Carer Payment (CP) (child) when caring for a disabled adult and 1 or 2 children with a disability or medical condition (multiple care) 009-04070040

To qualify under these provisions the person must be caring for:

• One disabled adult aged 16 years or over who has been assessed and rated under the Adult Disability Assessment Tool (ADAT) and given a score of at least 20 including a Treating Health Professional (THP) score of at least 8. This disabled adult, known as a 'lower ADAT score adult care receiver', is deemed to have achieved a Care Needs Assessment (CNA) rating of 40 under the Disability Care Load Assessment (child) Determination (DCLAD)(2010), and
• 1 or 2 children aged under 16 years who:
• each have achieved a qualifying THP score of greater than zero, and
• have achieved, either individually or together, a CNA rating of at least 45. If assessing two child care receivers, each child should have achieved at least a minimum CNA rating of 20

The combination of adult and child CNA ratings must meet or exceed a threshold rating of 85 (for example 40 (adult) + 45 (child/ren) = 85) which is considered to be the qualifying rating of 'intense', as assessed under the DCLAD.

In addition to the above, to be eligible for CP (child) under these provisions:

• The carer must personally provide constant care to the combined care receivers - one of the care receivers may not require constant care but the combination of care receivers altogether requires constant care
• The provision of the care must severely restrict the person's capacity to undertake paid employment
• All care receivers must meet all other care receiver qualifications, for example residence, care receiver income and assets
• The carer must complete the usual carer assessment process

Note: care receivers can include 1 or 2 children under 16 years of age assessed under the short term or episodic care provisions. This would limit the grant to either a short term or episodic grant.

CA (auto) is available to all recipients of (CP) (child).

If CP (child) cancels, CA (auto) will cancel automatically at the same time. The customer will need to lodge a new claim for CA (child) if the child still requires and receives additional daily care due to their disability or medical condition.