Scope Pay Rates 2026: Support Worker & SCHADS Pay

Scope is a Victorian not-for-profit and one of the larger disability services providers in this list, supporting people with disability — including complex communication needs — through accommodation, community access, therapy and allied health services. Its workforce is a mix of disability support workers, allied health professionals and therapists, with a substantial casual component alongside permanent staff.

Scope's support roles are covered by the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 (SCHADS), where pay depends on the stream, level and pay point you're classified at. Our corpus holds no current Scope enterprise agreement, so the award tables below are what should be on your payslip unless your contract or a newer agreement says otherwise.

The federal awards relevant to Scope (Aust) roles:

• Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 (MA000100)

Workforce snapshot. In its 2024-25 report to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, Scope (Aust) Ltd declared 6,129 employees — 39.4% casual and 61.3% women. Source: WGEA 2025 Public Data File, data.gov.au (CC-BY 3.0 AU).

The SCHADS award pays by stream (social and community services, home care, disability, crisis accommodation), then classification level, then pay point — so there is no single "disability support worker rate". Our SCHADS pay rates page carries the full current pay-point matrix, verified against the Fair Work Commission's pay database, plus the sleepover, broken-shift and minimum-engagement rules that decide most disability pay disputes.

Enterprise agreements set rates above the award, with their own classification structures and allowances. Current Scope (Aust) agreements in our corpus (1 in total):

• THE SCOPE ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2024 — approved October 2024, nominal expiry 30 October 2025.

We don't reproduce agreement dollar figures here — the agreement covering your site, state and stream is the document to read. Find your agreement, then your classification, then your pay point, and compare it with your payslip. The award tables on this page are the floor every one of these agreements must beat.

The patterns worth checking on a Scope (Aust) payslip:

• Wrong SCHADS level or pay point for qualifications and years of service.
• Sleepover and active-night shifts paid as if they were the same thing.
• Broken shifts without the allowance, and travel between clients unpaid.
• Minimum engagements ignored on short support shifts.

Match your payslip to your classification in the agreement (or the award tables above), and price any gap with our back-pay calculator. Raise it in writing with payroll or your manager first — most underpayments are fixed at that step. Unresolved, the Fair Work Ombudsman (13 13 94) recovers underpayments at no cost, up to six years back, and your union can run the claim for you. Not sure which instrument covers you? Ask our AI advisor with your role and location.