careseekers - Careseekers

What Is The NDIS Worker Screening Check?

The NDIS Worker Screening Check assesses the risk posed to people with a disability by people who work or seeks to work with them. It determines whether a person is cleared or excluded from working in certain roles with people living with disability.

careseekers

Boundaries In Care & Support Work

An important part of delivery care and support services is to demonstrate empathy and understanding towards your client. But it is important to remember that you are not their friend. You are their support worker.

Aged Care

Building a care workforce in Australia: Not a one size fits all for workers or consumers

In Australia today aged care and disability supports are delivered in a consumer directed care model via our aged care system and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

Care Workers

Is Your Profile On Careseekers Definitely Active?

Care and support workers on the [Careseekers](http://www.careseekers.com.au) platform receive access to available work in their area, notifications about new job posts and the ability to choose the work they want to do.

Care Workers

Submitting Invoices On Careseekers As Soon As A Service Is Finished

Delays in payments to care and support workers is always something we want to avoid at [Careseekers](http://www.careseekers.com.au).

NDIS

Temporary Relaxation Of Working Hours For Student Visa Holders - Only In Certain Industries

To support the supply of essential services during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Home Affairs and Australian Border Force have temporarily relaxed restrictions on working hours for holders of student visas.

Ageing

Cold Weather Safety Tips - Staying Warm During Winter

As we age, our bodies become less able to regulate internal body temperature and a decrease in our senses can make it hard to sense fluctuations in temperature. Older adults can lose body heat faster than they did when they were younger leaving them at risk for hypothermia.

Care Workers

How We Work With Support Coordinators

The CS Concierge Service allows busy Support Coordinators to hand over the process of finding and shortlisting great support workers for their participants.

Aged Care

Companionship & Community Access - What Are They & How Do They Differ?

Both Community Access and Companionship care and support are forms of non-medical care and support that are vital to many members of our community.

NDIS

The NDIS & Sexual Health

The team at Careseekers were fortunate to chat to Meredith from Cohealth's Diversexy program, a disability focused sexual health workshop that empowers people with disability to enjoy sex rather than focus solely on abuse prevention.