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Lead an active life
If you need help with tasks like:
- Getting to and from your job
- Attending a university, or any other kind of learning centre
- Participating in exercise
- Leaving the house for shopping
- Getting to and from appointments and participating in social activities
Then you might find our community access services useful.
Our focus is on empowering the people we work with to take part in an active social life and strengthen connections to community.
Social support services
We're here to help you participate in the community, whether you're working, studying, or just catching up with friends.
Finding the best support worker
Social support is all about building and maintaining good relationships. That should start with the relationship between you and your caregiver! Your personal preferences are important to us, and we take them into account, considering things like:
- Personality traits
- Cultural backgrounds
- LGBTI awareness
- Language barriers
- Your preference for male or female support workers
An active life in the community starts at home
There are many household activities that are necessary to support an active social life. In addition to helping you with mobility, we can assist with tasks around the home to help you get ready.
For example:
- General cleaning
- Cooking and meal preparation
- Clothes washing
- Helping around the garden
- Helping you to get dressed and ready for the day
- Showering
Health and wellbeing
You've got people to see and places to go, and our care team can help see to it that you're fit to take on the day's challenges. We can assist with:
- First aid
- Nursing care
- Accompaniment to appointments with allied health professionals
- Administering medication
- Travelling to medical appointments, or booking home visits
Whether you need help with social supports once a day, or once a week, we can help you with caring support workers perfectly suited to your NDIS plan.
Find out more about social support services. Call us on 03 9827 8899
“Adrian doesn’t have a bad social life, he does better than me! He goes out twice a week with Ashley for hydrotherapy. Adrian is an avid artist, with work to be featured at his art school in an exhibition.”
Gloria and Ted
Learn all about our community access services
We've put together an information pack about all of our social services. Find out more about all the services we provide that will help to keep you active in the community.
Contact us about our social supports
Our team are standing by to answer any questions you might have about social support services. Reach out, and we'll help any way we can.
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