Assistance With Travel & Transport — Compassionate Community Care
All Services Compassionate Community Care Service

Assistance with travel and transport.

We run our own fleet vehicles and vans, which is why community participation in outer suburbs actually happens rather than getting cancelled for logistics.

Fleet

Vehicles and vans maintained by us, not subcontracted.

Covers

Appointments, programs, work, study, shopping and social activities.

Also

Travel training for participants building independent travel.

Service Area

Cairns, the southern corridor, the valley suburbs and Innisfail.

Service overview

Transport is the support that makes other supports possible.

In Cairns, plenty of suburbs have bus services that exist on paper and are useless in practice. Brinsmead, Redlynch, Gordonvale — a participant in any of them can have community participation hours funded and still never leave the house if transport is not part of the service.

We maintain fleet vehicles and vans specifically so that does not happen. And where a participant wants to travel independently, we would rather teach that than drive them indefinitely.

Who This Service Is For

Participants who need transport to access the community, appointments or activities, and those working towards independent travel.

Assistance With Travel & Transport Assistance With Travel & Transport

Our Own Fleet

Vehicles and vans available, so transport is not a subcontracting risk.

Travel Training

Building confidence and skills for independent travel.

Outer Suburbs

Coverage where public transport genuinely does not work.

What's included

What travel and transport assistance covers.

Transport support is usually delivered as part of a community access shift rather than as a standalone trip.

01

Appointments

Medical, allied health and specialist appointments across the region.

02

Programs & Activities

Group programs, community activities and social outings.

03

Work & Study

Getting to and from employment, training and education.

04

Travel Training

Learning bus routes, timetables and independent travel skills.

Referral steps

From referral to first shift, step by step.

No mystery, no black hole. Here is exactly what happens after you get in touch.

  1. 1

    Referral

    A participant, family member, Support Coordinator or hospital team sends through the enquiry.

    Form, email or phone

  2. 2

    Immediate screening

    We check the request against our current capability, capacity and staffing.

    Same day where we can

  3. 3

    Funding & support needs review

    We look at the plan, the support hours and what the participant actually needs day to day.

    Plan and hours checked

  4. 4

    Risk & compatibility assessment

    For shared arrangements this step is never skipped, however quickly a placement is needed.

    Never skipped

  5. 5

    Options & stakeholder discussion

    We present the accommodation or support options and talk them through with everyone involved.

    Everyone at the table

  6. 6

    Consent & service agreement

    A Service Agreement and Schedule of Supports are prepared once a direction is agreed.

    Prepared promptly

  7. 7

    Transition

    Rosters, handovers and any clinical plans are set up before the first shift.

    Sorted before day one

  8. 8

    Commencement

    Supports begin, with a named contact for the participant, family and referrer.

    You get a named contact

Urgent referrals: Urgent referrals can be escalated directly to management so we can determine quickly whether we have the appropriate property, staffing and capability.

Where we deliver it

Where travel and transport assistance is delivered.

Our fleet covers Cairns, the southern corridor, the valley suburbs and Innisfail.

Cairns

Our base and the centre of our direct support operations, covering the CBD and the inner suburbs around it.

Service area details

Cairns North

The hospital precinct and the flat, walkable streets around it, where transport-light support plans work well.

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Parramatta Park

The suburb our office sits in, so drop-in support and short-notice roster changes are easiest here.

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Manunda

An established inner suburb with a strong First Nations community and good access to Raintrees.

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Manoora

A close-knit residential suburb where a lot of our shared-living and culturally responsive support sits.

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Mooroobool

Quiet residential streets next to Earlville, well suited to shared homes with off-street parking.

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Brinsmead

Elevated suburb on the western foothills, where transport support usually matters most.

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Earlville

Built around Stockland Cairns, which makes community access and shopping routines straightforward.

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Woree

A southside suburb on the Bruce Highway with good bus links in both directions.

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White Rock

Southside residential area between Woree and Mount Sheridan, close to the southern services corridor.

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Mount Sheridan

Family suburb around Mount Sheridan Plaza, with level streets and reliable local amenities.

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Bentley Park

A large, growing southern suburb next to Edmonton where demand for daily living support is rising.

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Edmonton

The southern corridor hub, with its own shopping centre, health services and rail connection.

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Gordonvale

A township at the foot of Walsh's Pyramid, roughly 25 minutes south of the Cairns CBD.

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Redlynch

A valley suburb in the north-west where most support plans include transport to the CBD.

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Innisfail

Our Cassowary Coast service capacity, covering Innisfail and the surrounding cane communities.

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Common questions

Questions families and referrers ask about this service.

Related services

Services that often sit alongside this one.

Talk to our team

Tell us what the participant needs and we will tell you what we can do.

Call us, send an enquiry or start a referral. We will come back to you with a clear answer about capability, capacity and the next step.

info@carecompassion.com.au