Uniting Communities’ Individualised Living Service (ILS) is built around a simple idea – supporting people with disability to live in a home and lifestyle that suits them.

As an Individualised Living Options (ILO) Host Contractor, you can play a central role in making that possible.

This isn’t shift work. It’s a shared living arrangement where you welcome someone into your home – or join theirs – and support them in everyday life. From daily routines to building confidence, making choices, and connecting with community, your role is to walk alongside someone as they shape the life they want.

As an ILO Host Contractor, you’ll provide a safe, stable and welcoming home environment for a person with disability, while supporting them in the flow of everyday life. This might include:

• helping with daily routines

• encouraging life skills

• supporting decision-making

• building confidence and independence

People come into the role from all kinds of backgrounds. Some have experience in disability or community services, while others bring lived experience, parenting or informal caring roles. What matters most is a willingness to connect, a flexible mindset, and the ability to see what’s possible.

At the heart of the role is a genuine, respectful relationship – one that helps create a sense of consistency, belonging and trust. You won’t be doing it alone either. Our ILS team will work alongside you, offering guidance and support to help make sure the arrangement is working well for everyone.

There are different ways to be involved as an ILO Host Contractor. You might become a Primary Host, providing ongoing full-time shared living support, or a Secondary Host, offering short-term or respite support throughout the year. Each arrangement is tailored to suit both you and the person you support.

As an ILO Host Contractor, you operate as an independent contractor with your own ABN, and receive an agreed daily payment based on the participant’s support needs. This is not an hourly role, but a flexible, relationship-based arrangement designed around real life.

For the right person, it offers meaningful, purpose-driven work from home, flexibility in how and when you support, ongoing guidance from Uniting Communities, and the chance to build a connection that can genuinely change lives – including your own.