3.3Low RiskNo Shortage
Special Care Workers
Carers and Aides · Personal Carers and Assistants
Low Risk
Median Weekly Pay
$1,784
Full-time workers
Employment
3,700
Total workers
10yr Growth
+20.6%
Projected to 2034
Shortage Status
No Shortage
Key Insight
Special Care Workers has low AI exposure, making it one of the more resilient occupations in the Australian workforce.
JSA Official AI Exposure
Automation23.0%
Augmentation57.0%
Key Tasks
- •Planning and implementing programs of supervision and care for children in residential care
- •Supervising and arranging activities to enhance the physical, social, emotional and intellectual development of children in residential care
- •Waking children and ensuring they are washed, dressed, fed and ready for educational and recreational activities
- •Supervising children during domestic activities such as eating meals and showering
- •Maintaining discipline, enforcing regulations and behaviour standards, compiling disciplinary reports and assisting in implementing remedial measures
- •Organising refuge accommodation
- •Providing emotional support to residents of refuges
- •Referring residents of refuges for health and welfare assistance
- •Ensuring security of refuge
Employment Projections to 2034
Median Age
29
Female Share
62.0%
Part-Time Share
63.0%
Skill Level
4 / 5