Rewards and benefits

Why are rewards and benefits important in your work?

Whether it's flexi-time, working at home or making work fit in with family, organisations are being asked to think a lot more laterally in how they look after their people.

What are the rewards and benefits to working in the sector?

Whatever your role within the disability and community care sector – frontline, administration or board level – your work impacts on much more than a balance sheet. There are many rewards and benefits to the sector, most of which you may never have considered:

Work-life balance– whether you're returning to or starting in the sector Part Time, combining your work with caring for others at home, or easing into retirement, you can work shifts that suit you.
Salary packaging – Australian taxation law allows certain organisations to offer salary packaging benefits to their employees. If your organisation qualifies you can make significant income tax savings on your salary. For a full explanation of salary packaging, contact our Talent Advisors or visit Access Pay.
Find your perfect position – with roles available from entry level through to senior management, there is plenty of scope to find your niche in this sector.
Development – the sector understands the importance of helping people reach their potential, and you will be encouraged to develop your career.
Job variety – it may sound like a cliché, but in this sector no two days are ever the same.
Challenging – the work you do will stretch and develop all of your abilities – from organisational skills to creative problem solving.
Cultural fit – work in the sector is valued and valuable, allowing you to align your career with your personal values and to work with like-minded people.
Hobbies and interests – the things that inspire you may be the things that will inspire your clients.
Impact – the work you do will make someone's day, and not many jobs can promise you that.
Location – the sector provides many opportunities to work within close proximity to your home.
Satisfaction – enabling your clients to achieve their goals, wishes or needs.
Opportunities – being a growth industry, there are plenty of opportunities available to develop your career.

Enhancing life

One of the most rewarding aspects of a career within the community care and disability sector is the potential to use your skills and passions to build meaningful relationships with people that contribute as much to your life as you do theirs.

Working on the frontline often provides the scope to form real partnerships with your clients, and whilst support is never far away, you may be working independently and trying to solve problems on your own, which will bring out your true creativity and inventiveness.