Overnight carer jobs in Australia
1,023 care requests an overnight carer could take on were submitted across Australia in the last 90 days. Register free to see the ones still open.
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Open care requests within 30 km of your suburb that match your services and funding types show on your dashboard, and each new one is emailed to you: area, needs, funding and timing, with contact details shown when you choose to contact them.
You contact the ones that fit
Choosing to contact a request shows you the contact details, and up to two workers can contact each one, so acting early helps. Providers hiring in your area can also see your profile and reach out to you directly. Either way, you decide which requests to pursue and which conversations to take.
Care requests across Australia
1,023
requests in 90 days
413
in the last 30 days
0
overnight carer profiles on Carevo in the same area
In the 90 days to 23 October 2026, people across Australia submitted 1,023 care requests through Carevo that an overnight carer could take on. The services asked for most were personal care, household help and respite. The suburbs with the most were Melbourne (47), Sydney (47), Brisbane City (36) and Adelaide (27). 413 of the 1,023 arrived in the last 30 days.
48% of these requests were sent by a family member or carer, and 35% by the person needing care. 57% asked for support to start within a week, so a quick reply counts for a lot here.
Where the requests came from
- Melbourne, VIC47 requests
- Sydney, NSW47 requests
- Brisbane City, QLD36 requests
- Adelaide, SA27 requests
- Perth, WA23 requests
- City, ACT8 requests
- Dubbo, NSW7 requests
- Geelong, VIC7 requests
- Newcastle, NSW7 requests
- Toowoomba City, QLD7 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 26 July 2026 and 23 October 2026, in the service categories overnight carer work covers. They are enquiries from people looking for support, not advertised vacancies, and some will have been filled.
Support work requested across Australia
Care requests submitted through Carevo in the last 90 days in service categories related to overnight carer work, newest first. 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.
Support coordinator in the Eastern Melbourne region, VIC needs respite
NDIS, plan-managed · starting in the coming weeks
Family carer in the Western Melbourne region, VIC needs personal care
privately funded · planning ahead
Provider in Moonee Ponds, VIC needs respite
Home Care Package / Support at Home · needs to start soon
NDIS participant in Everton Park, QLD needs personal care and social support
NDIS participant in the Northern Melbourne region, VIC needs personal care
NDIS, plan-managed · planning ahead
Support coordinator in City, ACT needs personal care
NDIS, plan-managed · needs to start soon
Family carer in Maroubra, NSW needs personal care
Support coordinator in the Bayside region, VIC needs personal care and social support
NDIS, plan-managed
Family carer in Nightcliff, NT needs personal care and nursing
Home Care Package / Support at Home · planning ahead
Family carer in Colac, VIC needs personal care and household help
Home Care Package / Support at Home · starting in the coming weeks
Someone in the Eastern Melbourne region, VIC needs personal care
Support coordinator in Geelong, VIC needs personal care, household help and social support
NDIS, plan-managed · needs to start soon
1,011 more related care requests across Australia 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 across Australia is funded
Of the 946 requests that stated how the support would be paid for, 34% were funded by a Home Care Package or Support at Home, 33% were NDIS plan-managed and 14% were CHSP-funded. 369 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 28 agency-managed requests can only be delivered by a registered NDIS provider.
- Home Care Package or Support at Home34% (324)
- NDIS, plan-managed33% (316)
- CHSP14% (131)
- Privately funded8% (78)
- NDIS, self-managed6% (53)
- NDIS, agency-managed3% (28)
- DVA2% (16)
Share of the 946 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 across Australia
938
had a provider respond
171
had an independent worker respond
62
had no response from any provider or worker
Carevo sent out 1,004 of these requests. A provider responded to 938 and an independent worker responded to 171. No independent worker responded to the other 833; a provider responded to 771 of those. 62 (6%) 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 overnight carer profile on Carevo currently lists a suburb across Australia. Providers in the area still receive the same requests.
Overnight Carers already on Carevo
- overnight carers registered
- 354overnight carers registered
- active this week
- 76active this week
- with self-declared safety checks
- 294with self-declared safety checks
Register your profile to see the care requests near you, contact the ones that fit, and be visible to providers hiring. Availability is as each worker reported it.
Jade
Support Worker
Can work as an employee or under their own ABN. Drives their own insured vehicle. Helps with personal care, community outings and respite. Available weekdays, weekends and overnights, and says they can start immediately.
- Working with Children Check
- Police Check
- First Aid
- NDIS Worker Screening Check
- Insurance
Reported by the worker. Carevo has not sighted or verified these documents; ask to see them before engaging anyone.
Alkimos
Location
15+ yrs
Experience
5
Checks
Alkimos
Location
15+ yrs
Experience
5
Checks
Lauren
Support Worker
Drives their own insured vehicle. Helps with community outings, respite and meal preparation. Available weekdays, weekends and overnights, and says they can start immediately. Works under their own ABN as a sole trader.
- NDIS Worker Screening Check
- Working with Children Check
- Police Check
- First Aid
- Insurance
Reported by the worker. Carevo has not sighted or verified these documents; ask to see them before engaging anyone.
Bendigo
Location
20+ yrs
Experience
5
Checks
Bendigo
Location
20+ yrs
Experience
5
Checks
Marzena
Support Worker
Speaks Polish. Available weekdays, weekends and overnights, and says they can start immediately. Works under their own ABN as a sole trader. Drives their own insured vehicle.
- Working with Children Check
- Police Check
- First Aid
- NDIS Worker Screening Check
- Insurance
Reported by the worker. Carevo has not sighted or verified these documents; ask to see them before engaging anyone.
Burleigh Waters
Location
10+ yrs
Experience
5
Checks
Burleigh Waters
Location
10+ yrs
Experience
5
Checks
Michael
Support Worker
Helps with personal care, community outings and respite. Speaks Vietnamese. Available weekdays, weekends and overnights, and says they can start immediately. Works under their own ABN as a sole trader.
- NDIS Worker Screening Check
- Working with Children Check
- Police Check
- First Aid
- Insurance
Reported by the worker. Carevo has not sighted or verified these documents; ask to see them before engaging anyone.
Inala
Location
10+ yrs
Experience
5
Checks
Inala
Location
10+ yrs
Experience
5
Checks
Natalie
Support Worker
Works under their own ABN as a sole trader. Drives their own insured vehicle. Helps with personal care, community outings and respite. Available weekdays, weekends and overnights, and says they can start immediately.
- Working with Children Check
- Police Check
- First Aid
- NDIS Worker Screening Check
- Insurance
Reported by the worker. Carevo has not sighted or verified these documents; ask to see them before engaging anyone.
Townsville
Location
20+ yrs
Experience
5
Checks
Townsville
Location
20+ yrs
Experience
5
Checks
Sourav
Support Worker
Will travel up to 30 minutes. Drives their own insured vehicle. Helps with personal care, cleaning and transport. Works with older people and children.
- Working with Children Check
- Police Check
- First Aid
- NDIS Worker Screening Check
- Insurance
Reported by the worker. Carevo has not sighted or verified these documents; ask to see them before engaging anyone.
Clyde North
Location
15+ yrs
Experience
5
Checks
Clyde North
Location
15+ yrs
Experience
5
Checks
The provider network you would join
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35,248
NDIS and aged care providers listed in the Carevo directory
8,105
care requests submitted through Carevo with NDIS or aged care funding
How we calculate these numbers, including the difference between providers listed and providers active in the last 30 days.
Providers in the Carevo network
Some of the overnight carer-relevant providers across Australia, ordered using service relevance and activity on Carevo. Register your availability and providers like these can see your profile and contact you.
What the role involves
Overnight carers support people who cannot safely be alone at night. The work comes in two forms, and it pays differently, so it is worth knowing both. A sleepover shift means you sleep at the participant’s home and are available if something happens: you might be woken once to assist with toileting or repositioning, or not at all. An active overnight shift means you are awake and working for the whole shift, usually because the participant needs regular turning, ventilator monitoring, seizure observation, or frequent personal care through the night.
In Australia and surrounding areas, overnight work is often one part of a 24 hour care roster, so you are handing over to a day worker in the morning and receiving a handover in the evening. Following the night routine exactly matters more in this role than almost any other: the participant’s day depends on how their night went, and the family’s confidence depends on your written handover.
Typical tasks include evening and morning personal care, medication prompts at set times, repositioning and pressure care, responding to call-outs during sleepovers, and keeping accurate notes of anything that happened overnight.
Who you would support
Overnight carers typically work with people with physical, intellectual, or psychosocial disability, older Australians with dementia or falls risk, and people with complex health needs who have funded active overnight support in their plan. Some participants just need someone in the house for reassurance and emergencies. Others need skilled, wide-awake support all night.
Many families in Australia arrange overnight care so the primary carer can finally sleep. When you do this job well, you are not just supporting the participant, you are keeping the whole care arrangement sustainable.
How Carevo works
Carevo is not a traditional job board. It is a curated availability directory for care workers across Australia.
Here is the process. You register on Carevo with details about your experience, whether you take sleepover shifts, active overnight shifts, or both, and the areas near Australia where you are willing to work. Carevo then shares your profile with NDIS providers and aged care organisations in our network that are actively looking for overnight carers.
When a provider finds your profile and considers you a good match, they contact you directly. You review the arrangement, ask questions about the participant and what the nights actually look like, and decide whether it suits you. You are not committed to anything until you agree. Participants and families who arrange their own support reach out the same way.
Pay and working arrangements
Sleepover shifts and active overnight shifts are paid on different bases under the SCHADS Award: sleepovers attract a flat allowance plus payment for any time you are woken to work, while active overnight shifts are paid hourly with a night shift loading. Aged care roles are covered by the relevant award instead. Carevo does not set or negotiate pay on your behalf. Those conversations happen directly between you and the provider, so always confirm which basis a shift is offered on before you accept it.
What providers look for
The experience and qualities providers in the Carevo network look for in a overnight carer.
What overnight carer pay looks like
Overnight carers are paid under the SCHADS Award home care or disability stream on two different bases: a sleepover shift attracts a flat sleepover allowance plus hourly payment for any time actually worked when woken, while an active overnight (awake) shift is paid hourly with a night shift loading on top of the base rate. Confirm which basis applies before accepting a shift.
$0 to $100 an hour
| Weekday | $28 to $37 an hour |
|---|---|
| Saturday | $43 to $55 an hour |
| Sunday | $57 to $73 an hour |
| Public holiday | $72 to $91 an hour |
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.
How getting care work compares
Most care workers find work by searching a job board or signing on with an agency. Carevo works differently: you register once, the care requests near you come to your dashboard and inbox, and you choose which to contact. Providers hiring can contact you as well.
| Job board | Care agency | Carevo | |
|---|---|---|---|
| How you get work | Search listings and apply to each one | The agency offers you shifts as they arise | Register once; see the requests near you and contact the ones you want. Providers can contact you too |
| Who sets the arrangement | The provider you apply to | The agency, usually as a casual employee | You and the provider or participant, agreed directly |
| Ongoing effort | Keep searching and applying as listings expire | Stay available for shift offers | Keep your profile and availability current |
| Choice over work | You choose what to apply for | You can decline the shifts the agency offers | You choose which offers to take up |
| Cost to you | Free | Free to you; the agency takes a margin on your rate | Free to register; no cut of your pay |
| Main trade-off | Time spent searching; listings can be out of date | Less say over which provider or client you get | Depends on demand for care near you |
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 overnight carer jobs I can apply for?
Carevo is not a traditional job board. Instead of applying for fixed listings, you register your availability and credentials once. Real care requests within 30 km of your suburb that match your services and funding appear on your dashboard and are emailed to you as they arrive. You contact the ones that fit, and the contact details are shown when you do. Providers hiring overnight carers can also see your profile and contact you.
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.
What do I need to start overnight carer work?
Most providers ask for a current Police Check and an NDIS Worker Screening Check (the screening check is legally required for risk-assessed roles with registered NDIS providers, and widely requested otherwise), plus any role-specific licences or qualifications. You can register your interest before every check is finalised and let providers know what is still in progress.
How soon will I see requests?
As soon as your profile is live: open requests near you that match your services and funding are on your dashboard immediately, and new ones are emailed to you when they arrive. How many there are depends on demand in your area. Providers hiring may also contact you, on their own timing.
Do I have to take every request?
No. You choose which requests to contact and which providers to talk to. Registering simply shows you the requests near you and makes you visible to providers seeking workers near you.
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Suburbs with the most requests
- Brisbane City, QLD 36
- City, ACT 8
- Dubbo, NSW 7
- Toowoomba City, QLD 7
- Werribee, VIC 7
- Shepparton, VIC 6
- Albury, NSW 5
- Geraldton, WA 5
- Helensvale, QLD 5
- Mackay, QLD 5
- Bega, NSW 4
- Bundoora, VIC 4
- Caboolture, QLD 4
- Campbelltown, NSW 4
- Diamond Creek, VIC 4
- Holden Hill, SA 4
- Lilydale, VIC 4
- Nelson Bay, NSW 4
- Penrith, NSW 4
- Whyalla, SA 4
- Woolloongabba, QLD 4
- Australind, WA 3
- Benalla, VIC 3
- Burnie, TAS 3
- Cairns North, QLD 3
- Capalaba, QLD 3
- Clyde North, VIC 3
- Daylesford, VIC 3
- Fairfield, NSW 3
- Griffith, NSW 3
- Hoppers Crossing, VIC 3
- Joondalup, WA 3
- Lismore, NSW 3
- Liverpool, NSW 3
- Mandurah, WA 3
- Maroochydore, QLD 3
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