Limestone Coast Regional HubInternational Filipino Careforce

A special regional programme. A stronger future for care.

What could your service do with a more reliable care team?

Reopen capacity. Relieve pressure on your team. Reduce recurring agency use. Explore long-term Filipino care workers through the Limestone Coast Careforce hub.

Book a 30-minute programme-fit discussion

For regional care providers. No obligation to proceed.

Providers building with Groworx

Hear their
stories

A care worker and an older woman sharing an active, joyful moment

Your regional hub is established.
Groworx has now established the Limestone Coast Careforce hub and is inviting a limited number of single-site and smaller providers to register their interest.

98%Retention after three years
Programme result reported by Groworx

3 yearsFree replacement guarantee
Under the programme contract

Nearly 700Workers have joined the programme
Across 35 cities and dozens of providers

~90 daysAverage deployment in suitable cases
Readiness and requirements affect timingSee the pathway

Familiar carers. More consistent care.Reopen beds. Restore capacity.Less agency reliance. More cost control.Fewer recruitment campaigns. Less repeat spending.Stronger rosters. Healthier teams.Plan your growth. Build in cohorts.Protect your financial future.

As seen on TV / Regional care in focus

The story is bigger
than a filled roster.

See what a stable Filipino workforce has meant for regional providers. Provider stories from Gilgandra and Coolamon, New South Wales.

A care worker walking through a regional town

ABC 7.30 / Gilgandra

When local care needs a lasting team.

ABC’s 7.30 explored Gilgandra’s recruitment challenges, agency-cost pressure and the lives of Filipino aged-care workers joining the community.

Read the ABC report, 8 May 2024 ↗

A carer and resident together in a care home

WIN News / Allawah Lodge, Coolamon

11 beds brought back into care.

Only 22 of Allawah Lodge’s 33 beds were operating during staffing shortages. Its Filipino workforce helped reopen the closed wing, restoring care capacity for the community.

See the provider story ↗

Historical provider outcomes are not a promise of the same result. News coverage does not imply broadcaster endorsement.

Built around your region

Your service.
Your people. Your coast.

The Limestone Coast hub brings recruitment, preparation and settlement into one coordinated programme. Your care workers become your employees, with a future in your community.

Choose your townLimestone CoastSelect a map marker or a town below.

Geography: Natural Earth. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY). Regional orientation, not an eligibility boundary.

Groworx programme participants and colleagues smiling together on a bus

Careers with a place to belong

A care team.
Part of your community.

We help people prepare for the role and settle into regional life. You build a team that belongs to your organisation.

Where is your facility?

Choose a town to highlight it on the map and add it to your enquiry.

The economics of a settled care team

More than a stronger roster.
A more sustainable future.

Choose the pressure you want to change. See how a permanent team can strengthen your service and the community around it.

11 beds

Allawah Lodge’s Filipino workforce helped reopen its closed wing.

The difference a stable team can make

More capacity. A stronger service.

When staffing keeps beds closed, the overheads keep running. A stable care team can help restore usable capacity and spread those costs across more occupied beds.

Restore capacitySupport occupancyStrengthen viability

Explore what this could mean for your service ↗

Groworx trainees practise assisted patient transfers using a hoist

Career carers.
Practical care skills.

Groworx trainees practise a supported transfer in a care training room

Why Filipino Careforce?

Build the career.
Train for the care.

We recruit Filipino care workers and nurses who want a long-term regional career. Then we turn that ambition into a structured pathway, with preparation in Manila and support into your workplace.

Practical preparation, with an Australian qualification.Care workers prepare in Manila for an Australian-issued Certificate III in Individual Support, Ageing and Disability.

Ready to learn your way of caring.Provider-specific preparation connects their learning to your residents, routines and workplace. Your induction and supervision continue after arrival.

A career with room for a life.Workers can build long-term regional careers, bring their families and put down roots in your community.¹

Care workers are prepared for their care role and scope of practice. Registered nursing requires a separate registration pathway, with timing and pricing assessed separately.

We make it easier, from start to settlement

One programme.
Less for you to coordinate.

From a starting cohort of 6 to a workforce plan for 600, we can scale recruitment and stage deployment around your needs. Your cohort size, eligibility and arrival plan are agreed together.

Start with6 → 600Scale in planned cohorts.
Deploy in agreed stages.

Plan your team

Tell us your roles, location and priorities. We assess eligibility, costs and readiness.

Choose your people

We recruit and match career Filipino workers. You make the final hiring decisions.

Prepare for your service

Qualification preparation in Manila, plus preparation for your workplace.

Coordinate the arrival

We support deployment around worker, employer, qualification and migration readiness.

Help people settle

We support settlement and help source and manage accommodation. You welcome your employees.

Fast, where readiness allows.

Average deployment has been approximately 90 days in suitable cases. We assess worker and employer readiness and agree a realistic timeline with you.¹

Accommodation, made easier.

We help source and manage accommodation using a cost-neutral model for the provider. We explain the arrangements, responsibilities and conditions during your discussion and before commitment.

Providers building with Groworx

IRTAlmost 200 workers · 22 cities See case study

Know who does what

We make the programme easier.

Recruitment and matching for long-term regional careers.
Care-worker preparation and provider-specific preparation.
Deployment, settlement, and support to source and manage accommodation.
An agreed programme scope, costs and responsibilities before commitment.

You lead your service.

Final hiring decisions and the agreed cohort plan.
Employment contracts, wages, conditions and rostering.
Induction, supervision, safe practice and clinical governance.
Your employer obligations and the responsibilities agreed in your programme contract.

A special opportunity for qualifying regional providers

International Filipino Careforce.
AUD 12,000 less per care worker.

The regional programme brings a lower entry cost together with six-month payments and a three-year free replacement guarantee.

Limestone Coast regional programme

Build your care team.
Keep more room in your budget.

$0Programme fee upfront

6 monthsTo pay the programme fee

3 yearsFree replacement guarantee
Under the programme contract

For qualifying care-worker programmes. Eligibility and current regional availability are assessed in your programme-fit discussion.

The initial allocation is limited. Registering interest does not reserve a place or commit you to proceed.

REGIONAL FEE$12,000LESS PER WORKER

Your care-worker programme fee

Standard AUD ~~18,900~~

AUD6,900

per care worker for qualifying providers

No programme fee upfront.
Paid over six months.

Explore the regional offer

Government visa and migration agent fees are separate. Nursing pathways and pricing are assessed separately.

We explain the complete costs, payment timing, eligibility, accommodation arrangements and guarantee conditions before commitment. Your ongoing employment costs remain.

Before we speak

Your questions, answered.

Is this suitable for a single-site provider?

The regional programme invites single-site and smaller providers to explore fit. We assess your service location, roles, readiness and current eligibility before agreeing a cohort plan. Larger providers can also discuss their needs.

Do care workers become our employees?

Yes. You make final hiring decisions and employ them directly. Employment conditions, induction, supervision and the care you deliver remain your responsibility.

Can we discuss nurses?

Yes. Nursing registration pathways, preparation, timing and pricing are assessed separately. The care-worker fee and timing estimate should not be treated as a nursing offer.

What does the three-year guarantee mean?

The care-worker programme includes a three-year free replacement guarantee under the programme contract. We explain its conditions, scope and any separate costs before commitment. It does not guarantee that an individual will stay for three years or for life.

How soon could workers start?

Average deployment has been approximately 90 days in suitable cases. Worker readiness, employer readiness, qualification and migration requirements all affect timing. We assess your programme timeline before commitment.

Who arranges accommodation?

Groworx helps source and manage accommodation through a cost-neutral model for the provider. We explain how the model works, who pays which costs, and the responsibilities and conditions before commitment.

Is Careforce government funded?

Careforce is a Groworx programme. It is not presented as government-operated or government-funded. The regional fee is available to qualifying providers under the programme’s commercial terms.

Is there room in the current intake?

Current availability is checked in your programme-fit discussion. Registration does not reserve a place. If the current allocation is complete, we can discuss future options without promising a start date.

What happens after I register?

We review your details and contact you about programme fit. You can choose a 30-minute programme-fit discussion to explore your needs, eligibility, costs and current availability. There is no obligation to proceed.

Provider experiences, in their own words

See what a settled
care team makes possible.

From a single regional facility to a multi-location workforce plan, explore the people and providers behind the programme.

Bushland Health Group

Plan beyond the next vacancy.

Errol Curran discusses long-term workforce planning and the role of international recruitment.

Allawah Lodge · Coolamon

Bring closed beds back into care.

WIN News reported how a Filipino workforce helped reopen Allawah Lodge’s closed wing, restoring 11 beds.

Lutheran Aged Care · Albury

Hear it from an experienced care leader.

Wendy Rocks shares Lutheran Aged Care’s experience with the programme and its care workforce.

Northern Coalfields · Hunter

See a region welcome its care team.

NBN News follows the arrival of aged-care workers helping address workforce gaps in the Hunter.

BlueWave Living

Put people and care at the centre.

The BlueWave Living provider spotlight explores its approach to elderly care and its workforce.

Finley Regional Care

Build for the future of regional care.

Meet the regional provider and hear about its care priorities and facility in Groworx’s provider spotlight.

IRT care workers with the IRT team and Pat Reid

IRT · Programme case study

Planned cohorts. Multiple locations.

One partnership.
A workforce plan at scale.

22cities

Almost 200workers across deployments

IRT’s programme shows how an International Filipino Careforce can be built through varying deployments across multiple locations. Recruitment and preparation support a wider workforce plan, with cohorts arriving in stages.

Groworx programme figures. Each provider’s workforce plan is assessed separately.

Read how the IRT programme began ↗

Provider experiences reflect their circumstances and deployment periods. These are national programme stories, not Limestone Coast case studies. News coverage does not imply broadcaster endorsement.

What could a settled care team make possible for your organisation?Let’s begin the conversation

Your next step / Limestone Coast

Let’s talk about a
more sustainable future.

More stable rosters. More room to care. A stronger financial future. Start with a 30-minute programme-fit discussion about what your service could achieve.

Discuss your service, location and staffing priorities.
Check eligibility and current regional availability.
Understand complete costs, the likely pathway and next steps.

The initial regional allocation is limited. Register your interest while availability is being assessed.

No obligation to proceed. No payment to register interest.

Begin the conversation.

Share a few details, then choose a time with Josh. Or register interest for a follow-up first.

Prefer to book directly? Choose a time on Calendly ↗
30-minute Careforce Discovery Call.

Book a 30-minute programme-fit discussion

What could your service do with a more reliable care team?