Life skills training in Northern Territory
Compare life skills training providers across Northern Territory (NT). 43 families in Northern Territory have used Carevo to find a provider.
For life skills training
- 404 providers across Northern Territory
- Funded via NDIS Capacity Building
- One request, providers respond to you
It only takes one minute and it's free.
Check the Eligibility
Take our quick assessment to find out if you or your loved one qualifies.
Best Life Skills Training providers in Northern Territory
Showing 10 of 404 providers·How we chose these
- Specialises in Podiatry, Transport
Based in Coconut Grove, Northern Territory, Strive Support Group is an NDIS registered provider. Most enquiries to them come from families and carers. Podiatry and transport are among their most-requested supports. They support both NDIS and aged care funding.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
Durack, NT and 1 otherAlso servesDarwin, NT · Regional provider
Also supports Speech Delay
- Specialises in Social support, Transport
Based in Durack, Northern Territory, Frb Care Plus is an NDIS registered provider. Most enquiries to them come from participants directly. Social support and transport are among their most-requested supports. Registered across 11 NDIS support categories, including Assistance in Coordinating or Managing Life Stages, Transitions and Supports, shared living support and transport assistance.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
Darwin City, NT and 17 othersAlso servesAlkimos, WA · Baldivis, WA · Bunbury, WA · Busselton, WA · Darwin, NT · Gosnells, WA · Harrisdale, WA · Hilbert, WA · Joondalup, WA · Kalamunda, WA · Kwinana Town Centre, WA · Mandurah, WA · +5 more · Regional provider
- 5+ families connected
- Specialises in Cleaning, Personal care, Physiotherapy
Based in Darwin City, Northern Territory, Trinity Care Disability Service 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 9 NDIS support categories, including Assistance to access and/or maintain employment and/or education, Innovative Community Participation and household tasks.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
Not finding the right match?
Leave your details and we'll connect you with Life Skills Training providers in Northern Territory. No wait list.
No login. No spam. We text or email when a match is ready.
Bayview, NT and 10 othersAlso servesBrisbane, QLD · Brisbane City, QLD · Chermside West, QLD · Chinchilla, QLD · Coorparoo, QLD · Dalby, QLD · Darwin, NT · Loganholme, QLD · Wellington Point, QLD · Woolner, NT
- Specialises in Support Workers, Sda
Adapt Housing is an NDIS registered provider serving Bayview, Northern Territory.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
- Specialises in Support Workers, Sda
Somerville Housing is an NDIS registered provider in Wagaman, Northern Territory.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
Alice Springs, NT and 54 othersAlso servesAltona, VIC · Armadale, VIC · Ballarat East, VIC · Bendigo, VIC · Box Hill, VIC · Brisbane, QLD · Brisbane City, QLD · Brunswick, VIC · Camberwell, VIC · Carrum Downs, VIC · Corio, VIC · Craigieburn, VIC · +42 more · State-wide provider
- 10+ families connected
- Specialises in Support coordination, SIL, Allied health
Syltem Health Care works across 15 NDIS support categories in Alice Springs, Northern Territory. They operate across Northern Territory. They have a track record of following through on more than 10 enquiries from families who connected through Carevo. They are most often contacted for support coordination and SIL.
How this listing is sourced
Katherine, NT and 5 othersAlso servesCasino, NSW · Coffs Harbour, NSW · Lismore, NSW · Port Macquarie, NSW · Tennant Creek, NT · State-wide provider
Also supports Intellectual Disability
- Specialises in Support coordination, Accommodation support, Social support
Based in Katherine, Northern Territory, CASPA Services is an NDIS registered provider. Registered across 13 NDIS support categories, including behaviour support, Innovative Community Participation and shared living support. Support coordination and accommodation support are among their most-requested supports. They operate across Northern Territory.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
- Team includes Art Therapist, Counsellor, Developmental Educators
- Specialises in Support Workers, Social Support, Psychology
Based in Darwin City, Northern Territory, NoBlues Community Services is an NDIS registered provider. 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 Social Worker, Welfare Worker, Counsellor
Alice Springs, NT and 24 othersAlso servesArtarmon, NSW · Bankstown, NSW · Blacktown, NSW · Bowral, NSW · Camden, NSW · Campbelltown, NSW · Castle Hill, NSW · Central Coast, NSW · Chatswood, NSW · Ciccone, NT · Gosford, NSW · Kellyville, NSW · +12 more · Regional provider
- Specialises in SIL
My Voice works across 13 NDIS support categories in Alice Springs, Northern Territory. Active on Carevo in the past week. They are most often contacted for SIL.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
- Team includes Developmental Educators, Disability Support Worker, Other allied health, developmental educator, social or health science professional
- Specialises in Cleaning, Support Workers
Darwin Cleaning Team is an NDIS registered provider serving Coconut Grove, Northern Territory.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
How we rank providers
Rankings in Northern Territory 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 life skills, support work, and social and community support.
- 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 Northern Territory 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.
404
providers in Northern Territory
32,111
providers nationally
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 CommissionLife Skills Training at a glance
- Funding
- NDIS Capacity Building (Improved Daily Living)
- Availability
- 7 days a week
- Wait Time
- Usually within 1-2 weeks
- Cost
- $50-$70/hour
- Hours
- Flexible scheduling
- Median Response
- 26 minutes
Life Skills Training in Northern Territory (NT): what to know
Carevo lists 404 life skills training providers with active coverage in the Northern Territory, concentrated around Darwin, Palmerston, Alice Springs and Katherine but reaching regional NT as well.
404
Providers in NT
372
NDIS registered
12
Active in last 30 days
73%
Connected within 1 hour
Coverage by region in the Northern Territory
| Region | Providers | Busiest area |
|---|---|---|
| Palmerston | 11 | Palmerston City |
| Litchfield | 2 | Berry Springs |
| Coomalie | 2 | Batchelor |
| Victoria Daly | 1 | Pine Creek |
| Roper Gulf | 1 | BORROLOOLA |
Workers delivering NDIS supports in the Northern Territory need the NDIS Worker Screening Clearance, administered by SAFE NT. 372 of the 407 life skills training providers listed in NT 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 the Northern Territory as everywhere else in Australia. Higher caps apply in areas classified remote or very remote, which covers parts of the Northern Territory.
How much does life skills training cost in Northern Territory?
Life Skills Training in Northern Territory typically costs $50-$70/hour (group rates available). Actual rates vary by provider, funding type, and the level of support required.
How to pay for life skills training
Funding options include NDIS Capacity Building. Eligibility depends on your assessment and plan.
Life Skills Training by suburb in Northern Territory
Browse providers in the busiest areas, or use any suburb page to see who services your postcode.
What is life skills development training?
Life skills development is capacity-building support that helps a person learn practical daily tasks, cooking, budgeting, using public transport, personal care, through structured coaching rather than someone doing the task for them. It sits in the NDIS Improved Daily Living Skills support category, registration group 0117, Development of Daily Living and Life Skills (NDIS Pricing Schedule 2026-27).
How to choose a provider for this service
Start with registration. Providers delivering life skills training under NDIS-managed or agency-managed plans should be registered with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission under registration group 0117, confirmable on the Commission’s public provider register. Response time matters because slow first contact often signals a provider stretched too thin to give one-on-one coaching the attention it needs. Providers ranked using the criteria explained above are ordered partly on measured response speed, and 70 per cent of inquiries across Carevo get a reply within an hour. Ask for pricing broken down by hour and by group session, since rates differ and group programs can lower the per-session cost. Confirm the provider actually covers your suburb and runs in-community sessions, shops, transport routes, not just clinic-based coaching.
Which NDIS funding pays for life skills training?
Life skills training is funded through NDIS Capacity Building, most often the Improved Daily Living Skills category, line item 15_037_0117_1_3, Skill Development and Training including Public Transport Training, capped at 70.23 an hour on a weekday in metro areas (NDIS Pricing Schedule 2026-27). A person qualifies when their NDIS plan includes this budget line, tied to a stated goal such as cooking, money management or travel independence, and the NDIA has approved a Capacity Building support. Employment-focused skills, including School Leaver Employment Supports, are instead funded under Finding and Keeping a Job. A plan manager or support coordinator confirms which category and hours apply.
Availability across Australia
Carevo lists 28,004 NDIS providers across 4,782 suburbs nationally, including 8,844 in NSW alone. Life skills training pairs well with community access support for group-based practice, or with disability employment services once transport and money-management goals are in place. Response times by state are set out in the table above.
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 Northern Territory
Guides to help you understand your plan, budget, and supports.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many life skills training providers are there in Northern Territory?
There are 404 life skills training providers with active listings in Northern Territory (NT) 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 life skills training cost in Northern Territory?
Life Skills Training in Northern Territory typically costs $50-$70/hour (group rates available). Actual rates vary by provider and the level of support required.
How quickly can I start with a provider in Northern Territory?
Providers in Northern Territory respond to new requests in a median of 26 minutes, and 73% of families are connected within an hour. Most services can start within 1-2 weeks.
Does Carevo cover regional Northern Territory or just the capital?
Both. Carevo lists providers across all of Northern Territory, 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 Northern Territory have the most life skills training providers?
By local government area, coverage on Carevo is deepest in Palmerston (11 providers), Litchfield (2 providers), Coomalie (2 providers). Regional NT is covered too: many providers service wide areas beyond their base suburb.
Do I have to use an NDIS registered provider for life skills training in NT?
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. 372 of the 407 life skills training providers listed in NT on Carevo are NDIS registered.