The whole course in a book, plus the workbook and every template you need to set up legally, price properly and land your first client. Written by someone who has actually built one. No clinical qualifications needed.
Yours today: the Master Implementation Guide, the printable Action Workbook, and all 70 templates and guides — including 20 editable Word and Excel documents. Already own the Starter Guide & 6 Week Plan? Your $27 comes off.
Why I built this course — and what it'll do for you.
These are Cathy's own real numbers, from her own operating care business — 1st 4 Care (1st 4 Group Pty Ltd, ABN 96 690 366 075 · 0494 800 799), in St Helens, a small town on the east coast of Tasmania. Part-time, on her own terms, fitting around family. If she can make it work there, it can work anywhere.
ABN, business structure, insurance, checks & training, GST — done right, no costly misses.
Know what a support hour pays, how to price, and what you actually keep (gross vs take-home).
Find clients, handle the first meet-and-greet, and keep them with reliable, warm service.
What domestic, meals, cleaning, outings, tech help and errands actually involve — day to day.
The boundaries that protect you and your client — no clinical, no hoists, privacy, consent.
Keep clients, add services, handle the paperwork, and build a trusted local name.
Who I am, what this work really pays, what a real part-time week looks like, whether your car and your town can carry it, what to call the business and what shape it takes.
The four ways this work gets paid, how the industry is really structured, where the hard line sits between everyday support and clinical care, and what the work asks of your body.
ABN, business name, screening and first aid, the two hats of worker and owner, aged care competency, insurance — and how NDIS and Support at Home money actually compares.
Startup costs, banking, tax and super, government self-employment support, setting your rates and service agreement, invoicing that gets paid — and why one client is not a business.
The smallest set of tools that does the job, notes that protect you, the portals, where AI saves hours, your diary — and what to do when something goes wrong.
Your thirty-day local marketing plan and the calendar that runs it, Facebook and community groups, your profile, and flyers, cards and local ads.
Who to introduce yourself to locally, the free meet and greet that wins the work, the platforms, and what one client is actually worth over years.
How a visit runs from the knock on the door to the note afterwards, the tips nobody trains you for, privacy and reputation, and the awkward moments.
Which car suits the work, getting someone in and out safely, the in-car kit, a clean and welcoming car, route preparation — and the kilometres, log book and parking permit.
Growing part-time without burning out, your ninety-day plan, when registration or a company is worth it, and looking after the person doing the work.
Not mock-ups — the actual done-for-you forms you'll get: client enquiry form, service agreement, consent & privacy form, price list. Fill the [brackets], make it yours.
For some people, the course alone isn't enough — they want a real person in their corner. This tier adds one-on-one time with me.
Direct time with Cathy for your specific questions — set up, rates, a tricky client, your plan. The human last mile nobody else can offer.
The exact coaching tier is worked out once the course is fully built — this is the higher-value option for when you want a real guide, not just a course.
My real numbers, exactly what I earn and keep — before you spend a cent.
Australia-wide · part-time · on your own terms. The course is delivered module by module, and if the first module isn't worth it, you're not charged.
Real stories are on their way — from the founders I'm guiding and the families we support. I'll add them right here as they come in.
"I'm collecting genuine words from the people I work with — no fakes, no made-up quotes. As soon as the first real stories are in, I'll share them here."
Cathy · St Helens, Tasmania
No. We start with everyday support. The "university of life" — your years caring for family — qualifies you more than you think. You'll add the right safety training and checks along the way.
No — and I'd rather say that plainly. This isn't vocational training and it isn't a nationally recognised qualification. It's for self-employment: how to set up and run your own small everyday-support business — what to offer, what to charge, how to find your first clients, and how to keep your records and insurances straight. If you want the Certificate III in Individual Support, that's TAFE — it includes 120 hours of work placement, and it can be fee-free under Fee-Free TAFE if you're eligible. That's a qualification for employed care work. Different job from this one, and you can do both.
Here are Cathy's own real numbers: about $47,000 in care-client revenue over 6 months, part-time (~23 hrs/week), roughly $75/hour. That's a part-time business — a few days a week, fitting around family — and sustained at that pace it's around ~$94k/yr. Weekdays bill around $60–74/hr, and weekends and public holidays pay more — social/community support bills at $103.54 on a Saturday. That's a gross figure — you'll cover your own costs — but it's real and honest, not hype. A $100k year is the target I talk about — a target, not a promise. See your accountant.
Three main streams, and each has its own entry point. NDIS is the easiest to start with — an unregistered sole trader can support self-managed and plan-managed participants (not agency-managed), and weekends pay more. Aged care (Support at Home) usually needs a registered provider — but you can access it via a marketplace like Mable (which takes a ~10% worker fee, plus a small client-side fee). DVA covers veterans' support through approved providers. Each is taught in the course — including how to invoice correctly and get paid reliably.
Not at all — and I'd hate you to think that. I'm in Tasmania, and it's where I built and proved this, but the work, the rates and everything I teach work right across Australia. Your student resources include a state-by-state guide covering all eight states and territories — NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT and NT — so you'll apply for the right checks and set up correctly wherever you live. If you're not in Tassie, nothing here is closed to you.
The first modules help you honestly decide whether this work fits your body, your life and your values — before you invest in more. And if the first module isn't worth it, you're not charged.
Head to the free training for the starter kit and the Cathy's Care Starter Guide & 6 Week Plan — the low-commitment way to see if this is for you. ← Back to the free training
