Prices
Payment Schedule is made in advance
Supervised Child Time Spent/Access (Includes GST)
INTAKE: $350 (Information gathering session of both parents inclusive and a one-off fee)WEEKDAY CONTACT: $345 per visit. Additional hours are $115 per hour. (includes up to 3 hours). Please note*If the contact concludes after 8pm. The cost of the visit will be $425)
WEEKEND CONTACT: Saturday $390 per visit and Sunday $435 per visit (includes up to 3 hours) Additional hours are Saturday $130 and Sunday $145 per hour.
ZOOM CONTACT: $140 per session on a weekday, $180 per session on Saturday or Sunday. ( Includes up to 2 hours) PUBLIC HOLIDAYS CONTACT: $585 per visit (includes up to 3 hours) Additional hours are $195 p/hCOURT REPORT: $400 Two week's notice is required for a report to be prepared and will not be released while visits are occurring to protect children involved in the case. (Court reports contain up to four supervised sessions. Any additional supervised sessions will be charged at $80 per report.)
AFFIDAVIT: $130.00. For affidavits completed without a Justice of the Peace during Covid-19 $70.00.
COURT EVIDENCE: a cost of $115.00 per hour including by telephone, please be advised minimum of two hours is to be paid regardless of time giving evidence due to preparation.
SUPBOENA: a cost of $350 for preparation of supboened files.
HOME SAFETY ASSESSMENT: $250Travel exceeding 20 kilometers to supervision venue will be charged at $2 per kilometer thereafter. (The Service will aim to provide a worker as close as possible to the requested destination.)
Transportation of children will include a cost of travelled kilometers at $2 per kilometer and time child is in care of the transporting worker. This is proportional to the above hourly rate. The Service is at liberty to charge $60.00 per hour for contact outside the minimal allowed time being at 30 minutes per fortnight.
Notification of cancellation by a parent/carer of supervised time spent/access 24 hours or less will incur a late cancellation fee of three hours if no medical certificate is provided advising the child is unwell. If no doctor’s certificate is provided a three-hour cancellation fee will be charged to the residential parent.
FOSTER & KINSHIP CARER RESPITE SERVICE (Includes GST)WEEKDAY TRANSPORT OR CONTACT: $345 per session. Additional hours are $115 per hour. (includes up to 3 hours). Please note*If the transport or contact concludes after 8pm. The cost of the visit will be $425) WEEKEND TRANSPORT OR CONTACT: Saturday $390 per session and Sunday $435 per session (includes up to 3 hours) Additional hours are Saturday $130 and Sunday $145 per hour.PUBLIC HOLIDAYS: $585 per visit (includes up to 3 hours) Additional hours are $195 p/hMILEAGE: $2 per kilometerSLEEPOVER: $150.00 (If child wakes during night: $75.00 per hour) Call out fee for emergency placement: $350.00(Child is in worker's care until placement is found. Worker will transport child to placement)CASE NOTES: $50.00 CARE TEAM MEETING: prices as above per hour (min 3 hours)RESPITE CARE: prices as above per hour (minimum 3 hours and as many hours as are required above 3)
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