Working visas for Greek speakers under new Labour agreement of Fronditha

Fronditha Care will be able to sponsor 60 Greek nationals over three years to help fill bilingual staffing demands in aged care.

Jenny, one of the employees of Fronditha, that was hired as a personal care assistant under the previous Labour agreement. Source: SBS News

A second Labour Agreement was signed between the Department of Home Affairs and Fronditha Care in June and is already in effect.

It will enable the organisation to hire 20 Greek speaking foreign workers each year until 2020 to fill personal care assistant roles which are continually in high demand.

Dimitra, was another beneficiary of the Labour agreement of 2014 between Fronditha Care and the Australian government. Source: SBS News

The successful applicants will be able to work at either the organisation’s five residential aged care facilities or visit clients in the community as part of Fronditha Care’s Community Services team.

This agreement mirrors the previous one that was established in 2014 and hired workers over three years, but has since lapsed.

The employees from the first agreement will have the option to apply for permanent residency.

Fronditha's CEO, George Lekakis Source: SBS News