Disability Support Worker jobs

Disability support worker jobs in Brisbane, QLD

Disability support worker jobs in Brisbane span shared homes, community access and in-home support from Logan and Ipswich to Moreton Bay. Queensland runs disability worker screening with Blue Card Services, and a worker who supports both children and adults may need a blue card as well. Register your CV with CrossNation and a recruiter reviews it as employers brief us.

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By CrossNation Editorial Team. Sources checked 6 October 2026.

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What to know

What to know before you apply in Brisbane

What does the work look like across Greater Brisbane?

Greater Brisbane stretches from Caboolture and Redcliffe in the north to Logan in the south and Ipswich in the west, so where a participant lives shapes the job. Support workers in Logan and Ipswich often work in-home or in shared houses, while Moreton Bay roles include community access trips to the bayside. Overnight roles are common in shared accommodation. Some providers ask for a driver licence because participants may need lifts to appointments and programs. Casual weekend and evening shifts are a usual way to start, and the award's penalty rates make those hours worth asking about.

Which checks apply in Queensland?

Queensland's disability worker screening system started on 1 February 2021. A worker who already holds a valid NDIS worker screening clearance from another state or territory does not need to reapply in Queensland. A disability worker who supports both children and adults needs a disability worker screening clearance and a blue card, and the two can be applied for together in a combined application. Sole traders who are registered NDIS providers in risk assessed roles must hold a clearance before starting, under a no card, no start approach. Renewal opens up to 90 days before expiry. The Queensland fees page, read on 6 October 2026 and current as of 1 July 2026, lists $161.30 for an NDIS clearance for a paid worker and $176.30 when it is combined with a blue card, both valid for five years, and no fee for volunteers.

How are sleepovers paid under the award?

Sleepover shifts are common in Brisbane's shared homes. Clause 25.7 of the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award defines a sleepover as a requirement to sleep overnight at the client's premises, with a continuous span of eight hours. The employee gets a separate room with a bed and clean linen, and a sleepover allowance of 4.9% of the standard rate for each night. Work during the sleepover is paid at the overtime rate with a minimum payment as for one hour. Check Fair Work for the latest dollar figures. Fair Work award MA000100, clause 25.7, read 6 October 2026.

What do the local numbers say?

Greater Brisbane had 2,526,238 residents at the 2021 Census and a median age of 36. 144,697 people, 11.6% of employed residents, worked as community and personal service workers, against 12.3% across Queensland. Other social assistance services (2.2%) is one of the five biggest industries of employment, next to hospitals (5.1%) and primary education. Those are area figures, not CrossNation vacancies.

What you could apply for in Brisbane

Role types

Support worker in a shared home with overnight sleepover shifts
In-home support worker for participants in Logan, Ipswich or Moreton Bay
Community access worker supporting outings and activities
Evening and weekend casual support worker

Areas covered: Logan, Ipswich, Moreton Bay, Caboolture, Redcliffe, Springwood, Chermside, Sunnybank, Brisbane bayside.

Official data

Key facts from official sources

Queensland: disability worker screening

Source: Queensland Government: Disability Worker Screening (retrieved 6 October 2026)

Queensland: children and adults with disability

A disability worker who supports both children and adults needs a disability worker screening clearance and a blue card or exemption card, and can apply for both in a combined application.

Source: Queensland Government: Combined disability worker and blue card screening fact sheet (retrieved 6 October 2026)

Queensland: sole traders

Sole traders who are registered NDIS providers in risk assessed roles, or state-funded providers of disability supports, must hold a clearance before they start work.

Source: Queensland Government: Information for sole traders, disability worker screening (retrieved 6 October 2026)

Greater Brisbane: community and personal service workers

144,697 people, 11.6% of employed residents, against 12.3% across Queensland. Top industries: Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) (5.1%), Supermarket and Grocery Stores (2.4%), Primary Education (2.4%), Takeaway Food Services (2.3%), Other Social Assistance Services (2.2%).

Source: ABS 2021 Census QuickStats: Greater Brisbane (retrieved 6 October 2026)

Award: sleepovers (clause 25.7, read 6 October 2026)

A sleepover is an overnight stay at the client's premises with a continuous span of eight hours and an allowance of 4.9% of the standard rate per night (clause 25.7).

Source: Fair Work Ombudsman: Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award [MA000100] (retrieved 6 October 2026)

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between a blue card and an NDIS clearance in Queensland?

A blue card checks people who work with children and young people in regulated child-related employment. Disability worker screening checks people who work with people with disability. A worker supporting both children and adults may need both.

Can I use an NDIS clearance from another state in Queensland?

Yes. Queensland's screening unit says a worker who already holds a valid NDIS worker screening clearance from another state or territory does not need to reapply.

When can I renew my Queensland clearance?

Queensland allows renewal up to 90 days before your clearance expires. Submit the renewal before expiry so that you can keep working.

How is a sleepover shift paid?

The award pays a sleepover allowance for each night and pays any work done during the sleepover at the overtime rate with a minimum payment as for one hour. Check which award or agreement your provider uses.

Do I need a car for disability support jobs in Brisbane?

Many in-home and community access roles ask for a licence and a car. Roles in a single shared home may not.

Are there disability support worker jobs in Brisbane listed with CrossNation today?

Any open role that matches appears in the live roles section above. If there is none, register and upload your CV with your clearance and blue card details, and a recruiter can look at your profile when a Brisbane provider briefs us. A listing is not a job offer.