Personal care assistant jobs in Australia
945 care requests a personal 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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How it works
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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
945
requests in 90 days
407
in the last 30 days
18
personal carer profiles on Carevo in the same area
In the 90 days to 10 November 2026, people across Australia submitted 945 care requests through Carevo that a personal carer could take on. The services asked for most were personal care, household help and social support. The suburbs with the most were Melbourne (40), Sydney (37), Brisbane City (32) and Perth (24). 407 of the 945 arrived in the last 30 days.
45% of these requests were sent by the person needing care, and 39% 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
- Melbourne, VIC40 requests
- Sydney, NSW37 requests
- Brisbane City, QLD32 requests
- Perth, WA24 requests
- Adelaide, SA19 requests
- Werribee, VIC7 requests
- Geelong, VIC6 requests
- Shepparton, VIC6 requests
- City, ACT5 requests
- Wollongong, NSW5 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 13 August 2026 and 10 November 2026, in the service categories personal 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 personal 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.
Older person in Panania, NSW needs household help
CHSP-funded · planning ahead
NDIS participant in Melbourne, VIC needs personal care
NDIS, plan-managed
Family carer in North Parramatta, NSW needs personal care, household help and meal help
privately funded · needs to start soon
NDIS participant in the Perth region, WA needs personal care
NDIS, plan-managed
Family carer in Box Hill North, VIC needs household help and personal care
CHSP-funded · needs to start soon
Provider in Adelaide, SA needs personal care
NDIS, plan-managed · needs to start soon
NDIS participant in Brisbane City, QLD needs personal care
NDIS, plan-managed
NDIS participant in Merrylands, NSW needs personal care
NDIS, plan-managed · needs to start soon
NDIS participant in Fraser Rise, VIC needs nursing and personal care
NDIS, plan-managed · needs to start soon
NDIS participant in Glenorchy, TAS needs personal care and social support
NDIS, agency-managed
Older person in Taree, NSW needs household help and personal care
CHSP-funded · needs to start soon
NDIS participant in Sydney, NSW needs personal care
NDIS, plan-managed · planning ahead
933 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 848 requests that stated how the support would be paid for, 37% were NDIS plan-managed, 29% were funded by a Home Care Package or Support at Home and 15% were CHSP-funded. 357 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 32 agency-managed requests can only be delivered by a registered NDIS provider.
- NDIS, plan-managed37% (314)
- Home Care Package or Support at Home29% (246)
- CHSP15% (125)
- Privately funded8% (72)
- NDIS, self-managed5% (43)
- NDIS, agency-managed4% (32)
- DVA2% (16)
Share of the 848 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
867
had a provider respond
186
had an independent worker respond
57
had no response from any provider or worker
Carevo sent out 927 of these requests. A provider responded to 867 and an independent worker responded to 186. No independent worker responded to the other 741; a provider responded to 684 of those. 57 (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.
18 personal carer profiles on Carevo list a suburb across Australia. Against 945 requests in 90 days, that is about 53 requests for each profile. Profiles are self-reported and not all are active, and providers respond to the same requests.
Personal Carers already on Carevo
- personal carers registered
- 18personal carers registered
- active this week
- 3active this week
- with self-declared safety checks
- 14with 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.
Md
Personal Carer
Available weekdays, weekends and overnights, and says they can start immediately. Can work as an employee or under their own ABN. Helps with transport and personal care.
- 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.
Geraldton
Location
2+ yrs
Experience
5
Checks
Geraldton
Location
2+ yrs
Experience
5
Checks
Kashish
Personal Carer
Helps with personal care, cleaning and meal preparation. Available weekdays, weekends and overnights, and says they can start immediately. Can work as an employee or under their own ABN.
- 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.
Melbourne
Location
1+ yrs
Experience
4
Checks
Melbourne
Location
1+ yrs
Experience
4
Checks
Craig
Personal Carer
Helps with transport, personal care and dementia care. Available weekdays, weekends and overnights, and says they can start immediately. Works under their own ABN as a sole trader.
- 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.
Kurri Kurri
Location
23+ yrs
Experience
5
Checks
Kurri Kurri
Location
23+ yrs
Experience
5
Checks
Callum
Personal Carer
Drives their own insured vehicle. Helps with meal preparation, behaviour support and peer support. 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
- First Aid
- Insurance
Reported by the worker. Carevo has not sighted or verified these documents; ask to see them before engaging anyone.
Beaconsfield
Location
4
Checks
Beaconsfield
Location
4
Checks
Melissa
Personal Carer
Will travel up to 80 minutes. Drives their own insured vehicle. Helps with personal care, cleaning and transport. Works with people with physical disability and people with intellectual disability.
- Insurance
- Police Check
Reported by the worker. Carevo has not sighted or verified these documents; ask to see them before engaging anyone.
Inverell
Location
14+ yrs
Experience
2
Checks
Inverell
Location
14+ yrs
Experience
2
Checks
Deena
Personal Carer
Works under their own ABN as a sole trader. Helps with community outings, dementia care and cleaning. Available weekdays and weekends, and says they can start immediately.
- 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.
Forest Lake
Location
5
Checks
Forest Lake
Location
5
Checks
The provider network you would join
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35,554
NDIS and aged care providers listed in the Carevo directory
9,023
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 personal 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 Personal Care Work Involves
Personal carers, also known as personal care assistants or PCAs, provide direct, hands-on support to NDIS participants and aged care clients with the intimate daily tasks that maintain health, comfort, and dignity. This is some of the most important work in the care sector, and it requires genuine people skills as well as practical competence.
The core of the role is personal hygiene support: assisting participants to shower or bathe, helping with dressing and grooming, supporting toileting and continence management, and helping with oral hygiene. Beyond that, personal carers often assist with mobility and transfers, provide medication reminders, help with meal preparation and eating, offer companionship, and assist with light household tasks that are part of a participant’s routine.
You work to an individual support plan developed with the participant and their care team. That plan describes what the person needs and, just as importantly, how they like things done. Respecting the participant’s preferences and maintaining their sense of control and privacy is not optional, it is the whole point. Many participants have been receiving personal care for years and know exactly how they want it delivered.
The people you support in Australia include older Australians managing age-related decline, people with physical or intellectual disability, participants with acquired brain injury, and individuals with mental health conditions. The common thread is that they need reliable, respectful support to live at home on their own terms.
How Carevo Works
Carevo is not a jobs board posting open vacancies. It is a curated availability directory that connects care workers with NDIS and aged care providers across Australia.
You register your experience, qualifications, and availability with Carevo. Carevo makes your profile visible to providers in its network who are looking for personal carers near Australia. When a provider has a participant who needs personal care support in your area, they can view your profile and contact you directly. You review the opportunity and decide whether it suits your schedule and experience.
Rather than applying for one position, you become visible to multiple providers operating in and around Australia at once. That gives you more say in the work you take on and the participants you work with.
What Providers Look For
Providers want personal carers who are dependable, respectful, and experienced enough to work with a degree of independence. Experience in personal care is valued, and a Certificate III in Individual Support gives providers confidence in your foundational skills. Your NDIS Worker Screening Check and police check must both be current before any provider can formally engage you.
Manual handling competency is important for roles that involve transfers or mobility support, and you should be honest about your physical capabilities and any restrictions when registering.
What providers look for
The experience and qualities providers in the Carevo network look for in a personal carer.
Checks and credentials
The checks and credentials providers ask for in personal carer work, with indicative cost and timing. Which ones apply depends on the provider (registered or unregistered NDIS, or aged care), whether the role is risk-assessed, and your state. You can register your availability with Carevo before every check is finalised.
Varies by state, $112 (NSW) to $163 (ACT) · Valid 5 years Australia-wide; no unit publishes a guaranteed turnaround (Victoria quotes up to 3 weeks after employer verification)
Varies, around $50 to $80 · Valid 3 years (renewed by employers), often issued within days
Free · Online, around 90 minutes
Around $90 to $160 · 1-day course, valid 3 years (refresh CPR every 12 months)
Around $200 to $2,000 (often subsidised or free via state programs) · 5 to 6 months, includes 120 hours of work placement
Free to around $150 (often provided by employer) · Half-day to 1-day course, refreshed annually
Varies (licence renewal around $30 to $100 per year) · Ongoing, must remain current
What personal carer pay looks like
Personal carers 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.
$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 personal 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 personal 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 personal 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 32
- Werribee, VIC 7
- Shepparton, VIC 6
- City, ACT 5
- Albury, NSW 4
- Bega, NSW 4
- Cairns North, QLD 4
- Diamond Creek, VIC 4
- Dubbo, NSW 4
- Helensvale, QLD 4
- Holden Hill, SA 4
- Mackay, QLD 4
- Maroubra, NSW 4
- Northam, WA 4
- Port Augusta, SA 4
- St Kilda, VIC 4
- Taree, NSW 4
- Thurgoona, NSW 4
- Ulladulla, NSW 4
- Woolloongabba, QLD 4
- Benalla, VIC 3
- Bundoora, VIC 3
- Burnie, TAS 3
- Byford, WA 3
- Campbelltown, NSW 3
- Capalaba, QLD 3
- Clyde North, VIC 3
- Cranbourne North, VIC 3
- Daylesford, VIC 3
- Drouin, VIC 3
- Geraldton, WA 3
- Griffith, NSW 3
- Gympie, QLD 3
- Hoppers Crossing, VIC 3
- Inala, QLD 3
- Kingston, TAS 3
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