In-home companionship · Sutherland Shire & St George
Warm, familiar support at home. Meals cooked and eaten together. The house kept. A shower helped with, gently. The pharmacy run done. All delivered by one companion who is genuinely pleased to walk through the door — and keeps coming back.
Free first hour · No lock-in · Support at Home welcome
The same companion, each week
Police-checked & screened
Police-checked & screened
The same companion each week
Now covering nights & weekends
A day with Vita
Every household is different, and you choose the hours. But this is what a Vita day tends to look like — and, since this year, how far into the evening it can now run.
We arrive, open the curtains, and put the kettle on. Tablets prompted, breakfast made and eaten at the table together. The first ten minutes are conversation, not clipboard — which is why the rest of the visit works.
Washing on, beds made, bathroom wiped down, floors done, fridge checked for anything past its date. Done alongside you if you like doing it, and discreetly if you'd rather it just be finished.
Help in and out, hair washed, moisturiser, dressed in something you chose. Unhurried, by the same person each week.
Real food to your own taste, not a reheated tray. And eaten with someone across the table — the thing most reliably associated with actually finishing a meal.
The shops at Miranda, the chemist, the podiatrist, the club, the cemetery, a walk along Port Hacking. We drive, come in with you, and carry the bags.
Most in-home care stops here, at the exact hour the day gets hardest — the light goes, the house empties, and the long evening starts. From this year, it doesn't have to.
Our services
Not five separate visitors from five separate rosters. One companion who knows where the good teacups are kept.
Signature service
Shared meals, walks, outings, conversation, cards, the crossword, reading together, photo albums, the footy. Someone to tell the story to. This is the service the other four exist to protect — because a clean house nobody visits is still an empty house.
At home
Fresh home-style cooking with the groceries on hand, plus a standing offer to sit down and eat it with you.
At home
Gentle, dignified upkeep. Washing, beds, bathrooms, floors — kept on top of rather than blitzed once a month.
Personal
Assistance with respect and warmth, at your pace, by the person you already know. Never rushed, never a stranger.
Out and about
Pharmacy runs, grocery trips, appointments driven to and attended, forms wrestled with, and light jobs around the house.
Packages & rates
We publish our prices so you can work out the cost of your week before you enquire. Choose a weekly package or book hours as needed.
Silver · gentle support
$255 / week
Two visits · 1.5 hours each · 3 hours weekly
Gold · most chosen
$510 / week
Three visits · 2 hours each · 6 hours weekly
Platinum · full lifestyle support
$850 / week
Three to five visits · 2–3 hours each · 10 hours weekly
| When | Rate | Minimum | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekday — Mon to Fri, 7am–4pm | $85/hr | 2 hrs | The standard Vita visit |
| Weeknight evening — 4pm–10pm | $95/hr | 3 hrs | After Hours · meal, company, settling |
| Saturday — any hour | $110/hr | 3 hrs | After Hours · outings included |
| Sunday — any hour | $135/hr | 3 hrs | After Hours · outings included |
| Sleepover — 10pm to 6am | $430 flat | 1 night | After Hours · up to 2 wake-ups |
| Active night — awake, 10pm to 6am | $115/hr | 4 hrs | After Hours · high-needs nights |
| Public holidays | $175/hr | 3 hrs | Christmas Day booked from October |
| Travel with you in the car | $1.10/km | — | Fully insured, our car or yours |
Companionship, social support, domestic assistance and respite all sit inside your package. We invoice your provider directly, or you claim it back if you self-manage.
We work with self-managed participants. For plan- or agency-managed arrangements we quote at the NDIS price limit and tell you honestly what that covers.
No assessment, no waiting list, no funding required. Many families start privately and sort the paperwork afterwards.
New · A Vita division
Vita After Hours
The hard part of being alone was never the middle of a Tuesday. It's the long evening, the empty Sunday, and the 2am when sleep won't return. So we stopped finishing at five.
You can't roster away old age. But nobody should have to sit through the evening on their own.
A night with us
What actually happens, hour by hour.
4:30
Arrival
Curtains drawn, lamps on, heating up. Arriving before dusk rather than after it is where every shift starts.
5:30
Dinner
Cooked in your kitchen, from your own fridge, to your own taste. Then eaten at the table together — not left on a tray.
7:00
The evening
Cards, the crossword, the football, a call to the grandkids, the photo albums, a walk to the end of the street. Company, in the ordinary sense.
9:00
Settling
Medication prompt, a wash or shower if that's in the plan, water by the bed, nightlight on, back door checked. Then a short message to you.
10:00
Sleepover
Our companion sleeps in the spare room and stays until morning. Most nights nothing happens at all — which is exactly what you're paying for.
2:00
If they wake
If they wake, someone wakes with them. If something's wrong, we act and you hear from us immediately.
6:30
First light
Breakfast, curtains open, tablets out, house tidy. Then a written handover, so you know exactly how the night went.
Four ways to book after hours
One evening a week. Or fourteen nights straight.
Weeknights, 4pm–10pm
Dinner cooked and shared, the evening filled, settled safely into bed.
from $95/hr
Minimum 3 hours
Saturdays & Sundays
The club, markets, church, cemetery, beach at Cronulla, or a proper drive.
$110–$135/hr
Sat / Sun · minimum 3 hours
10pm–6am, in the house
A companion sleeps over and is there if the night goes wrong.
$430 per night
Flat rate · wake-ups included
After a hospital stay
Fourteen consecutive evenings plus four sleepovers, arranged inside 24 hours.
$6,950 fixed
14 nights · saves $530
Plainly
A companionship service — particularly one that works evenings and stays overnight — should be completely unambiguous about its scope.
Our companions
Our companions are selected for empathy, life experience, plain good judgement and their ability to build easy, respectful relationships.
Turnover is the enemy of companionship. A stranger every fortnight isn't a relationship, it's a roster. The entire model is built to keep one familiar person coming back to each client and their family.
National police check plus NDIS Worker Screening.
Current certification, refreshed every year.
Including sundowning and evening agitation.
Public liability, professional indemnity and business car cover.
Thinking of doing this work? We're hiring for evenings and weekends across the Shire — tell us about yourself.
Questions families actually ask
Clear answers, before you enquire.
Usually within a week for regular daytime visits, within 72 hours for an evening, and within 24 hours after a hospital discharge, which we treat as urgent. The first hour in the home is free and commits you to nothing.
Yes. We roster the same companion to the same household. Consistency is the centre of our model, with a carefully introduced backup only when needed.
That is common. We begin with company, a cup of tea and whatever feels useful that day. The free first hour lets everyone meet without pressure or commitment.
If they wake, someone wakes with them. If something is wrong, we act, follow the agreed plan, and contact you immediately.
Yes. Eligible companionship, social support, domestic assistance and respite can sit within Support at Home. We also work with self-managed NDIS participants and quote at price limits for other management types.
We pay our companions properly for unsociable hours and guarantee minimum visit lengths, so experienced people stay and the same person can keep returning.
We cover the Sutherland Shire and St George, including Caringbah, Cronulla, Miranda, Gymea, Sylvania, Engadine, Menai, Hurstville and surrounding suburbs.
Arrange a visit
Tell us a little about the support you’re looking for. Send an enquiry and we’ll be in touch by email.
U4, 623 Port Hacking Road, Caringbah South