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Community support worker jobs in Melbourne

78 care requests a community support worker could take on were submitted within 45 km of central Melbourne in the last 90 days. Register free to see the ones still open.

Melbourne and suburbs within 45 km, Victoria

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Care requests within 45 km of central Melbourne

78

requests in 90 days

25

in the last 30 days

0

community support worker profiles on Carevo in the same area

In the 90 days to 12 October 2026, people within 45 km of central Melbourne submitted 78 care requests through Carevo that a community support worker could take on. The services asked for most were social support, personal care and household help. The suburbs with the most were Melbourne (18), Cranbourne West (5), Craigieburn (2) and Doncaster (2). 25 of the 78 arrived in the last 30 days.

44% of these requests were sent by a family member or carer, and 37% by the person needing care. 56% asked for support to start within a week, so a quick reply counts for a lot here.

Where the requests came from

  1. Melbourne
    18 requests
  2. Cranbourne West
    5 requests
  3. Craigieburn
    2 requests
  4. Doncaster
    2 requests
  5. Ringwood
    2 requests
  6. St Kilda
    2 requests
  7. Werribee
    2 requests
  8. Williamstown
    2 requests

A suburb is named only when it has at least three requests of any kind in the window. Distances are straight lines between suburb centres.

Counted from care requests submitted through Carevo between 15 July 2026 and 12 October 2026, in the service categories community support worker work covers. They are enquiries from people looking for support, not advertised vacancies, and some will have been filled.

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Support work requested near Melbourne: 78 requests within 45 km

Care requests submitted through Carevo in the last 90 days in service categories related to community support worker work, within 45 km of Melbourne: the last 30 days first, nearest to Melbourne first among those. These are examples of recent demand, not confirmed open vacancies or evidence that each request needs this specialist role. Check the scope, credentials and current status before contacting anyone.

  1. Family carer in Melbourne, VIC needs personal care and social support

    NDIS, self-managed · needs to start soon

  2. Support coordinator in Melbourne, VIC needs social support

    NDIS, self-managed · planning ahead

  3. NDIS participant in Melbourne, VIC needs personal care and social support

    NDIS, plan-managed · needs to start soon

  4. Family carer in Melbourne, VIC needs household help and personal care

    CHSP-funded · needs to start soon

  5. Family carer in West Melbourne, VIC needs personal care and social support · 3 km from Melbourne

    NDIS, self-managed · starting in the coming weeks

  6. Family carer in Port Melbourne, VIC needs household help and social support · 4 km from Melbourne

    CHSP-funded

  7. Support coordinator in St Kilda, VIC needs personal care and social support · 6 km from Melbourne

    NDIS, plan-managed · needs to start soon

  8. Family carer in a suburb near Melbourne needs social support · 7 km from Melbourne

    Home Care Package / Support at Home · needs to start soon

  9. 70 more related care requests near Melbourne in the last 90 days. Register your profile to see them in full and contact the ones that fit (contact details are shown when you choose to contact a request, and up to two workers can contact each request).

Requests are anonymised: no names, contact details or health information are stored or shown. A suburb is named only when it has at least three requests in the window; otherwise the region is shown. Who is asking and the timing are inferred from the request by Carevo's classifier, and timing is described in the past tense once a request is more than 30 days old. Regenerated from Carevo's database at each deployment. How we calculate these numbers.

How the work within 45 km of central Melbourne is funded

Of the 74 requests that stated how the support would be paid for, 36% were NDIS plan-managed, 18% were NDIS self-managed and 16% were funded by a Home Care Package or Support at Home.

  1. NDIS, plan-managed
    36% (27)
  2. NDIS, self-managed
    18% (13)
  3. Home Care Package or Support at Home
    16% (12)
  4. CHSP
    16% (12)
  5. NDIS, agency-managed
    8% (6)
  6. DVA
    3% (2)
  7. Privately funded
    3% (2)

Share of the 74 requests that stated a funding type. Who can deliver a support under each NDIS arrangement is set by the NDIA: ways to manage your funding.

Responses and competition within 45 km of central Melbourne

72

had a provider respond

16

had an independent worker respond

0

had no response from any provider or worker

Carevo sent out 72 of these requests. A provider responded to 72 and an independent worker responded to 16. No independent worker responded to the other 56; a provider responded to 56 of those. Every one of them had at least one response. Each request goes to providers as well as workers, and up to two independent workers can contact it, so a request with no response on the day it arrives may not stay that way.

No community support worker profile on Carevo currently lists a suburb within 45 km of central Melbourne. Providers in the area still receive the same requests.

Community support worker jobs by suburb in Melbourne

Suburbs within 45 km of central Melbourne that had their own community support worker requests in the last 90 days, busiest first. Each page shows the requests within 30 km of that suburb.

Cranbourne West 5 St Kilda 2 Williamstown 2 Doncaster 2 Ringwood 2 Craigieburn 2 Werribee 2 Fitzroy 1 West Melbourne 1 Port Melbourne 1 Moonee Ponds 1 Pascoe Vale South 1 Caulfield 1 Pascoe Vale 1 Bulleen 1 Carnegie 1 Glenroy 1 Hampton 1 Highett 1 Oakleigh South 1 Templestowe 1 Delahey 1 Beaumaris 1 Eltham 1 Mentone 1 Point Cook 1 Wheelers Hill 1 Springvale 1 Wantirna South 1 Springvale South 1 Noble Park North 1 Rowville 1 Keysborough 1 Doreen 1 Mickleham 1 Endeavour Hills 1 Dandenong South 1 Sunbury 1 Kurunjang 1 Lynbrook 1 Eynesbury 1 Narre Warren 1 Narre Warren South 1 Yarra Glen 1 Cranbourne North 1 Cranbourne 1 Langwarrin 1 Little River 1

The number is that suburb's own requests in the window. All community support worker pages in Victoria.

Every suburb within 45 km of Melbourne (314 more)

How it works

Carevo is not a job board with fixed listings. You register once, and the requests near you come to you.

01

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02

You see the requests near you

Open care requests within 30 km that match your services and funding types show on your dashboard, and each new one is emailed to you: area, needs, funding and timing.

03

You contact the ones that fit

Contact details are shown when you choose to contact a request. Up to two workers can contact each one, and providers receive the same requests, so a prompt reply helps.

Pay, checks and qualifications are the same wherever you work: community support worker checks and credentials, community support worker pay rates.

Frequently asked questions

Does Carevo have community support worker jobs in Melbourne I can apply for?

Carevo is not a job board with fixed listings. It passes on care requests from people looking for support. In the last 90 days there were 78 within 45 km of central Melbourne that a community support worker could take on. You register your availability and credentials once, the requests that match your services, area and funding types appear on your dashboard, and you choose which to contact.

How much community support worker work is there in Melbourne?

In the 90 days to 12 October 2026, people within 45 km of central Melbourne submitted 78 care requests through Carevo that a community support worker could take on. The services asked for most were social support, personal care and household help. The suburbs with the most were Melbourne (18), Cranbourne West (5), Craigieburn (2) and Doncaster (2). 25 of the 78 arrived in the last 30 days.

Who pays for community support worker work in Melbourne?

Of the 74 requests that stated how the support would be paid for, 36% were NDIS plan-managed, 18% were NDIS self-managed and 16% were funded by a Home Care Package or Support at Home.

How many other community support workers are in Melbourne?

No community support worker profile on Carevo currently lists a suburb within 45 km of central Melbourne. Providers in the area still receive the same requests.

Does it cost anything?

Creating a profile and seeing the requests near you is free. To contact a request you need the Support Worker Plan: $99 a month (ex GST) for up to 5 contacts a month, with a 7-day free trial. Carevo charges no commission and takes no cut of what you earn.

Other roles in Melbourne

Roles that also had care requests around Melbourne, busiest first.

Home care worker jobs in Melbourne 334 requests Domestic assistant jobs in Melbourne 251 requests Cleaning jobs in Melbourne 234 requests Respite care jobs in Melbourne 186 requests Aged care jobs in Melbourne 163 requests Carer jobs in Melbourne 163 requests

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