NDIS Funding Guide · 2026–27 · Pricing Table 3

Disability support worker Level 3 pricing covers targeted capability building, such as tenancy responsibilities, managing a plan, finding employment, social skills, school transitions, transport skills and training for carers. These are goal-directed teaching and development activities, not ordinary support worker hours under another label.

Source: NDIS Pricing Schedule 2026–27, effective 24 September 2026, Appendix table 3, page 16. Reviewed 20 October 2026. All amounts in AUD, GST-inclusive where applicable. May change.

What does this support actually cover?

Disability support worker Level 3 pricing covers targeted capability building, such as tenancy responsibilities, managing a plan, finding employment, social skills, school transitions, transport skills and training for carers. These are goal-directed teaching and development activities, not ordinary support worker hours under another label.

Start with the activity or professional service the participant received, not the funding amount remaining in the plan. For each invoice, identify the specific aim of the support, where it took place, what the worker actually did and the appropriate item family. The schedule sets the maximum prices; it does not give blanket approval for every participant to purchase every listed service.

When can this item be used—and when can't it?

Situations it is intended for

Use the specific item that describes the intervention being delivered, with a reasonable connection to the participant's approved disability-related outcomes. For example, structured public transport training aims to develop independent travel skills; tenancy obligation support helps a person understand and manage a rental agreement or housing routines.

Situations that require a different approach

A worker simply driving a participant to the shops is not automatically delivering public transport training. Completing ordinary paperwork for a provider is not a funded self-management capacity-building session. Do not use the carer training item for informal advice without a clear participant-related training goal.

Who is allowed to deliver this support?

The schedule bases these rates on the total costs of a SCHADS level 3.2 worker. The worker must be capable of delivering the proposed training and must work within the scope of competence, the plan and applicable registration requirements.

Worker qualifications, NDIS provider registration and permission to claim a particular item are related but different questions. Where a professional registration or a defined higher-intensity standard applies, verify the actual person delivering the work meets it. Employer classifications used to build a price limit do not replace professional practice rules.

Each skill-building area has a distinct role. See our plain-English guide to all eight Level 3 items for examples of when each code is and is not suitable.

All 8 support codes and 2026–27 maximum prices

The tables below reproduce the codes, billing units and national, remote and very remote maximum amounts for this pricing-table group from the supplied official schedule. Individual support item names distinguish service setting, worker level, activity and/or time of delivery. On narrow screens, each pricing row is displayed as a labelled card.

Capacity Building and Training in Self-Management and Plan

Assistance With Accommodation And Tenancy Obligations

Life Transition Planning Incl. Mentoring Peer-Support And Indiv

Skills Development And Training

Employment Assistance

Individual Social Skills Development

Transition Through School And To Further Education

Training For Carers/Parents

Travel, time-of-day, cancellation and extra costs

Travel time, vehicle running costs, parking and tolls are separate concepts. Not every item has a matching separate provider-travel code in this schedule. A provider should discuss potentially claimable travel in advance and check the current support catalogue, claim type and relevant NDIA guidance before invoicing it. The September 2026 schedule does not itself specify all non-labour travel codes and conditions.

Cancellation charges are not automatic. Check the service agreement and the currently applicable cancellation rules before claiming a cancelled session. Similarly, an extra charge cannot be inferred merely from a blank or differently worded line elsewhere in the schedule.

National rates generally apply in MM 1–5 locations; remote in MM 6; very remote in MM 7, taking account of the isolated-town modifications listed in Part 3. The service's physical location determines the applicable column. Some items may have no geographic loading.

A real-world example

A worker uses a step-by-step travel training programme to teach a participant how to read bus timetables, buy a ticket and request assistance when a service is disrupted. Record the training objective, the skills practised and progress across sessions rather than describing it as generic community access.

Price calculation example: the national maximum for Capacity Building and Training in Self-Management and Plan is $83.87 per hour. For a genuinely delivered 90-minute service, the pro-rata mathematical maximum is $125.81 before any other claim limits or separate eligible charges are considered. That is an illustration of the unit calculation, not a recommendation to book or claim a particular duration.

What documentation should be available?

Show the objective, baseline functional skill, structured instruction provided, progress and why the chosen item—not an ordinary assistance item—matches the work.

Common questions

Official sources and related guides

NDIS 2026–27 pricing schedules · NDIS support catalogue · Complete 2026–27 pricing overview.

Prepared by Beyond Health Services as independent educational guidance. The 2026–27 schedule should be read alongside the applicable pricing determination and current claiming instructions. This article does not replace participant-specific advice.