Registered NDIS provider, see the NDIS Commission register
Western Sydney, Ryde and the Hills
Registered NDIS provider. Check the NDIS Commission register
Registered NDIS provider. Check the NDIS Commission register
Short Term Accommodation, now also called short term respite: time away from your usual care arrangements, with support, while the people who care for you take a break.
Greater Western Sydney, Ryde and Macquarie Park, and The Hills
A real breakShort-term accommodation is an NDIS support that gives you time apart from your usual care arrangements, like your family, friends or carers.
It can be used to support you while the people who usually help you take a short break from their caring responsibilities.
Source: NDIS, What is short-term accommodation (current as of 1 July 2026)
Short Term Accommodation is about the support you receive during an agreed stay. We can also support you at home or in the community while your carers take a break.
Paired with a support worker for a time that suits your needs, at home or out in the community.
Where the stay happens, how long it lasts, the staffing and your support needs are discussed and confirmed with you before support begins.
An agreed overnight or weekend stay, with support for personal care, meals, daily routines and activities.
A short stay away from home can help you:
Call us, send a message, or ask your support coordinator or another professional to refer you.
We listen to what you want to do and look at your NDIS plan together. There is no pressure to decide on the spot.
We confirm availability, agree your supports in a service agreement, then match you with support workers who suit you and keep checking in.
Still unsure? Call 1300 212 035. There are no silly questions.
Goaldis Community Services is a registered NDIS provider: check the NDIS Commission register. This page is general information from Goaldis, checked against official NDIS sources. Current as at October 2026.
In Greater Western Sydney (Parramatta to the foothills of the Blue Mountains), Ryde and Macquarie Park (Gladesville to North Ryde), and The Hills (Norwest, Cherrybrook, Kellyville). Live somewhere else in Sydney? Call 1300 212 035 and ask us.
In the NDIS, respite is funded as short-term accommodation (STA). The NDIS now also calls it short term respite. Source: NDIS.
Short-term accommodation is usually funded for up to 28 days per year. For example, you can use it for a block of up to 14 days at a time, or one weekend per month. Your plan decides what you have.
No. Short-term accommodation funding does not pay for food or meals. It pays for the support you need and standard accommodation.
The NDIS may fund short-term accommodation for participants younger than 18 in some situations. In NSW, care for a child away from home for 3 or more nights in any 7 days is called SSRC. Read about SSRC.
The NDIS says you may be able to get it if you live with your main informal supports, like family, friends or a carer, or get daily drop-in support, and you get disability-related support from them for more than 6 hours a day. Source: NDIS.
Call 1300 212 035 or send us a message. We look at your plan and what you would like to do, then talk through the options.