Respite Services
What makes our STA/Respite different to others?
We use a qualified therapists, social workers, and behaviour practitioners to deliver tailored therapeutic strategies to promote and teach daily life skills. The Footsteps STA provides the opportunity to developing new life skills that support autonomy. The goal of attending our STA is to help develop the skills required to enhance quality of life. Our clients will learn how to make healthy decisions, improve communication skills, responsibilities, so that they can live a successful life.
Household Responsibility
The majority of people learn life skills during their school years, however for those with disabilities, these skills can be overlooked or placed on hold. Whilst attending respite our tailored approach will be formulated to learn and achieved new skills such as cooking, laundry, budgeting, shopping, or washing the floors.
Communication Techniques
Communication skills are a vital part of life. Many people that have a disability struggle to communicate effectively their needs and wants. This often means that they may isolate themselves from others or struggle with emotional regulation and management. Learning communication techniques while at respite, can help you learn these skills so that you are actively listening to others and considering their feelings, all while ensuring that you are communicating your needs rather than becoming frustrated that you are being misunderstood.
Emotional Techniques
Learning how to regulate your emotions and emotional responses can be pivotal on a daily basis. Participating in respite can help recognise and practice those new strategies in real life situations with a qualified counsellor or behaviour practitioner. For example, rather than allowing yourself to get worked up over a stressful event, regulating your emotions so you can appropriately calm down or prevent yourself from getting worked up.
Emergency STA
You might be able to get emergency STA/Respite at short notice if you suddenly find you can’t provide care, for example if you are ill or injured. This service is subject to a free intake process to ensure we have the correct therapists and resources to support the client at short notice.
If you need emergency STA/Respite, talk with Footsteps CS on
0467 374 123
Pricing
Footsteps Community Services values transparency, and as such we like you to know where your money goes and what it is used for. Below is a table which shows how we come up with the pricing for our Respite Service, which is directly in line with the current NDIS price guide and support catalogue. If you would like to compare this yourself, please checkout the NDIS Pricing Arrangements at https://www.ndis.gov.au/providers/pricing-arrangements
| Day of the Week | List Item Number | Rate |
| Weekday | 01_058_0115_1_1 | $1,928.20 per day |
| Saturday | 01_059_0115_1_1 | $2,465.80 per day |
| Sunday | 01_060_0115_1_1 | $3,124.12 per day |
Please download the referral form, fill it out, and send it back to us at admin@footstepstherapy.org
And we will get back to you within 2 business days. Thank you very much for your interest.