South Australia Regional HubInternational Filipino Careforce

Nothing paid upfront. A three-year replacement guarantee.

Build a more reliable care team, with nothing paid upfront.

You pay nothing upfront, and every trained worker placement has a three-year free replacement guarantee under the programme contract. Qualified career carers join your team through the regional South Australia Careforce hub, and the cost is roughly a third of what the programme used to cost.

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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 established the regional South Australia Careforce hub. Trained worker placements are available for this region and they are being taken.

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

Most chosenAustralia’s most-chosen international care workforce programmeSee 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. Add workers in stages.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 region.

The regional South Australia hub brings trained career carers, workplace preparation and settlement together in one coordinated programme. Your care workers become your employees, with a future in your community.

Choose your townRegional South AustraliaSelect 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 nurses follow their own registration pathway, at essentially the same price and on the same timeline as care workers.

We make it easier, from start to settlement

One programme.
Less for you to coordinate.

You can start with a small team and grow it over time. Your career carers are already trained to an Australian Certificate III before you meet them, so we simply match them to your roles and plan their arrival around your needs. Most workers are deployed within 90 days of you joining the programme.

Start smalland growGrow in planned stages.
Workers arrive when you are ready.

Plan your team

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

Match your people

We match you with qualified career carers from the Philippines who are already trained to an Australian Certificate III. You make the final hiring decisions.

Prepare for your service

Their Certificate III training is completed in Manila before they travel. We add custom preparation for your workplace, so they land job-ready.

Coordinate the arrival

Because your workers are already trained, the main step is the visa. We manage it with you, and most workers are deployed within 90 days.

Help people settle

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

Workers are usually deployed within 90 days.

Your workers arrive trained and ready to start. The visa application usually takes around 90 days, depending on how ready your organisation is and on approval times at the Department of Home Affairs.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.

Matching you with qualified career carers who are already trained to an Australian Certificate III.
Certificate III training in Manila through our partner Australian registered training organisations (RTOs), plus preparation for your workplace.
Visa support and deployment, usually within 90 days, followed by settlement and help with accommodation.
An agreed programme scope, costs and responsibilities before commitment.

You lead your service.

Final hiring decisions and the agreed plan for your team.
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.
Nothing upfront, and a three-year guarantee.

You pay nothing upfront and you pay the programme fee over six months. Every trained worker placement has a three-year free replacement guarantee under the programme contract.

Regional South Australia programme

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

NothingPaid upfront

6 monthsTo pay the programme fee

3 yearsFree replacement guarantee
Under the programme contract

For qualifying care worker and nurse programmes. Eligibility and current regional availability are assessed in your 20-minute conversation.

Trained worker placements are available for this region and they are being taken. Registering interest does not reserve a place or commit you to proceed.

Regional feeRoughly a thirdof what the programme used to cost

Your programme fee for care workers and nurses

Roughly a third of what the programme used to cost, for qualifying providers.

Nothing paid upfront.
Paid over six months.

Explore the regional offer

Government visa and migration agent fees are separate. Care workers and nurses come at essentially the same price and on the same timeline.

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?

Yes. Because the programme runs at scale, we have been able to make it economically viable 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 affordably and quickly.

Do care workers become our employees?

Yes. You make the final hiring decisions and employ your workers 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.

Can we discuss nurses?

Yes. 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.

What does the three-year guarantee mean?

If any worker leaves within the first three years, for any reason, we replace them at no additional Groworx programme fee. We can offer this guarantee because 98% of our workers across Australia are still with their employer after three years.

How soon could workers start?

Most workers can start within 90 days. Your workers are already trained to an Australian 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.

Who arranges accommodation?

We help you with it. Groworx helps you find and manage accommodation for your workers, 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.

Is Careforce government funded?

No. 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.

Are trained worker placements still available?

Yes. Trained worker placements are available for this region and they are being taken. We confirm availability for your service in your 20-minute conversation. Registering your interest is free, and it does not reserve a place.

What happens after I register?

We review your details and get in touch with you. You can choose a time for a 20-minute conversation about your needs, eligibility, costs and current availability. There is no obligation to go ahead.

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 stages. 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 workers 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 regional South Australia 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 / Regional South Australia

Let’s talk about a
more sustainable future.

More stable rosters. More room to care. A stronger financial future. Start with a 20-minute conversation about what your service could achieve.

Discuss your service, location and staffing priorities.
Check eligibility and current regional availability.
Understand the complete costs and the path to deployment, usually within 90 days.

Trained worker placements are available for this region and they are being taken.

No obligation to proceed. No payment to register interest.

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