Branka has more than 20 years' international experience in the field as a manager and practitioner, providing support services to refugees, children, seniors and families, on behalf of government and non-government agencies. She's a qualified nurse and social worker who studied social work in both Europe and Australia and holds qualifications in family counselling, management, [...]
NDIS Minister Stuart Robert last month released a long-awaited plan to boost employment for NDIS scheme participants into work by mid-2023 but advocates say the government is aiming too low. The goal of 30% of working age participants in employment is only 6% higher than the current rate of 24% NDIS participants employed. “This strategy [...]
Set up by the United Nations, IDPwD is celebrated internationally to boost public awareness, understanding and acceptance of people with disability and celebrate their achievements and contributions. This year’s Australian patron is Kurt Fearnley, who has achieved things most of us could only dream of. He climbed Papua New Guinea’s Kokoda Track – not a [...]
The volunteering bug seems to have bitten Eileen Lim since her retirement from marketing – for which she planned things she’d never tried before. She now has a packed schedule: Tuesdays and Wednesdays she volunteers as a curatorial research assistant at the Powerhouse Museum in Ultimo, working with her cousin who is the Senior Fashion [...]
Christmas is coming, and we hope you have a wonderful time. But not everyone does ... it's incredibly stressful for those who can't afford it. We also hope you can help us brighten Christmas for some folk who are struggling financially. With your help, we distribute about 100 Christmas hampers every year. Listed below are [...]
The Federal Government and Department of Health leadership is ‘missing in action’ according to Counsel assisting the Royal Commission into Aged Care, Peter Rozen, and expert witnesses. Rozen said the sector was at risk of failing altogether if action was not urgently taken and was already was failing to deliver quality of life and quality [...]
Prof Susan Kurrle Our Community Care Advisor, Nuala Williams, is always impressed when she hears a talk by geriatrician and dementia expert Prof Susan Kurrle. The following points are among those Nuala gleaned from the voluble expert's recent talk on dementia. Dementia is childhood development, backwards - you lose your abilities in the [...]
A meet-and-greet professional, Nellie Kocharian keeps SCS Lane Cove reception happy and bright, with magnificent home-grown roses and upbeat tunes whistled with talent. Everybody is warmly welcomed by Nellie who confesses to being a ‘people person’. “I love all the contact with people – it’s so rewarding. I have good communication with clients and [...]
It was with gratitude and sadness last month that SCS and many clients farewelled Olga Zakrzewska, our Disability Services Manager, who created and ran programs for clients with a disability for 11 years. She was dedicated to her clients who numbered about 60 across programs such as the Social Club, Theatre Ensemble, Wednesday group as [...]
Just last year, Nursing Co-ordinator Katie Pakai-Kelly organised our team of nurses and nursing assistants to make more than 12,000 house calls; and no doubt this year she will have managed more! Katie does all the rostering for our home-nursing team of five registered nurses and two nursing assistants, as well as handling referrals from [...]
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