Earn $1000!

How Can I earn $1000 to study?

The Australian Government has created an Incentive Program to encourage existing Aged Care workers to increase their Aged Care skills through study. You could earn $500 just for starting the course, and another $500 when you finish! Plus, we have Government funding that could reduce the cost of your Certificate IV Aged Care even further! Eligibility criteria apply, so contact us today to find out more.

Aged Care Education and Training Incentive Program

The Aged Care Education and Training Incentive (ACETI) program will provide incentive payments to eligible aged care workers who undertake specified education and training programs. This incentive program is funded by the Australian Government. More information can be found on this Government website.

In the 2010-11 Budget the Australian Government provided $59.9 million over four years for a national incentive program that will provide payments to eligible aged care workers who undertake further studies to enhance their career as a personal care worker, an enrolled nurse or a registered nurse.

The Aged Care Education and Training Incentive (ACETI) Program will provide incentive payments to eligible aged care workers who undertake specified education and training programs.
This program builds on current workplace training programs that support people working in the aged care sector by providing financial incentives to existing aged care workers who undertake further studies to upgrade qualifications and build their career in aged care.

Eligible Courses?

The following courses are eligible for this funding:

• Certificate III Aged Care
• Certificate III Home and Community Care
• Certificate IV Aged Care
• Certificate IV Home and Community Care
• Certificate IV Leisure and Health
• Certificate IV Frontline Management

If you start training in one of these exciting courses, and meet the eligibility criteria below, you could earn $500 just for starting the course! We also have Government funding for QLD residents that can reduce the cost of your Certificate IV Aged Care even further. Contact us to talk about our Co-Provider funding for this qualification.

Who is eligible?

In order to be eligible to receive an Incentive Payment, aged care workers must meet all the following criteria:

• Be an Australian citizen or permanent resident; and
• Be employed on a full time, part time or casual basis providing direct care in and by an eligible aged care service*:
• at the commencement of their training (in order to receive the commencement payment);
• at the successful completion of their training and during your training (in order to receive the completion payment)
• Have a commitment to working in the aged care sector; and
• Commence an eligible training course between 1 July 2010 and 30 June 2014. Commence means the official start date of the eligible training course, not the date of enrolment.

More information can be found on this Government website.

*An eligible aged care service is a Commonwealth funded residential aged care service, a service providing Commonwealth funded community care or flexible care service including CACP, EACH or EACH-D, or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flexible care services.