Fees

Social Work Fee Schedule

Service

Fee

Standard session, 60 mins

Face-to-face in office, face-to-face on location, video, or phone. Fee includes preparation & review of your treatment after the session.Subcontracted work will include GST

$150

NDIS Therapeutic support session

(NDIS fee’s informed by current Price guide)

$193.99  

NDIS Report Writing Social Work Assessments, Functional Capacity Assessments and Psychosocial Assessments.

$193.99 per hour + GST (60 min)

Fee estimate will be given prior to preparing Reports

Letters, phone calls, emails & forms for clients and third parties completed out of session.

Scoring and interpretation of client-requested social work assessments

Please note I do not write legal reports.

0-15 mins during a session – $0

5-15 minutes – $25

16-30 minutes – $50

31-45 minutes – $100

46-60 minutes – $150

Urgency fee for letters requested to be provided within the next 48 hours: $15.

Kinesiology practice session

(temporary prices as agreed )

 

Late notice cancellation fee for all booked sessions

$80

Travel Costs (incurred after 20kms from office)

$0.97 per km

Payment

The full fee is required the day of your appointment by online processing through our practice management system ‘Power Diary’. Your selected payment preference and details will be provided by you following the initial intake and your signed consent to do so.

Medical Rebates

We are not currently doing Medicare rebates however our fee structure has been designed to ensure out of pocket expenses are equivalent to other practices in our field.

Concession

Concessions apply for eligible clients (this will be decided by your therapist after an initial intake session).

Referrals

You do not need a referral for this service, but other services may refer you.

National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)

We are NDIS registered for therapeutic support.

Cancellation Policy

We understand that your time is valuable, and in return, we welcome your mutual respect for our practitioners’ time, along with other patients who are on our waitlist. Life Shift Therapy has a firm 48-hour cancellation policy. Cancellations that fall within 48 hours of your scheduled consultation will incur 50% of the consultation fee. Failure to attend your consultation will result in booking forfeit and 100% of the consultation fee.

Appointment Changes

Appointments and wellbeing are important to Life Shift Therapy and we are happy to accomodate changes if you need to reschedule with notice. For any changes please call or text 0436 399 951 with a minimum of 48 hrs notice and we will make contact to confirm.

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