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Meal preparation jobs in Melbourne

22 care requests a meals assistant 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

22

requests in 90 days

11

in the last 30 days

0

meals assistant profiles on Carevo in the same area

In the 90 days to 10 November 2026, people within 45 km of central Melbourne submitted 22 care requests through Carevo that a meals assistant could take on. The services asked for most were meal help, household help and personal care. The suburbs with the most were Melbourne (5), Keysborough (3), Doncaster (2) and Ferntree Gully (2). 11 of the 22 arrived in the last 30 days, so demand has been rising.

55% of these requests were sent by the person needing care, and 36% by a family member or carer. 61% asked for support to start within a week, so a quick reply counts for a lot here.

Where the requests came from

  1. Melbourne
    5 requests
  2. Keysborough
    3 requests
  3. Doncaster
    2 requests
  4. Ferntree Gully
    2 requests
  5. Ascot Vale
    1 request
  6. Box Hill
    1 request
  7. Chelsea
    1 request
  8. Templestowe
    1 request

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 13 August 2026 and 10 November 2026, in the service categories meals assistant 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: 22 requests within 45 km

Care requests submitted through Carevo in the last 90 days in service categories related to meals assistant 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. Older person in Melbourne, VIC needs meal help

    Home Care Package / Support at Home · starting in the coming weeks

  2. Family carer in a suburb near Melbourne needs meal help · 5 km from Melbourne

    privately funded · starting in the coming weeks

  3. Support coordinator in Ascot Vale, VIC needs meal help · 6 km from Melbourne

    NDIS, plan-managed · needs to start soon

  4. Family carer in Templestowe, VIC needs personal care, household help and meal help · 17 km from Melbourne

    privately funded · starting in the coming weeks

  5. NDIS participant in a suburb near Melbourne needs meal help · 18 km from Melbourne

    NDIS, self-managed

  6. Family carer in Keysborough, VIC needs meal help · 28 km from Melbourne

    CHSP-funded · needs to start soon

  7. Older person in Keysborough, VIC needs meal help · 28 km from Melbourne

    Home Care Package / Support at Home

  8. Older person in Keysborough, VIC needs meal help · 28 km from Melbourne

    Home Care Package / Support at Home

  9. 14 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 22 requests that stated how the support would be paid for, 32% were funded by a Home Care Package or Support at Home, 27% were CHSP-funded and 18% were privately funded. 4 were NDIS plan-managed or self-managed, the two arrangements under which a participant can choose an unregistered provider, which includes a sole trader with an ABN. The 1 agency-managed request can only be delivered by a registered NDIS provider. Privately funded requests (18%) have no price limit or funding rules: the rate is whatever you and the client agree.

  1. Home Care Package or Support at Home
    32% (7)
  2. CHSP
    27% (6)
  3. Privately funded
    18% (4)
  4. NDIS, self-managed
    9% (2)
  5. NDIS, plan-managed
    9% (2)
  6. NDIS, agency-managed
    5% (1)

Share of the 22 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

21

had a provider respond

10

had an independent worker respond

0

had no response from any provider or worker

Carevo sent out 22 of these requests. A provider responded to 21 and an independent worker responded to 10. No independent worker responded to the other 12; a provider responded to 12 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 meals assistant profile on Carevo currently lists a suburb within 45 km of central Melbourne. Providers in the area still receive the same requests.

Meal preparation jobs by suburb in Melbourne

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

Keysborough 3 Doncaster 2 Ferntree Gully 2 Toorak 1 Ascot Vale 1 Strathmore 1 Box Hill 1 Templestowe 1 Chelsea 1 Mooroolbark 1 Emerald 1

The number is that suburb's own requests in the window. All meals assistant pages in Victoria.

Every suburb within 45 km of Melbourne (351 more)

How it works

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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: meals assistant checks and credentials, meals assistant pay rates, full meals assistant pay guide.

Frequently asked questions

Does Carevo have meals assistant 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 22 within 45 km of central Melbourne that a meals assistant 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 meals assistant work is there in Melbourne?

In the 90 days to 10 November 2026, people within 45 km of central Melbourne submitted 22 care requests through Carevo that a meals assistant could take on. The services asked for most were meal help, household help and personal care. The suburbs with the most were Melbourne (5), Keysborough (3), Doncaster (2) and Ferntree Gully (2). 11 of the 22 arrived in the last 30 days, so demand has been rising.

Who pays for meals assistant work in Melbourne?

Of the 22 requests that stated how the support would be paid for, 32% were funded by a Home Care Package or Support at Home, 27% were CHSP-funded and 18% were privately funded. 4 were NDIS plan-managed or self-managed, the two arrangements under which a participant can choose an unregistered provider, which includes a sole trader with an ABN. The 1 agency-managed request can only be delivered by a registered NDIS provider. Privately funded requests (18%) have no price limit or funding rules: the rate is whatever you and the client agree.

How many other meals assistants are in Melbourne?

No meals assistant 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 372 requests Domestic assistant jobs in Melbourne 263 requests Cleaning jobs in Melbourne 245 requests Respite care jobs in Melbourne 220 requests Aged care jobs in Melbourne 199 requests Carer jobs in Melbourne 199 requests

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