The new Australia Aged Care Labour Agreement is the Australia government is supporting aged care providers to be able to sponsor overseas qualified aged care workers to come over to Australia to work. This will help with the to solve the problem of massive aged care workers shortage in Australia.
Australian aged care providers can now apply to access the new Aged Care Industry Labour Agreement. The Aged Care Industry Labour Agreement streamlines the recruitment of qualified direct care workers from overseas to work in the aged care sector. Employers can use this where appropriately qualified Australians are not available.
To access this labour agreement, employers must first enter a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the relevant industry union(s)
The purpose of the Aged Care Industry Labour Agreement
You can use the Aged Care Industry Labour Agreement to:
- Sponsor overseas workers for the Temporary Skill Shortage (subclass 482) visa in direct care occupations such as:
- Nursing Support Worker
- Personal Care Assistant
- Aged or Disabled Carer
Aged care providers need to have made recent and genuine attempts to recruit workers from the domestic workforce pool.
- Sponsor overseas workers for permanent residence under the Employer Nomination Scheme (subclass 186) visa program. Workers must have at least two years of full-time work experience in Australia in a relevant direct care occupation. The two years of work experience is not tied to a particular employer or visa subclass.
When Applying for the Aged Care Industry Labour Agreement
To access the Aged Care Industry Labour Agreement, aged care providers must first enter into an MoU with the relevant unions(s):
Once the MoU is established, aged care providers can submit the labour agreement request to the Department of Home Affairs. Online labour agreement request forms are available in Immi Account.
For more information about entering into an MOU, contact your relevant industry union.
Aged Care Industry Labour Agreement terms and concessions
- Access the following concessions to standard skilled visa requirements:
- two-year pathway to permanent residence through the Employer Nomination Scheme
- streamlined visa nomination and priority visa application processing
- no post qualification work experience requirement
- English language concessions for workers with relevant community language skills
- annual salary of at least $51,222 AUD or the Australian Market Salary Rate, whichever is higher.
- Key visa application requirements:
- hold a relevant AQF Certificate III or equivalent, or higher qualification. You can also have 12 months of relevant work experience or part time equivalence.
- obtain a positive skills assessment from the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council or the Australian Community Workers Association if you obtained your qualifications overseas. This also applies if you claim work experience in lieu of the formal qualifications.
- have an English language proficiency level of at least IELTS 5.0 or equivalent. Workers with target community language skills employed by culturally and linguistically diverse aged care providers need at least IELTS 4.5 or equivalent.
The two organisation that can carry out skill Assessment if you obtain your qualification or experience overseas are:
- The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC). Learn more about how to do skill assessment with ANMAC https://youtu.be/pO_CVJ2QI-M
- The Australian Community Workers Association (ACWA). Learn more about how to do skill assessment with ACWA https://youtu.be/rxI4fq4TYaQ
We will consider labour market testing requirements satisfied once aged care providers have entered into an MoU with the relevant union(s).
Skill and qualification requirements will differ from those stipulated in ANZSCO. These will be specified under the terms of each Labour Agreement.
So far, only two aged care companies have signed MOU under aged care labour agreement:
- The Curtin Heritage https://curtinheritage.com.au
- TLC Healthcare https://www.tlchealthcare.com.au/
To learn more about labour agreements, see https://youtu.be/scsa6a2Niw0.
I have experience 16 years
I am an overseas applicant looking for a sponsorship to Australia to work as an aged or disabled support worker.
I am more than 10 years experienced with all the required documents including English IELTS and references from previous employers.
I’m a hard-working and driven individual who isn’t afraid to face a challenge. I’m passionate about my work and i know how to get the job done..
I believe I am the perfect candidate for the role
Good Afternoon,
Please l need your professional advice on my eligibility for Visa 457/482.
I was a banker,l resigned and went to dubai.but am bank to Nigeria now no job but l wish to move over to Australia
Am an accountant not yet chartered,l worked with the Bank for 12years from a teller to a marketer.
So please since they are looking for a low level qulified worker and l have no skilled work knowledge.what are my options in terms of jobs under this visa.?
Though l have done some Deploma courses in project management, Caregiving, Workforce risk management with Alison online.
2.My wife is professional teacher and she has been applying under this visa.
Is there any help you can render to us like having a Nigerian who has a company that can employ me or position to employ us,so we have an understanding of what will be involved.
UGWA UCHE.
Age care supporter