You haven't been out of work. You've been doing the most demanding job there is.
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. Your 'gap' is the qualification
Running a household, managing a schedule and caring for family are the actual skills this job needs.
2. Nobody asks for a résumé
Local clients care about reliability, warmth and safety.
3. Start with five to ten hours a week
Scale when it suits you, not when a manager tells you to.
4. Low cost to start
An ABN, insurance and a police check — not a franchise fee.
5. Real proof from a real business
How family care experience became a $47,060 six-month business, part-time.
Where to go next
Being straight with you. The hourly figures on this page are the billing rates from the official NDIS Pricing Schedule — the most that can be charged for that support. They're gross revenue, not take-home. Insurance, tax, super, travel and your own time all come out of it. And the income examples are Cathy's real numbers, not a promise about yours.
The free training is below — it's the honest version of how this works, in plain language, with nothing to buy at the end.