Support Worker Jobs in Sydney

We are recruiting home care support worker jobs in Sydney and across New South Wales.
If you are interested in casual or temporary placements in the home care industry,
reach out to our team for more information today.

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Express your interest

Send in your resume or register your interest and our industry expert consultants will be in contact.

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Prepare for work

Complete the onboarding process and become fully compliant. Our compliance team can help you through this step by step.

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Choose from 100's of roles that suit your needs, values and requirements.

Rewards and Benefits

market leading pay rates

Market leading pay rates

bonuses and incentives

Bonuses and incentives

industry expert consultants

Industry expert consultants

discount programs

Discount programs

Free online education modules

Free online education modules

Referral scheme

Referral scheme

Support Worker Jobs in Sydney FAQs

A home care support worker is a healthcare worker who will provide in home care support to clients receiving a Home Care Package, assisting to ensure they remain independent and within their own homes for longer.

Examples of duties and responsibilities includes:

  • Assisting with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
  • Offering help around the house with tasks that may be more difficult to carry out individually
  • Providing emotional support and liaising with the clients friends and families
  • Working with other healthcare professionals to provide the best level of care possible.

Home care support worker job opportunities are available in areas of Sydney and New South Wales including:

to name a few!

As a rule of thumb, you need a minimum of six-months of Australian home care experience. Once you have reached this level, which equates to 910 hours, get in touch with our team for more information on our onboarding process.

To be a home care support worker, you would need a relevant qualification, such as a Certificate III in Individual Support. This will take around six months (full time) to complete and you will do 120 hours of work placement in home care whilst you are studying.

At Sanctuary, we are offering home care support worker jobs on a temporary/casual (ad-hoc) basis.

We are actively recruiting: 

for casual home care roles in Sydney

We make sure all our home care support worker team are up to date with their knowledge and skills. We offer continuous online training via our Learning Management System (LMS), which is free of charge and updated to reflect new practices.

Working on a casual basis means you can: 

  • Choose your own shifts to suit your lifestyle and other commitments 
  • Work in locations in commuting distance to you
  • Earn more per hour with casual loading than if you were a permanent employee 

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