Functional capacity assessment in New South Wales
Compare functional capacity assessment providers across New South Wales (NSW). 1,557 families in New South Wales have used Carevo to find a provider.
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Best Functional Capacity Assessment providers in New South Wales
Showing 10 of 3221 providers·How we chose these
Parramatta, NSW and 116 othersAlso servesAbbotsford, NSW · Albert Park, VIC · Alexandria, NSW · Annandale, NSW · Arncliffe, NSW · Ashfield, NSW · Auburn, NSW · Balmain, NSW · Bankstown, NSW · Baulkham Hills, NSW · Beaconsfield, NSW · Belfield, NSW · +104 more · National provider
Specialises in Allied health
Flexile Physiotherapy is among the highest-ranked NDIS registered providers in Parramatta, New South Wales in our data. Allied health are among their most-requested supports. They have a track record of following through on more than 25 enquiries from families who connected through Carevo. Most enquiries to them come from families and carers.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
Freemantle, NSW and 76 othersAlso servesAdelaide, SA · Airport West, VIC · Armadale, WA · Bairnsdale, VIC · Ballarat Central, VIC · Ballarat East, VIC · Bendigo, VIC · Bentleigh, VIC · Boronia, VIC · Broadmeadows, VIC · Bulla, VIC · Bunbury, WA · +64 more · National provider
Specialises in Personal care · SIL · Cleaning
Based in Freemantle, New South Wales, CarePro is an NDIS registered provider. Personal care and SIL are among their most-requested supports. They have a track record of following through on more than 50 enquiries from families who connected through Carevo. Most enquiries to them come from participants directly.
Parramatta, NSW and 12 othersAlso servesAuburn, NSW · Bankstown, NSW · Blacktown, NSW · Canberra Airport, ACT · Canowindra, NSW · Forbes, NSW · Gosford, NSW · Harris Park, NSW · Hornsby, NSW · TOONGABBIE, NSW · Wollongong, NSW · Woy Woy, NSW · State-wide provider
Specialises in Cleaning · Personal care · SIL
Altido Consulting Services works across 16 NDIS support categories in Parramatta, New South Wales. Most enquiries to them come from families and carers. They have a track record of following through on more than 50 enquiries from families who connected through Carevo. They are most often contacted for cleaning and personal care.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Approved Aged Care provider (Department of Health)
- Business address on file
- Team includes Disability Support Worker
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Wollongong, NSW and 25 othersAlso servesAlbion Park, NSW · Bankstown, NSW · Blacktown, NSW · Burwood, NSW · Campbelltown, NSW · Campsie, NSW · Dapto, NSW · Fairfield, NSW · Fairfield East, NSW · Fairy Meadow, NSW · Guildford, NSW · Illawong, NSW · +13 more · State-wide provider
Specialises in Cleaning · Personal care · Transport
Mutual Care NSW works across 17 NDIS support categories in Wollongong, New South Wales. They operate across New South Wales. They have a track record of following through on more than 40 enquiries from families who connected through Carevo. They are most often contacted for cleaning and personal care.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
Campbelltown, NSW and 1 otherAlso servesSydney, NSW · Regional provider
Specialises in Personal care · Cleaning · Allied health
Based in Campbelltown, New South Wales, Cross Care is an NDIS registered provider. Personal care and cleaning are among their most-requested supports. They have a track record of following through on more than 25 enquiries from families who connected through Carevo. Registered across 13 NDIS support categories, including transport assistance, community participation and community nursing.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
- Team includes Counsellor, Developmental Educators, Dietician
Tweed Heads, NSW and 30 othersAlso servesAlderley, QLD · Ashmore, QLD · Benowa, QLD · Boondall, QLD · Browns Plains, QLD · Bundaberg West, QLD · Burpengary, QLD · Cairns City, QLD · Cleveland, QLD · Coolum Beach, QLD · Coomera, QLD · Corinda, QLD · +18 more · National provider
Specialises in Cleaning · Personal care
Based in Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Mapple Care is an NDIS registered provider. Most enquiries to them come from participants directly. Cleaning and personal care are among their most-requested supports. Registered across 17 NDIS support categories, including shared living support, daily personal care and household tasks.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
The Ponds, NSW · State-wide provider
Specialises in Allied health · Support coordination
Based in The Ponds, New South Wales, Australian National Care is an NDIS registered provider. Registered across 13 NDIS support categories, including Assistance to access and/or maintain employment and/or education, community participation and Innovative Community Participation. Allied health and support coordination are among their most-requested supports. They operate across New South Wales.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
Box Hill, NSW and 7 othersAlso servesBaulkham Hills, NSW · Castle Hill, NSW · Kellyville, NSW · Parramatta, NSW · Rouse Hill, NSW · Sydney, NSW · Wollongong, NSW · Regional provider
Specialises in Support coordination · Personal care
Based in Box Hill, New South Wales, ARIA Advocacy and Reach Initiative Australia is an NDIS registered provider. Support coordination and personal care are among their most-requested supports. They have a track record of following through on more than 30 enquiries from families who connected through Carevo. They also offer psychology.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
Parramatta, NSW and 45 othersAlso servesAlbury, NSW · Arndell Park, NSW · Artarmon, NSW · Baulkham Hills, NSW · Bella Vista, NSW · Blacktown, NSW · Bossley Park, NSW · Box Hill, NSW · Bungarribee, NSW · Castle Hill, NSW · Chester Hill, NSW · Doonside, NSW · +33 more · State-wide provider
Specialises in Personal care · Allied health
Enable Community is an NDIS registered provider in Parramatta, New South Wales. Families most often connect with them for personal care and allied health. They also offer advocacy and occupational therapy. Active on Carevo in the past week.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
- Team includes Physiotherapist
Sydney, NSW and 36 othersAlso servesAdelaide, SA · Ballarat North, VIC · Bayswater North, VIC · Bendigo, VIC · Boronia, VIC · Braybrook, VIC · Carrum Downs, VIC · Chadstone, VIC · Cheltenham, VIC · Coburg North, VIC · Cranbourne, VIC · East Melbourne, VIC · +24 more · National provider
Specialises in Personal care · SIL · Cleaning
Based in Sydney, New South Wales, Nation Care is an NDIS registered provider. Personal care and SIL are among their most-requested supports. They have a track record of following through on more than 30 enquiries from families who connected through Carevo. They operate across multiple states.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
How we rank providers
Rankings in New South Wales are based on real outcomes between providers and families on our platform. They are recalculated daily and cannot be purchased or influenced by advertising.
- How this list is built. Providers shown here offer allied health.
- Outcomes with families. We measure what happens after a family contacts a provider. Providers where families report positive outcomes rank higher. Multiple signals are weighted across a rolling window.
- Service match. Providers are ranked by how closely their registered services and capabilities match what you are searching for.
- Registration and compliance. NDIS registered and government-approved aged care providers are weighted for meeting quality and safeguards standards.
- Local presence. Providers confirmed in New South Wales rank above those covering only the broader region.
What "Trusted" means. The Trusted badge is awarded to providers with a consistent record of positive outcomes with families on our platform. It is based on multiple behavioural signals and family feedback, and it cannot be purchased.
3,221
providers in New South Wales
28,928
providers nationally
What "Verified care seeker" means. Any care-seeker feedback shown above is from a real person who used Carevo to connect with that provider and then told us how it went. We only publish feedback tied to a genuine, matched enquiry, never anonymous, unsolicited, or paid reviews.
How to check a provider's credentials
Carevo lists the registration details a provider reports and links you to the official Australian registers so you can confirm them yourself. Here is what each listing shows and where to check it. A listing on Carevo is not an endorsement.
NDIS registration
Listings show whether a provider reports being NDIS registered. You can confirm a provider's current registration and approved support types yourself on the NDIS Commission's public provider register.
Source: NDIS Quality and Safeguards CommissionAged care approval
Listings show aged care approval where it is recorded. You can check a provider's current approval and the services they deliver on the Australian Government's My Aged Care find a provider service.
Source: My Aged Care (Department of Health and Aged Care)ABN you can check
Most listings include the provider's Australian Business Number, shown on the profile. You can look it up on the Australian Business Register to confirm the business is registered and active.
Source: Australian Business RegisterComplaints process
If you have a concern about any provider, you can lodge a complaint with the NDIS Commission or the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission at any time. We also accept complaints via our own channel.
Source: NDIS Commission / Aged Care CommissionFunctional Capacity Assessment at a Glance
Funding
NDIS Capacity Building (Improved Daily Living), Private
Availability
Weekdays, some weekend availability
Wait Time
1-3 weeks depending on therapist availability
Cost
$193.99/hour for an OT
Hours
By appointment
Median Response
6 minutes
Functional Capacity Assessment in New South Wales (NSW): what to know
Carevo lists 3,221 functional capacity assessment providers with active coverage in New South Wales, concentrated around Sydney, Newcastle, the Central Coast and Wollongong but reaching regional NSW as well. Families in NSW made 1,165 support requests through Carevo in the last 90 days.
3,221
Providers in NSW
2,971
NDIS registered
154
Active in last 30 days
1,165
Requests, last 90 days
72%
Connected within 1 hour
Coverage by region in New South Wales
| Region | Providers | Busiest area |
|---|---|---|
| Canterbury-Bankstown | 332 | Bankstown |
| Liverpool | 250 | Liverpool |
| Sydney | 246 | Sydney |
| Blacktown | 239 | Blacktown |
| Parramatta | 208 | Parramatta |
| Cumberland | 198 | Auburn |
| Fairfield | 170 | Fairfield |
| Central Coast | 155 | Gosford |
| Newcastle | 148 | Newcastle |
| The Hills Shire | 137 | Castle Hill |
Workers delivering NDIS supports in New South Wales need the NDIS Worker Check (NDISWC), administered by the NSW Office of the Children’s Guardian. 2971 of the 3221 functional capacity assessment providers listed in NSW are registered with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission. Unregistered providers can still deliver many supports if your plan is plan managed or self managed.
NDIS price caps do not change by state: the NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits set the same maximum rates in New South Wales as everywhere else in Australia.
What families say about providers in NSW
Feedback shared by families after connecting with providers on Carevo. Quotes are anonymous and providers cannot edit them.
“Brilliant service Dr Said had a wonderful manner with my father (& me) and made such a difference with great recommendations for ongoing care”
“Excellent, energetic and over effective service.”
How much does functional capacity assessment cost in New South Wales?
Functional Capacity Assessment in New South Wales typically costs $193.99/hour for an OT (NDIS Improved Daily Living rate, 2026-27 NDIS Pricing Schedule); a full FCA usually runs several hours plus report writing. Actual rates vary by provider, funding type, and the level of support required.
How to pay for functional capacity assessment
Funding options include NDIS Capacity Building. Eligibility depends on your assessment and plan.
Functional Capacity Assessment by suburb in New South Wales
Browse providers in the busiest areas, or use any suburb page to see who services your postcode.
What is a functional capacity assessment for the NDIS?
A functional capacity assessment (FCA) is an evaluation, usually carried out by an occupational therapist, of how a disability affects a person’s daily tasks: self-care, mobility, domestic life, communication and community participation. The assessor writes a report linking these findings to specific support needs, which is the evidence the NDIA uses to decide funding for plan reviews and access requests (NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits 2026-27).
How to choose a provider for this service
The list above is ranked using the criteria explained in the methodology section above. Four checks matter most when you compare providers yourself.
Registration. Confirm the assessor, usually an OT but sometimes a physiotherapist, speech pathologist or psychologist, holds current AHPRA registration and, for agency-managed funding, appears on the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission provider register.
Response time. A slow first reply delays your assessment date and any plan review that depends on it. Check the response time by state table further down this page.
Pricing transparency. Ask for a written estimate of total hours against the $193.99 occupational therapy cap in the NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits 2026-27, and confirm whether report writing is billed separately.
Coverage. Carevo lists 642 occupational therapists nationally; ask whether the assessor actually services your suburb rather than a neighbouring one.
Which funding pays for a functional capacity assessment, and who qualifies?
Most participants fund an FCA from Capacity Building, Improved Daily Living, at the occupational therapy rate capped at $193.99 an hour (NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits 2026-27). Anyone with an active NDIS plan and Capacity Building funding can request one, typically for a plan review, an access request, or a claim tied to SDA, SIL, assistive technology or home modifications. First-time applicants can instead have the assessment funded under assessment for supports rather than an existing plan budget. Support at Home and CHSP do not fund FCAs; aged care functional needs are assessed separately through the Single Assessment System (Department of Health and Aged Care, 2025).
Availability across Australia
Carevo lists 642 occupational therapists among 4,782 suburbs with provider coverage nationally, with FCA assessors concentrated most heavily in New South Wales and Victoria. If the report needs to support an assistive technology assessment or a first-time NDIS access request, mention this when you enquire so the provider structures the report to match.
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How this page is compiled
The provider rankings and figures on this page come from Carevo platform records, including provider registrations, measured response times and coverage, together with the cited official sources. Carevo is an Australian platform that connects families with vetted NDIS and aged care providers. Carevo does not deliver care itself.
Helpful NDIS resources for New South Wales
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many functional capacity assessment providers are there in New South Wales?
There are 3221 functional capacity assessment providers with active listings in New South Wales (NSW) on Carevo. Providers are ranked by trust score based on real outcomes with families on our platform, not by who pays for placement.
How much does functional capacity assessment cost in New South Wales?
Functional Capacity Assessment in New South Wales typically costs $193.99/hour for an OT (NDIS Improved Daily Living rate, 2026-27 NDIS Pricing Schedule); a full FCA usually runs several hours plus report writing. Actual rates vary by provider and the level of support required.
How quickly can I start with a provider in New South Wales?
Providers in New South Wales respond to new requests in a median of 6 minutes, and 72% of families are connected within an hour. Most services can start within 1-2 weeks.
Does Carevo cover regional New South Wales or just the capital?
Both. Carevo lists providers across all of New South Wales, including regional and rural areas. Many providers service wide regions, and some supports (like plan management) are delivered Australia-wide by phone and online portal.
Which areas of New South Wales have the most functional capacity assessment providers?
By local government area, coverage on Carevo is deepest in Canterbury-Bankstown (332 providers), Liverpool (250 providers), Sydney (246 providers). Regional NSW is covered too: many providers service wide areas beyond their base suburb.
Do I have to use an NDIS registered provider for functional capacity assessment in NSW?
It depends on how your plan is managed. Agency-managed (NDIA-managed) funding can only be spent with registered providers, while plan-managed and self-managed participants can also use unregistered providers. 2971 of the 3221 functional capacity assessment providers listed in NSW on Carevo are NDIS registered.