Kind Hands Support Services
About Kind Hands Support Services
Kind Hands Support Services is an NDIS-registered provider based in Hebersham, New South Wales, serving participants across Nepean Blue Mountains. They offer 3 types of support including speech pathology, support worker and transport. Providing compassionate and professional disability care services
Services Kind Hands Support Services provides
- Speech pathology
- Support worker
- Transport
NDIS Commission register record
Published by the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, as at 2 August 2026.
Approved to deliver
- Assistance with travel and transport arrangements
- Assistance with daily life tasks in a group or shared living arrangement
- Assistance to access and maintain employment or higher education
- Supported independent living
- Development of daily living and life skills
- Assistance with daily personal activities
- Household tasks
- Participation in community, social and civic activities
- Therapeutic supports
- Group and centre-based activities
Approval covers the support types listed above. It is not a statement that Kind Hands Support Services currently offers all of them, or has availability. How we check listings.
Source: NDIS Commission provider register, snapshot 2 August 2026.
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Understanding speech pathology under the NDIS
Speech pathology under the NDIS divides into three broad practice areas: paediatric developmental work (articulation, language delay, social communication, literacy foundations); adult acquired conditions (aphasia after stroke or brain injury, dysarthria from neurological conditions, voice disorders); and lifespan dysphagia and AAC. These are different skill sets, and a speech pathologist who excels in one rarely covers all three at depth. The right question to ask isn't "do you do NDIS work" but "what proportion of your caseload looks like my situation."
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) is one of the highest-leverage areas of NDIS speech pathology. For participants with limited verbal communication, an AAC assessment determines whether a low-tech solution (communication boards, visual schedules, key-word sign), a mid-tech solution (communication apps on a generic tablet) or a high-tech dedicated speech-generating device best fits the user's cognitive profile, motor abilities, and communication contexts. Speech-generating devices are funded under Capital Supports — Assistive Technology, with the speech pathologist's prescription forming the core of the application.
Dysphagia (swallowing) management is the highest-risk area of speech pathology. Mismanaged dysphagia is associated with aspiration pneumonia and choking deaths. NDIS-funded speech pathologists assessing swallowing should have specific dysphagia training and ideally access to instrumental assessment (videofluoroscopic swallow study or fibreoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing) where clinically indicated.
The NDIS rate is $193.99/hr. Sessions typically run 50-60 minutes plus clinical-notes and treatment-planning time. For paediatric work, parent coaching is increasingly the dominant model — directly training caregivers to embed strategies in daily routines is more effective than therapist-only contact.
NDIS supports in Nepean Blue Mountains
The Nepean Blue Mountains service district covers 93+ suburbs and hosts 693+ registered NDIS providers. Participants in this area typically access services in their local community, though many providers including Kind Hands Support Services travel to clients at home. Travel charges under the NDIS are capped and must be agreed in your service agreement before work begins.
Most participants in Nepean Blue Mountains access a mix of services — commonly support worker, sda and community nursing. Whether you’re looking for ongoing support or need a specific assessment, comparing providers in your area is the best way to find the right fit for your goals and circumstances.
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