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Home care worker jobs in Ferntree Gully
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Home care worker jobs in Ferntree Gully

268 care requests a home care worker could take on were submitted within 30 km of Ferntree Gully in the last 90 days, 4 of them from Ferntree Gully itself. Register free to see the ones still open.

Ferntree Gully, Victoria, in the Melbourne area

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Care requests within 30 km of Ferntree Gully

268

requests in 90 days

87

in the last 30 days

4

from Ferntree Gully itself

0

home care worker profiles on Carevo in the same area

In the 90 days to 12 October 2026, people within 30 km of Ferntree Gully submitted 268 care requests through Carevo that a home care worker could take on. The services asked for most were household help, personal care and meal help. 4 came from Ferntree Gully itself; the largest numbers from elsewhere were in Melbourne (118, 29 km away), Burwood (6, 15 km away) and Balaclava (5, 25 km away). 87 of the 268 arrived in the last 30 days.

52% of these requests were sent by the person needing care, and 35% by a family member or carer. 67% asked for support to start within a week, so a quick reply counts for a lot here.

Where the requests came from

  1. Melbourne
    118 requests
  2. Burwood
    6 requests
  3. Balaclava
    5 requests
  4. Armadale
    4 requests
  5. Blackburn
    4 requests
  6. Bundoora
    4 requests
  7. Eltham
    4 requests
  8. Fairfield
    4 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 home care 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 Ferntree Gully: 268 requests within 30 km

Care requests submitted through Carevo in the last 90 days in service categories related to home care worker work, within 30 km of Ferntree Gully: the last 30 days first, nearest to Ferntree Gully 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. Older person in Boronia, VIC needs household help · 4 km from Ferntree Gully

    CHSP-funded

  2. NDIS participant in Boronia, VIC needs personal care · 4 km from Ferntree Gully

    NDIS, plan-managed

  3. Older person in Bayswater, VIC needs household help · 5 km from Ferntree Gully

    CHSP-funded

  4. Older person in Bayswater, VIC needs household help · 5 km from Ferntree Gully

    Home Care Package / Support at Home

  5. Family carer in Wantirna South, VIC needs household help and personal care · 5 km from Ferntree Gully

    CHSP-funded · planning ahead

  6. NDIS participant in Wantirna South, VIC needs household help · 5 km from Ferntree Gully

    NDIS, plan-managed · needs to start soon

  7. Family carer in Wheelers Hill, VIC needs household help and personal care · 9 km from Ferntree Gully

    CHSP-funded · needs to start soon

  8. NDIS participant in Wheelers Hill, VIC needs personal care and social support · 9 km from Ferntree Gully

    NDIS, self-managed · planning ahead

  9. NDIS participant in a suburb near Ferntree Gully needs personal care · 9 km from Ferntree Gully

    NDIS, plan-managed · needs to start soon

  10. Family carer in Ringwood, VIC needs household help · 9 km from Ferntree Gully

    CHSP-funded · starting in the coming weeks

  11. Person needing care in a suburb near Ferntree Gully needs household help · 10 km from Ferntree Gully

    privately funded · needs to start soon

  12. Support coordinator in a suburb near Ferntree Gully needs household help · 10 km from Ferntree Gully

  13. 256 more related care requests near Ferntree Gully 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 30 km of Ferntree Gully is funded

Of the 259 requests that stated how the support would be paid for, 40% were CHSP-funded, 25% were funded by a Home Care Package or Support at Home and 22% were NDIS plan-managed.

  1. CHSP
    40% (104)
  2. Home Care Package or Support at Home
    25% (64)
  3. NDIS, plan-managed
    22% (56)
  4. NDIS, self-managed
    6% (15)
  5. Privately funded
    4% (11)
  6. NDIS, agency-managed
    2% (6)
  7. DVA
    1% (3)

Share of the 259 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 30 km of Ferntree Gully

245

had a provider respond

48

had an independent worker respond

14

had no response from any provider or worker

Carevo sent out 261 of these requests. A provider responded to 245 and an independent worker responded to 48. No independent worker responded to the other 213; a provider responded to 199 of those. 14 (5%) had no response from any provider or worker through Carevo. 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 home care worker profile on Carevo currently lists a suburb within 30 km of Ferntree Gully. Providers in the area still receive the same requests.

Providers listed in Ferntree Gully

Providers receive the same care requests you do, and some hire. A registered profile is visible to the providers listed in your area.

138

NDIS and aged care providers list Ferntree Gully as a service area

107

of them list the services a home care worker delivers

Ferntree Gully (3156) is in the Knox (City) local government area, with about 26,428 residents.

How it works

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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.

What home care worker pay looks like

Home care workers providing in-home or community support are usually paid under the SCHADS Award home care stream; those working in residential aged care are instead covered by the Aged Care Award.

Casual employees receive a 25% loading on the ordinary rate (about $36 to $46 an hour on weekdays), with casual weekend and public holiday rates of 1.75x, 2.25x and 2.75x the ordinary rate. Figures are full-time and part-time minimums for employees; independent contractors set their own rates.

How that compares, as of 1 July 2026

$28.86–$36.23

an hour · SCHADS Award minimum, home care employee, Level 2 to 3, full-time (Fair Work pay guide)

$73.58

an hour · NDIS price limit for standard weekday self-care support: the most a provider can bill a participant's plan for that hour, which funds wages, on-costs and overheads. A service price cap, not a worker wage (Pricing Schedule 2026–27)

Work out your own rate with the SCHADS award tool or the pay rate calculator.

Indicative hourly rates based on the SCHADS Award (MA000100), from the Fair Work pay guide effective 1 July 2026 (Fair Work pay guides). Modern award rates are national and do not vary by state. Pay is set by each provider and can be higher under an enterprise agreement. General information only, not financial advice.

Checks, qualifications and what providers look for are the same wherever you work: home care worker checks and credentials, home care worker pay rates.

Home care worker jobs near Ferntree Gully

The closest suburbs that had their own home care worker requests, nearest first.

Also nearby: Upper Ferntree Gully, Upwey, The Basin, Lysterfield, Rowville, Tecoma, Studfield, Wantirna.

Home care worker jobs across Melbourne · Home care worker jobs in Victoria

Working for yourself

If you plan to take on participants directly rather than joining a provider team, these guides cover the practical side.

Frequently asked questions

Does Carevo have home care worker jobs in Ferntree Gully 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 268 within 30 km of Ferntree Gully that a home care 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 home care worker work is there near Ferntree Gully?

In the 90 days to 12 October 2026, people within 30 km of Ferntree Gully submitted 268 care requests through Carevo that a home care worker could take on. The services asked for most were household help, personal care and meal help. 4 came from Ferntree Gully itself; the largest numbers from elsewhere were in Melbourne (118, 29 km away), Burwood (6, 15 km away) and Balaclava (5, 25 km away). 87 of the 268 arrived in the last 30 days.

Who pays for home care worker work near Ferntree Gully?

Of the 259 requests that stated how the support would be paid for, 40% were CHSP-funded, 25% were funded by a Home Care Package or Support at Home and 22% were NDIS plan-managed.

How many other home care workers are near Ferntree Gully?

No home care worker profile on Carevo currently lists a suburb within 30 km of Ferntree Gully. 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 Ferntree Gully

Roles that also had care requests around Ferntree Gully, busiest first.

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