Greater Hunter
Groworx International Filipino Careforce
Australia’s most-chosen international care workforce programme is built for aged care providers. Now launched in Cessnock, Waratah, Belmont, Mayfield, Merewether, Toronto, Wallsend and Newcastle, and the towns around them.
We match you with qualified career carers who already hold an Australian-issued Certificate III in Ageing and Disability, earned at our campus in Manila, so they arrive ready to work in your service and stay to build a life in your town.
There is no obligation to go ahead, and it costs nothing to talk with us.
paid upfront. You pay the programme fee over six months once your team is in place.
Understand the costsof replacement guarantee. If a carer leaves for any reason, we replace them at no additional Groworx programme fee.
carers already work with care providers across 35 cities and towns in Australia.
These figures come from Groworx programme records. Australia's most-chosen international care workforce programme.
Providers across Australia already build their care teams with Groworx Careforce.
These two stories come from Gilgandra and Coolamon in New South Wales. Each town had the same problem you may have today, and each found that a stable Filipino care team changed more than the roster.
The ABC's 7.30 programme looked at the staffing pressure Gilgandra faced, what agency staff were costing the town, and the lives of the Filipino aged care workers who have since joined the community.
During its staffing shortage, Allawah Lodge could only keep 22 of its 33 beds open. Its Filipino care team helped the lodge reopen the closed wing for the community.
The Careforce programme in the Greater Hunter brings qualified career carers, preparation for your workplace and settlement support together in one place. Your carers become your own employees, with a future in your community.
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Open the Greater Hunter in Google MapsWe help each carer prepare for the role and settle into regional life, so you build a team that belongs to your organisation and to your town.
Open any question to see how a permanent team can strengthen your service, your finances and the community around you.
When staffing keeps beds closed, your overheads keep running anyway. A stable care team can help you bring that capacity back into use and spread those fixed costs across more occupied beds.
Allawah Lodge in Coolamon brought 11 beds back into care after its Filipino care team arrived.
Talk about reopening bedsAgency premiums are only part of the cost. Repeated advertising, hiring, induction and manager time all come out of the same budget, and a settled team can reduce that spending that keeps coming back.
You build your workforce in stages that we agree with you, with arrivals timed to fit your readiness. More reliable staffing then helps you plan your beds, your services and your future growth.
Familiar carers give residents and clients more continuity. Fewer unfilled shifts and fewer repeated inductions also give your existing staff and managers more room to focus on care.
When carers bring their families and settle together, their connection to your region grows. Partners can contribute through local work, and housing, schools and everyday friendships help the whole family become part of the community.
Family arrangements depend on individual visa circumstances. Please see footnote 1 at the bottom of the page.
Talk about settlement supportReliable care capacity protects access to local services and helps sustain the jobs that already exist. As carers and their families settle, their everyday spending can support local businesses, and a more stable service can plan future investment with more confidence.
The wider benefits depend on local circumstances, and we do not forecast any increase in jobs or spending.
Talk about your communityWe match Filipino care workers and Nurses who want a long-term regional career with providers who need them. Then we turn that ambition into a structured pathway, with training in Manila and support into your workplace.
Each carer earns an Australian-issued Certificate III in Ageing and Disability at our campus in Manila, over four months of training with our Australian training partners, including English and practical work.
We add preparation that is specific to your service, so their learning connects to your residents, your routines and your workplace. Your own induction and supervision continue after they arrive.
Your carers can build long-term regional careers, bring their families and put down roots in your community.1
You can choose care workers, Nurses or both. Care workers are prepared for their care role and scope of practice. Registered Nurses follow their own registration pathway, and they come at essentially the same price and on the same timeline as care workers.
You can start with a small team and grow it in planned stages. Your carers already hold their Certificate III before you meet them, so we match them to your roles and plan their arrival around your needs. Most carers are deployed within 90 days of you joining the programme.
You tell us your roles, location and priorities, and we check eligibility, costs and readiness with you.
We match you with qualified career carers from the Philippines. You make every final hiring decision.
We add preparation for your workplace on top of their Certificate III, so they arrive ready for the job.
Because your carers are already trained, the main step is the visa. We manage it together with you.
We support settlement and help you arrange accommodation, and you welcome your new employees.
Your carers arrive trained and ready to start. The visa application usually takes around 90 days, depending on how ready your organisation is as an employer and on approval times at the Department of Home Affairs.
We help you find and manage accommodation for your carers, using a model that is cost-neutral for you as the provider. We explain the arrangements, who pays which costs and everyone's responsibilities before you commit.
Our team also supports you and your carers for the first 12 months after they arrive.
You pay nothing upfront, and you pay the programme fee over six months. Every trained worker placement comes with a three-year replacement guarantee under your programme contract.
Trained worker placements are available for this region and they are being taken. Registering your interest does not reserve a place or commit you to go ahead.
Eligibility and current regional availability are checked in your 20-minute conversation.
If your question is not here, bring it to your 20-minute conversation and Josh will answer it with you.
Yes, it is. Because the programme runs at scale, we have been able to make it affordable for single-site and smaller providers to take part. Whether you run one small facility or many sites with hundreds of workers, we can support you quickly and affordably.
Yes, they do. You make the final hiring decisions and you employ your carers directly, so they become part of your own team. You set their employment conditions, induction and supervision, just as you do for the rest of your staff.
Yes, you can. You simply choose whether you need care workers, Nurses or both. Nurses come at essentially the same price and on the same timeline as care workers, and we talk through the right mix for your service in your 20-minute conversation.
If any carer leaves within their first three years, for any reason, we replace them at no additional Groworx programme fee. We can offer this guarantee because 98% of our carers across Australia are still with their employer after three years.
Most carers can start within 90 days. Your carers already hold an Australian-issued Certificate III and are ready to deploy, so the main step is the visa application. This usually takes around 90 days, depending on how ready your organisation is as an employer and on approval times at the Department of Home Affairs.
We help you with it. Groworx helps you find and manage accommodation for your carers, using a model that is cost-neutral for you as the provider. We explain how it works, who pays which costs and everyone's responsibilities before you commit.
No, it is not. Groworx Careforce is a Groworx programme, delivered with our Australian training partners. The regional fee is available to qualifying providers under the programme's commercial terms.
Yes, they are. Trained worker placements are available for this region and they are being taken. We confirm what is available for your service in your 20-minute conversation. Registering your interest is free, and it does not reserve a place.
We review your details and get in touch with you. You can then choose a time for a 20-minute conversation about your needs, your eligibility, the costs and current availability. There is no obligation to go ahead.
From a single regional facility to a workforce plan across many locations, meet the people and providers behind the programme.
IRT shows how an international Filipino care team can be built through deployments in planned stages across many locations, with matching and preparation supporting a wider workforce plan.
These are Groworx programme figures. We assess each provider's workforce plan separately.
Provider experiences reflect their own circumstances and deployment periods. These are national programme stories, not Greater Hunter case studies. News coverage does not mean the broadcaster endorses Groworx.
Your next step in the Greater Hunter
More stable rosters give you more room to care and a stronger financial future. In 20 minutes, Josh will help you see what that could look like for your service.
Trained worker placements are available for this region and they are being taken.
There is no obligation to go ahead and no payment to register your interest.
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