Support for Aged Care Workers in COVID-19

Overview

The Support for Aged Care Workers in COVID-19 (SACWIC) grant opportunity is designed to assist approved Residential Aged Care providers, approved National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program (NATSIFACP) providers and approved Home Care providers to minimise the risk of infection to aged care workers, residents and other consumers of aged care service. Examples of eligible workforce costs under SACWIC are those that will support eligible workers:  - who normally work at multiple residential aged care facilities, but will be working solely at the facility being applied for; - who are not to work because they have been experiencing COVID 19 symptoms, have been diagnosed as COVID-19 positive, require testing or are subject to self-isolation or quarantine requirements; or  - to undertake training in the event a skills gap arises from where existing workers are not to work due to experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, or are subject to self-isolation or quarantine requirements. Importantly, the guidelines require that employees work at the site where they usually work the most hours, or where they will be able to work the most hours over the eight-week period.To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "GO Documents" button on the left-hand side.