Disability and aged care
Hiring allied health assistants
An allied health recruitment agency supplies assistants and support staff to therapy, disability and aged care providers. Ready & Cleared holds each worker’s qualifications and clearances with their expiry dates tracked, reconfirms availability every 14 days, and charges a flat $3,900 per permanent placement instead of 12 to 18 per cent of salary.
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Key facts
- A flat $3,900 per permanent placement, against $7,700 to $11,550 at market rates
- Pool access is $390 a month with unlimited introductions
- Availability reconfirmed every 14 days and lapsing after 28
- Workers pay $0 at every stage
- A national police certificate is usually wanted within the last 12 months
What this costs, against what the market charges
Almost no agency publishes a placement fee. The number below is the published vendor benchmark for Australian permanent placement, and beside it is ours, which is simply the price.
| Way of buying | Typical market | Ready & Cleared |
|---|---|---|
| Permanent placement | $7,700 to $11,550 12–18% of a $64,200 salary | $3,900 flat, published |
| Casual or temp placement | An hourly margin rarely published | $1,900 flat, published |
| Ongoing access | Not usually offered fees are per placement | $390 a month unlimited introductions |
| Cost to the worker | $0 | $0 |
On the benchmark figures that is a difference of $3,800 to $7,650 on a single permanent placement. The percentage band is a vendor benchmark rather than a regulated rate, so treat it as indicative. Our own figure is not indicative; it is published and it is the price.
What a support worker has to hold
These are the credentials the roles on this page require. We hold the document, record what it says, and track the expiry. Where a public register exists we confirm against it; where one does not, we say so rather than implying a check we did not make.
- National Police Certificate document held
- First aid (HLTAID011) document held
- CPR (HLTAID009) document held
- NDIS Worker Screening Check employer portal only
Exactly what each of those words means, including the ones we cannot verify.
Roles this covers
- Allied health assistants
- Support coordinators
Why the pool is not just a list
Every worker is asked every 14 days whether they are still looking, and drops out of the pool at 28 days if they do not answer. That is the whole product. A database nobody maintains is the thing you already have.
What we will never do is tell you somebody is suitable. We have not met them. You get dated facts and the documents behind them, and you make the call.
Common questions
What qualifications do allied health assistants hold?
Commonly a Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance, though many providers will take an unqualified worker with the right clearances. We hold whatever the worker actually has and show the date we saw it.
Is this a registered NDIS provider service?
No. We are not a provider and we do not deliver supports. We hold a pool of workers and introduce them. The employment relationship is yours.
Wondering what everyone else charges? What recruitment agencies charge in Australia sets out the band, what it costs at each salary, and the one published figure that beats ours.
Hiring something else
- Hiring nurses in Perth open
- Hiring disability support workers open
- Childcare and early childhood recruitment planned
Figures on this page were checked on 2026-10-25. Where a figure is a vendor benchmark rather than ours, it says so beside the number.
A flat $3,900 per placement, published, against $7,700–$11,550 at market rates.
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