Calculate the cost of providing Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) Services
Unit costing tools for Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) providers
Use our free tool to calculate the cost to your organisation of providing one unit of CHSP service.
The CHSP will transition to the Support at Home Program no earlier than 1 July 2027. As part of this transition, CHSP providers will need to calculate if they can provide a service within a price range set by the Australian Government.
Our tool helps you to:
- understand service unit costs
- calculate the full cost of service delivery
- confirm if your organisation can deliver a contracted service at the offered unit price
- ensure your business model is viable and sustainable.
Using the tools
Our easy-to-use tool includes a:
- How-to video – watch it to explain how to use the materials
- Workbook – work through topics, do activities, review case studies
- Spreadsheet – input your data to calculate service costs using built-in formulas.
Download the:
- ABC of Unit Costing in Commonwealth Home Support Programs (CHSP) Services workbook (PDF 3.4 MB )
- Unit Costing Tool Excel spreadsheet (XLS 131 KB)
NOTE: You need Windows 2010 or above for all the Excel formulas to work.
Download the Workbook and the Excel spreadsheet, and watch the video demonstration of the tool. The PDF workbook explains how to calculate the Unit Cost of delivering one unit of a CHSP Service. It includes examples from a Food Service, Transport Service and service that provides Domestic Assistance.
The Unit Costing tool is for Finance Managers and managers of Commonwealth Home Support Program Services. It is designed to help you work out what it costs to deliver one unit of service. For example, one meal, one trip, one hour of social support, one hour of allied health one hour of domestic assistance and a home modification service.
Contact us
Ask us to run an in-house Unit Costing workshop or contact us