Who can access Nightlife?

Any person with disabilities living in their home in the southern region of Melbourne, and who is also currently receiving DHS support is eligible to access Nightlife services.

Please note that in future, Nightlife hopes to extend the service to anyone who may require the service. Watch this space for more details.

Service Catchment

Nightlife’s service area reaches from Fitzroy St, St Kilda to Dandenong Rd in the North to Clayton Rd/ Boundary Rd in the East to Mordialloc Creek in the South and in the West, to Port Philip Bay.

View the Nightlife geographical service boundaries map.

How do I get started with Nightlife?

Phone us on 9532 5455 or email us to set up an appointment to discuss your needs. The Nightlife Co-ordinator will arrange to meet with you, discuss your options and develop a program based on your personal needs.

Applications ( Nightlife application assistance form ) will be submitted to the Nightlife committee and will be addressed according to availability and urgency.

What are the costs?

Nightlife is a fee for service organisation, however in recognition of the limited income people with a disability usually have available to them as well as the constraints generally in place for funding allocations, Nightlife will endeavour to keep the fees charged for services as low as possible.

People applying to use Nightlife will be categorised according to their ability to pay for the service and whether they are currently funded for and receiving overnight support. If this is the case and Nightlife is requested to replace that service fees need to be paid by re-directing the relevant funds to Nightlife.

If a service user is not receiving funding for overnight support and requests assistance from Nightlife, the Committee will assess the person’s circumstances before making an offer of support. The Committee will consider budgetary impacts when assessing applicants.

Fees for service for DHS clients will be similar to the DHS unit cost per hour, i.e. $35.06. Nightlife will charge a minimum of half an hour per visit (at the rate of half of the Unit Cost; $17.53), for visits that takes less or equal to 30 minutes. From thereafter in 15 minutes intervals, when 15 minutes is calculated as a quarter of the unit cost ($8.765). Nightlife will invoice the service user fortnightly.

A variety of payment options are available including:

• Allocating funds to Nightlife from existing DHS support packages (Home First or Support and Choice)
• Applying for a subsidy
• Direct payment

Waiting List

From time to time, demand for Nightlife services outstrips capacity. Nightlife believes that in order to deliver a high standard of service and not compromise on quality, there is a need to gradually increase the number of individuals according to ability. Therefore individuals who wish to access the Nightlife service will be placed on a waiting list in the order in which they approached Nightlife. This rule is flexible in cases where Nightlife management determines that a particular request for service is of such a dire and urgent nature that to not provide support immediately would significantly jeopardize the health and well-being of that individual.