About carecareers

Please read below for some of the Frequently Asked Questions we are asked by hiring managers. If you can't find the answer you're looking for you may also like to read our comprehensive list of FAQs.

What is carecareers?

carecareers is a not-for-profit recruitment initiative aimed at increasing attraction and retention within the community care and disability sector, whilst also improving recruitment practices in general. Funded by the Ageing, Disability and Home Care (ADHC) Department of Human Services (NSW) and delivered by National Disability Services (NDS), carecareers offers a fully staffed Careers Centre qualified to assist you in all recruitment needs. With the support of a mass and multi-media campaign, carecareers aims to help shift perceptions of the sector and the work within it. 

How can carecareers change the perceptions of the sector?

With research showing that today’s society has a general misconception about what it means to work in the sector, carecareers is embarking on a marketing initiative to use the positive experiences of ‘real’ sector workers in NSW to build public awareness of the benefits of working in it.

How can carecareers help me as a hiring manager?

There are six main sections of the carecareers website which provide additional resources for the recruitment process.

1. Careers Centre – a fully staffed recruitment advisory service covering advertising, response management, best practice hiring techniques and candidate matching. For more information contact our Talent Advisors.
2. Advertising – upload your job postings to carecareers to expose your vacancies to what has the potential to be a very active market.
3. Employer directory – upload information on your organisation’s employer profile which allows potential candidates to learn more about you, your services and your culture. It also gives candidates the opportunity to contact your organisation proactively.
4. Resources – including recruitment tools and case studies from within the sector and beyond.
5. Community – your opportunity to connect with candidates and employees, giving you real insight into the current workforce. 
6. Best practice in hiring – including talent attraction, recruitment, retention and employer branding. 

Who is eligible for the carecareers service?

If you work for a not-for-profit organisation within the disability and community care sector, are a government funded or public benevolent institution, then you may be eligible for this service. The project does not currently support brokers or agencies.

If your organisation’s profile is listed in the employer directory, you can take advantage of our services immediately, although we may need you to complete the organisation registration process. If you are not listed, it may be that we haven’t fully populated your organisation profile yet, in which case contact our Talent Advisors.