Medium Term Accommodation (MTA) — Compassionate Community Care
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Medium Term Accommodation (MTA).

Accommodation for up to 90 days when a participant’s long-term home is confirmed but not yet available — the gap between the decision and the keys.

Duration

Up to 90 days.

Requires

A confirmed long-term housing outcome that is not yet available.

Covers

Accommodation only — supports are funded separately.

Common Use

Waiting on SDA, a home modification or a confirmed tenancy.

Service overview

The gap nobody funds until you ask.

MTA exists for a specific situation: the participant has a long-term home confirmed, but it is not ready. The SDA build is not finished, the modifications are not done, the tenancy starts in seven weeks. Without MTA that gap often gets filled by a hospital bed or a family home under strain.

The catch is that MTA funding requires evidence that the long-term outcome is actually confirmed. We can help you assemble that, and we can provide the accommodation and support in the meantime.

Who This Service Is For

Participants with a confirmed long-term housing outcome that is not yet available, and Support Coordinators bridging that gap.

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Bridging Accommodation

A stable place to be while the long-term home is finished.

Support Continuity

Supports continuing through the interim period.

Evidence Support

Help assembling what the NDIA needs to fund the gap.

What's included

What Medium Term Accommodation involves.

If there is no confirmed long-term outcome, Short Term Accommodation is usually the applicable option instead.

01

Accommodation

A stable place to live for up to 90 days.

02

Support Delivery

Daily living and community supports continuing through the period.

03

Transition Planning

Preparation for the move into the long-term home.

04

Stakeholder Liaison

Coordination with the SDA provider, builder or landlord on timing.

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 Medium Term Accommodation may be available.

Availability depends on the specific property and current capacity.

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