You did the training. Now use it for your own business instead of someone else's.
If that's you, here it is straight: what the work actually involves, what it pays, what it costs to set up, and how to start — from someone running the same business, part-time, in regional Tasmania.
1. Burnout-free caring
Trade rushed facility rounds for one-to-one work — where you can sit down, take a breath, and actually talk with someone.
2. Your qualification works for you
The same skills, billed by you rather than an operator.
3. You control the physical toll
Everyday support lets you choose work that suits your body — transport, meals, social support — and leave the heavy tasks to someone trained for them.
4. Better money per hour worked
Facility wages sit around $32–$36 an hour — the aged care award pays a direct carer $34.42 an hour, and $36.23 once you're Cert III qualified, where the classification is literally called Qualified (from 1 September 2026). The funded rates for everyday support reach $60.10–$73.58. That's gross billing — insurance, tax and costs come out of it.
And note what those numbers are: everyday support — household tasks, and community and social participation. Personal care is a different group of funded items, priced separately: self-care bills at $73.58 on a weekday daytime, $103.54 on a Saturday. You already hold the qualification for that work — it needs its own insurance, and it sits outside the everyday-support business I teach.