Respite care jobs on the Gold Coast
21 care requests a respite carer could take on were submitted within 30 km of central Gold Coast in the last 90 days. Register free to see the ones still open.
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Care requests within 30 km of central Gold Coast
21
requests in 90 days
9
in the last 30 days
0
respite carer profiles on Carevo in the same area
In the 90 days to 12 October 2026, people within 30 km of central Gold Coast submitted 21 care requests through Carevo that a respite carer could take on. The services asked for most were personal care, household help and social support. The suburbs with the most were Southport (4), Helensvale (3), Tweed Heads (3) and Oxenford (2). 9 of the 21 arrived in the last 30 days.
43% of these requests were sent by the person needing care, and 33% by a family member or carer. 68% asked for support to start within a week, so a quick reply counts for a lot here.
Where the requests came from
- Southport4 requests, 3 km
- Helensvale3 requests, 13 km
- Tweed Heads, NSW3 requests, 23 km
- Oxenford2 requests, 16 km
- Broadbeach1 request, 3 km
- Nerang1 request, 10 km
- Upper Coomera1 request, 19 km
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 respite carer 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 Gold Coast: 18 requests within 30 km
Care requests submitted through Carevo in the last 90 days in service categories related to respite carer work, within 30 km of Gold Coast: the last 30 days first, nearest to Gold Coast 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.
NDIS participant in Southport, QLD needs personal care and social support · 3 km from Gold Coast
NDIS, plan-managed · needs to start soon
Family carer in Southport, QLD needs respite · 3 km from Gold Coast
Home Care Package / Support at Home · starting in the coming weeks
Support coordinator in a suburb near Gold Coast needs personal care · 6 km from Gold Coast
NDIS, agency-managed · needs to start soon
Support coordinator in a suburb near Gold Coast needs household help · 9 km from Gold Coast
NDIS, plan-managed · needs to start soon
Older person in Helensvale, QLD needs personal care · 13 km from Gold Coast
Home Care Package / Support at Home · needs to start soon
Support coordinator in a suburb near Gold Coast needs personal care · 16 km from Gold Coast
NDIS, plan-managed · needs to start soon
Support coordinator in Oxenford, QLD needs personal care and support coordination · 16 km from Gold Coast
NDIS, plan-managed · needs to start soon
Support coordinator in Oxenford, QLD needs personal care and social support · 16 km from Gold Coast
NDIS, self-managed · needs to start soon
10 more related care requests near Gold Coast 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 central Gold Coast is funded
Of the 21 requests that stated how the support would be paid for, 43% were NDIS plan-managed, 33% were funded by a Home Care Package or Support at Home and 10% were privately funded. 10 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.
- NDIS, plan-managed43% (9)
- Home Care Package or Support at Home33% (7)
- Privately funded10% (2)
- NDIS, self-managed5% (1)
- NDIS, agency-managed5% (1)
- CHSP5% (1)
Share of the 21 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 central Gold Coast
20
had a provider respond
1
had an independent worker respond
0
had no response from any provider or worker
Carevo sent out 20 of these requests. A provider responded to 20 and an independent worker responded to 1. No independent worker responded to the other 19; a provider responded to 19 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 respite carer profile on Carevo currently lists a suburb within 30 km of central Gold Coast. Providers in the area still receive the same requests.
Respite care jobs by suburb in Gold Coast
Suburbs within 30 km of central Gold Coast that had their own respite carer requests in the last 90 days, busiest first. Each page shows the requests within 30 km of that suburb.
The number is that suburb's own requests in the window. All respite carer pages in Queensland.
Every suburb within 30 km of Gold Coast (54 more)
- Arundel
- Beechmont
- Benowa
- Biggera Waters
- Bilinga
- Bonogin
- Broadbeach Waters
- Bundall
- Burleigh Heads
- Canungra
- Carrara
- Century Cove
- Clear Island Waters
- Coolangatta
- Coombabah
- Coomera
- Currumbin
- Currumbin Valley
- Currumbin Waters
- Gaven
- Gilston
- Guanaba
- Highland Park
- Hollywell
- Hope Island
- Jacobs Well
- Kingsholme
- Labrador
- Main Beach
- Maudsland
- Mermaid Beach
- Merrimac
- Miami
- Molendinar
- Mount Nathan
- Mudgeeraba
- Ormeau
- Ormeau Hills
- Paradise Point
- Parkwood
- Pimpama
- Reedy Creek
- Robina
- Robina Town Centre
- Runaway Bay
- Soupthport
- Surfers Paradise
- Tallai
- Tallebudgera
- Tamborine Mountain
- Varsity Lakes
- Willow Vale
- Wongawallan
- Worongary
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Frequently asked questions
Does Carevo have respite carer jobs on the Gold Coast 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 21 within 30 km of central Gold Coast that a respite carer 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 respite carer work is there on the Gold Coast?
In the 90 days to 12 October 2026, people within 30 km of central Gold Coast submitted 21 care requests through Carevo that a respite carer could take on. The services asked for most were personal care, household help and social support. The suburbs with the most were Southport (4), Helensvale (3), Tweed Heads (3) and Oxenford (2). 9 of the 21 arrived in the last 30 days.
Who pays for respite carer work on the Gold Coast?
Of the 21 requests that stated how the support would be paid for, 43% were NDIS plan-managed, 33% were funded by a Home Care Package or Support at Home and 10% were privately funded. 10 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.
How many other respite carers are on the Gold Coast?
No respite carer profile on Carevo currently lists a suburb within 30 km of central Gold Coast. 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 Gold Coast, busiest first.
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