time of day, the intensity of support required and the ratio of support workers. Remember, if you are self managed you can negotiate what you pay your support worker.
You could use this funding for a Disability Support Worker to support you to travel to and attend a music concert.
This funding also covers support for activities that are either centre-based or out in the community (e.g. to attend a gardening group) at standard or higher intensity rates.
Under Assistance with Social and Community Participation, the NDIS may fund a support worker to support you to:
OUR PRICE GUIDE FOR PARTICIPANTS WITH OR WITHOUT NDIS FUNDING / PLAN …
Our service charges are at the price limit in the NDIS Support Catalogue for all supports.
If you are not NDIS funded and need support?
Your local team of Client Care Managers are on call 24/7 to answer your questions and work with you to design a customized plan of care that is right for you.
Group Activities
Where the provision of support is to enable a participant to engage in community, social and/or recreational activities in a centre as part of a group activity, rates depend on the staff:participant ratio.
If the participant has challenging behaviour or high medical support needs which require additional assistance, this is referred to as higher intensity support and the cost reflects this additional need.
Providers of group-based supports are not permitted to bill for ‘non-face-to-face services’ – this would include writing reports, phone calls, emails, research and training of staff etc. This is because the hourly price limits for these supports already include an allowance for non-face-to-face services.
Free download resources
EliteCare is proud to offer the following resources for your personal use completely free of charge.
| Downloads | Size |
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| Sample – NDIS Person Centred Support Plan.pdf | 637 KB |
| NDIS Plan Review Request Form.pdf | 179 KB |
| NDIS Reviewable Decision Application Form.pdf | 471 KB |