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A range of post-operative care options can be found on Mable to help you regain your health and independence.
This includes:
* Qualifications are required to provide this support on Mable.
Post-surgery support is for anyone recovering from a surgical procedure, but can be helpful for a range of people.
This includes:
The post-surgery assistance a support worker can provide depends on their qualifications. We verify every support worker on our platform and, if required, their qualifications.
Some post-surgery support does not require a support worker to have qualifications, such as food preparation and companionship. However, support workers on Mable who provide other services, such as medication management, wound care, and manual handling, must provide evidence of their qualifications. Learn more about the services available on Mable.
Here are some of the home care services after surgery support workers on Mable can provide:
You can either post a job and wait for responses, or search through local support workers to find the best match for you. You'll be able to see their qualifications, reviews, interests and indicative rates.
Mable has a range of tools and resources to help you organise your bookings and payments. Live your kind of independence knowing you're in charge of your support with Mable.
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16.6% fees
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31% fees
Lower average amount paid per hour**
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Choose your support workers
Control what services are delivered and when
Lower average amount paid per hour**
Online tools to manage your support team easily
Mable is an online platform that connects people seeking and providing disability and aged care support.
Over the last 10 years, Mable has delivered more than 22 million hours of support, enabling hundreds of thousands of people across Australia to live independently.
Signing up to Mable is free which means you can start searching and messaging support workers today. Independent support workers on the platform set their own hourly rates, which are displayed on their profile. You can discuss and agree the rate and schedule with each individual support worker before booking them.
Workers and clients agree on rates before support is delivered on Mable. The client pays this agreed rate plus 7.95%, while the independent worker receives the agreed rate less 10%.
No fees are charged until a client books a support worker and the services are delivered. All payments are made online and can be easily tracked via your timesheet and reports on your dashboard.
When choosing home care services after surgery, you will need to decide what tasks you need help with. Knowing what type of tasks you need help with will help you find the right support worker for the job. For example, if you need companionship but also medication management, you will need a nurse, rather than a personal care support worker.
It's also important to know what tasks you need covering so you can include that information in your job post and the position description.
You can book a support worker as soon as you need one. If you've left it to the last minute, you can use our Last Minute Jobs feature and book support with as little as 4 hours' notice. Please remember to check the support worker's individual rates for overnight sessions.
You can hire a support worker to work overnight if needed. However, it's important to understand that support workers will likely charge more for these sessions. Please check the support worker's individual rates for overnight support sessions.
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* The 31% online employed provider fee represents the difference between what the client pays and the support worker earns as a percentage per hour of support for disability support workers. The rate is taken from the current price guide on their website as at 25 July 2024.
The traditional provider fee is based upon a sample of traditional providers offering services in disability and aged care. The fee represents the amount the client pays and the support worker earns as a percentage per hour of support. Prices have been taken from their websites as at 25 July 2024.
** The Mable rate is based on an average weekday hourly agreed rate for social support and domestic assistance in aged care and disability support observed on the Mable platform from 1 July 2024 – 31 December 2024. It includes an agreed rate of $55/hour plus Mable’s Client Platform Fee of 7.95%, totalling $59.
The online-employed platform rate displayed is the hourly rate to consumers (including superannuation) of $66.46/hour for weekday shifts occurring between 6.00am and 8.00pm. The rate is taken from the current price guide on their website as at 25 July 2024.
The traditional provider rate is taken from the NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits, valid from 1 July 2024. The line item is: – Assistance with Self Care Activities- Standard – Weekday – Daytime, item number 01_011_0107_1_1 of $67.56.
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