Fair Work Commission (FWC) Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) Base Funding

Overview

On 4 May 2023, the Australian Government announced a commitment of $11.3 billion to support increased wages for aged care workers of 15 per cent as part of the FWC’s interim decision in the Aged Care Work Value Case. This grant opportunity provides $105.1 million funding for CHSP service providers to meet the costs of passing on the minimum award requirements to eligible aged care workers. The objective of the program is to provide funding for CHSP service providers for the actual cost of increasing wages and associated on-costs from 1 July 2023 to meet minimum award wage requirements.  The intended outcome of the program is CHSP service providers pass on to eligible aged care workers the award wage increases of up to 15 per cent from 1 July 2023. Aged care workers delivering CHSP services and employed under one of the in-scope awards will be impacted. The awards covered by the FWC’s decision are: Aged Care Award 2010 Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry (SCHADS) Award 2010 (Schedule E) Nurses Award 2020 The award rate changes taking effect from the employee's first full pay period that starts on or after 30 June 2023. For aged care workers paid under the SCHADS award, the increase specifically relates to home care employees (as classified under Schedule E of the Award), who are providing services to an aged person. The purpose of this grant opportunity is the provision of one-off funding of the actual cost to CHSP service providers to increase the wages of eligible aged care workers to the new minimum award wage in the 2023-24 financial year. Eligible funding approved under this grant opportunity will be included as part of the base funding in forward years.  To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "Grant Opportunity Documents" button on the left-hand side.