Morning routine
2 hrs
"A quiet morning helping Marlee start her day with breakfast, her favourite playlist and a slow walk to the front gate."
Support Network · Careers for Support Workers, Nurses & Allied Health
Work on your terms.
With people who value your support.
Choose your own clients. Set your own hours. Keep more of what you earn — with a real Australian team behind you, every step of the way. Across NDIS, Home Care and Aged Care.
- Set your own hours
- Keep more of what you earn
- Choose your own clients
- Insurance & compliance covered
This week · Emma
$1,840 take-home · 32 hrs
5 long-term clients · Newcastle
Why workers stay
More freedom. More choice. More purpose.
Twelve good reasons we keep hearing from the people who actually do this work — and the careers they've built since joining.
Choose your own clients
You meet first. You decide who you work with. No allocations forced on you.
Flexible schedule
Work around study, family, another job or another life. Your week, your way.
Transparent fees
One low platform fee. No hidden cuts. You always know what you take home.
Insurance included
Professional indemnity & public liability are covered while you're working through Support Network.
Dedicated support team
A real Australian on the phone — for compliance, payments, tricky moments or quiet wins.
Fast onboarding
Most workers are verified and live on the network within a week of submitting documents.
Australia-wide opportunities
Metro, regional and remote — every state and territory, across NDIS, Home Care and Aged Care.
Professional development
Free training pathways, CPD-recognised courses and clinical upskilling — at your pace.
Long-term relationships
Most matches last years, not shifts. Real continuity. Real impact. Real people.
Keep more of what you earn
Our fee is among the lowest in Australia, so more of every funded hour stays with you.
No agency politics
No middle layers. No politics. No rotating managers. Just you, your clients and your work.
You stay in control
Your profile. Your rate. Your time. We're behind you — never above you.
Joining the workforce
Flexible, respected, supported every step.
Our goal is to create Australia's best support worker experience — by making it easy for great people to find meaningful work, build lasting relationships and grow their careers.
Step 01
Start at the homepage
Begin where every great career begins — with a clear sense of who you'd like to support and how.
Step 02
Become a Worker
Step into the workforce designed around respect, flexibility and meaningful work.
Step 03
Discover why workers choose Support Network
Hear from the workers, nurses and allied health professionals already building careers here.
Step 04
Explore benefits and opportunities
Flexibility, transparent pay, insurance, training, and a real Australian team behind you.
Step 05
Create your profile
Photo, voice intro, the kind of work you love. About 20 minutes — and entirely your story.
Step 06
Complete your verification
Police, WWCC, NDIS Worker Screening or AHPRA — we walk you through every step.
Step 07
Meet participants
Families and participants reach out. You read the request. You meet first. You decide.
Step 08
Accept opportunities
Choose the people, the hours and the kind of work that fits your life and your skills.
Step 09
Start making a difference
Long matches, weekly pay, real continuity — and the kind of work you'll be proud of for years.
A day in the life
See what care really looks like.
Real people. Real support. Real moments — filmed with consent across our network. The kind of work you want to do, shown the way it actually feels.
Morning routine
2 hrs
Community
outing
4 hrs
"Today we're meeting Sam at the community garden — a Wednesday tradition that started six months ago and never missed."
Coffee &
shopping
3 hrs
"Margaret's first café visit in months. The same waitress, the same window seat — and the same flat white she's always loved."
Recovery shift
6 hrs
"A post-surgical home visit — wound care, medication review, and twenty minutes longer than the chart says, because that's what mattered today."
Personal goal
2 hrs
"Eli's first time at the climbing gym. Two months of planning, one harness, and a grin that won't leave his face."
Cooking
together
2.5 hrs
"Preparing dinner with the Mahmoud family — the kind of evening where the support is invisible and the laughter isn't."
In their own words
Workers who came here, and stayed.
"I finally love coming to work again."
"I've doubled my hours — and they're all hours I chose."
"I choose the people I support. That changed everything."
"I finally feel respected for the work I actually do."
Support beyond sign-up
We're still here, long after you've joined.
You won't disappear into a portal. A real Australian team sits behind every worker on the network — for the questions, the renewals, the wins and the moments that don't fit on a form.
Recruitment support
A real person to walk you through onboarding — never an inbox.
Compliance assistance
We track renewals, certificates and screening expiries so you don't have to.
Insurance guidance
Clear cover, clearly explained — public liability and professional indemnity included while you work.
Training opportunities
Free and discounted CPD pathways across disability, ageing and clinical specialties.
Responsive Australian team
Not offshore. Not a bot. People who'll sit with the messy bits.
Ongoing career support
We're still here a year after you've joined — and five years after that.
Transparent earnings
You always know what you take home.
One low platform fee. No hidden cuts, no inflated margins, no surprises on payday. Move the sliders to see what a typical week might look like for you.
- Weekly payments, itemised by shift
- ABN-based — keep your independence
- No subscription, no listing fee
- Compliant invoicing handled for you
A typical week
EstimateHours per week30
hrs
Your hourly rate$58/hr
Gross weekly
$1,740
Before fee
Platform fee
–$174
One low rate
Your take-home
$1,566
Paid weekly
Estimate only. Final earnings depend on your discipline, NDIS price guide where applicable, and the rate you set.
Frequently asked
Real questions. Real answers.
A career destination — not a job board
Real workers. Real careers. Real momentum.
Independent. Not owned by a provider, fund or insurer. Built quietly, every day, by the workers, nurses and allied health professionals who actually do the work.
12,000+
Verified support workers
Australia-wide, screened & re-checked
4.9★
Average time to first enquiry
From completed profile + verifications
Weekly
Pay cycle, transparent every shift
Plan-managed, self-managed & Home Care
Verified network metrics, updated weekly. Independent — not owned by any provider, fund or insurer.
Whenever you're ready
Your next career move starts here.
Join thousands of Australian support workers, nurses and allied health professionals already building careers on their own terms.
No lock-in. No pressure. A real Australian on the other end of the line.
