Simply Helping - Sydney and Regional NSW

Key Strengths

• Strong work/life balance and flexible hours 

• Proven business model: Grow a business in Australia's dynamic aged care, disability and lifestyle support industry

• Experienced professional corporate and franchisee support staff

About this business

Location Details 

Sydney and Regional NSW

Marketing support 

We inject a percentage of your investment fee back into your business to assist with local advertising and marketing within your territory. This usually occurs within a 3 month timeframe. 

Ongoing support will involve online through our web site and other forms of social media, and other medium appropriate to the territory with general marketing occurring overall to brand Simply Helping.

Training provided 

Overall training is undertaken to help set you up so that you can concentrate on building your business. This entails working through the operations manual, policies and procedures, registrations and other key business processes. Simply Helping has adopted a comprehensive Client Management System, which linked to MYOB enables a business system of greater efficiency and productivity for all.

 Training time will depend varying on the franchisee's level of business experience with time spent on-site establishing your work environment. Our on-going mentoring by experienced support advisors will assist in developing your confidence and experience in business.

Skills 

Key Criteria:

• Experience in business operations. 
• Sales or marketing experience is a distinct advantage.
• Experience or knowledge of the in-home care and support/health industy is an advantage.
• Professional, committed and personable people with a passion for succeeding in any venture they commit to
• Professional presentation, excellent personal skills and telephone manner is essential.
• Strong communication skills are essential.

About the Opportunity 

 Joining the Simply Helping franchise team provides an opportunity for you to join the dynamic in-home care and support industry. Since 1998 we have the experience of working within and developing up a business model that works well within the Australian health and social context. 

Our Head Office support team includes members with extensive experience in the health sector, human resources, industrial relations, IT, management and in private business, and bring a wealth of practical knowledge and 'smarts' to our business. in addition, we have engaged the services of experts that ensure Simply Helping maintains a high profile in social media.

We have experience in starting up franchises in regional Victoria, Melbourne, Sydney, regional NSW and Perth WA, with 14 currently operating.

 We are unique because we provide a suite of in-home support services to our senior population, families and individuals living with a disability, brokerage clients such as hospitals, and to families and individuals using our services as a lifestyle choice.

This extended clientele base gives you the advantage of additional growth within the business through a varied client mix and repeat business. Our services can be from a half hour shower to 24 hr care. It can be babysitting to respite and personal care to general home cleaning.

Your role will be to embrace the challenge of starting the business from the beginning and will include the recruitment, management and coordination your staff, and the development of relationships through networking, and marketing. Your skill base will assist you in these aspects of your business and its growth.

Under the expanding disability program NDIS and the Aged Care Reforms, Simply Helping is well placed to expand as a provider of services under these progammes over the coming years.

Each territory is established to provide you with a population and demographic base to enable you to grow a strong business. We assist you with the development of a Marketing and Business Plan, from which flows a dedicated marketing strategy for your territory to ensure major exposure within your territory. The process of developing the Marketing and Business Plan will identify potential contacts/clients within our industry sector that allows you to make that initial important contact early in the commencement of your business.

Our franchisees are supported by a team of people expert and proficient in their fields, selected for their ability to provide support and advice to assist in the growth Simply Helping.

About Simply Helping

 Simply Helping was founded by Angela Feery-Richards in Australia back in 1998. Angela has an extensive background in the health industry spanning over 40 years as a health professional within the private and the public sector. Simply Helping has developed as a company of integrity to provide a suite of services to individuals and families using professional and trusted carers within an environment of caring and meeting the needs and wants of its clients.