Mental Health Support Worker Jobs in Melbourne VIC: 10 Care Requests

Care requests within 45 km of central Melbourne

10

requests in 90 days

3

in the last 30 days

0

mental health 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 10 care requests through Carevo that a mental health support worker could take on. The services asked for most were therapy, support coordination and social support. The suburbs with the most were Melbourne (3), Brighton (1), Point Cook (1) and Reservoir (1). 3 of the 10 arrived in the last 30 days.

50% of these requests were sent by the person needing care, and 30% by a support coordinator. A coordinator or plan manager often places more than one participant, so a good first job with one can lead to more. 78% asked for support to start within a week, so a quick reply counts for a lot here.

Where the requests came from

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 mental health support worker work covers. They are enquiries from people looking for support, not advertised vacancies, and some will have been filled.

Support work requested near Melbourne: 10 requests within 45 km

Care requests submitted through Carevo in the last 90 days in service categories related to mental health 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.

8 Oct
Support coordinator in St Kilda, VIC needs personal care and support coordination · 6 km from Melbourne
NDIS, plan-managed · needs to start soon
14 Sept
NDIS participant in a suburb near Melbourne needs therapy and allied health · 16 km from Melbourne
NDIS, plan-managed · starting in the coming weeks
25 Sept
NDIS participant in Point Cook, VIC needs therapy · 22 km from Melbourne
NDIS, plan-managed · needs to start soon
7 Sept
Support coordinator in Brighton, VIC needs therapy · 11 km from Melbourne
NDIS, self-managed
3 Sept
Support coordinator in Williamstown, VIC needs social support · 9 km from Melbourne
NDIS, agency-managed · wanted to start soon
27 Aug
NDIS participant in Reservoir, VIC needs support coordination · 12 km from Melbourne
NDIS, plan-managed · wanted to start soon
24 Aug
NDIS participant in Melbourne, VIC needs therapy
NDIS, plan-managed · wanted to start soon
21 Aug
NDIS participant in Melbourne, VIC needs support coordination
NDIS, plan-managed · wanted to start soon
2 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 10 requests that stated how the support would be paid for, 80% were NDIS plan-managed, 10% were NDIS self-managed and 10% were NDIS agency-managed.

NDIS, plan-managed
80% (8)
NDIS, self-managed
10% (1)
NDIS, agency-managed
10% (1)

Share of the 10 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

10

had a provider respond

2

had an independent worker respond

0

had no response from any provider or worker

Carevo sent out 10 of these requests. A provider responded to 10 and an independent worker responded to 2. No independent worker responded to the other 8; a provider responded to 8 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 mental health support worker profile on Carevo currently lists a suburb within 45 km of central Melbourne. Providers in the area still receive the same requests.

Mental health support worker jobs by suburb in Melbourne

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

St Kilda 1 Williamstown 1 Brighton 1 Reservoir 1 Point Cook 1 Werribee 1

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

Every suburb within 45 km of Melbourne (356 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

Register your availability

Your role, the suburb you work from, how far you will travel, your availability and the checks you hold. About two minutes, and you can change any of it later.

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.

Frequently asked questions

Does Carevo have mental health 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 10 within 45 km of central Melbourne that a mental health 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 mental health support worker work is there in Melbourne?

In the 90 days to 12 October 2026, people within 45 km of central Melbourne submitted 10 care requests through Carevo that a mental health support worker could take on. The services asked for most were therapy, support coordination and social support. The suburbs with the most were Melbourne (3), Brighton (1), Point Cook (1) and Reservoir (1). 3 of the 10 arrived in the last 30 days.

Who pays for mental health support worker work in Melbourne?

Of the 10 requests that stated how the support would be paid for, 80% were NDIS plan-managed, 10% were NDIS self-managed and 10% were NDIS agency-managed.

How many other mental health support workers are in Melbourne?

No mental health 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.

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

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