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A Purpose for Care
All profits from Different Journeys certified social enterprise Keeping Carers in the Workplace are returned to support at risk and isolated carers and neurodiverse communities in Australia.
Looking for motivated, resilient, flexible, and dedicated team members? Losing great people?
Different Journeys can help.
We have undertaken significant research into realigning job roles and work systems to access the large untapped workforce of resilient, flexible, and highly motivated carers. Carers come from all walks of life and industries and can make a major difference to your workplace.
We will
Carers are people who provide unpaid care and support to family members and friends who have a disability, chronic health issues, who are frail aged or have a terminal illness. Most carers are hidden, and the vast majority are not accessing available support services.
Different Journeys are leaders in helping unpaid carers manage the impacts of caring on their working lives, find out about supports available to them, and access these free resources. We support carers and employers to understand each other’s needs. We improve carer wellbeing to reduce the risk of employers losing valuable staff.
There are over 2.65 million unpaid carers across Australia – that’s nearly 11% of our population and most likely at least 10% of your workforce. Research clearly evidences the impacts of caring on people’s stress levels, emotional wellbeing and performance. We work to redress this.
There are many ways we can work with you. Here are two examples.
These sessions will informally:
We will deliver a tailored online or in person 60 to 90 minute education session for carers in your workforce with a focus on caring for people with additional needs. We will tailor the session to meet your requirements. Content may include:
We would welcome the opportunity to discuss options to provide further independent support to our organisation and your carers. You will most likely already employ many people who are also in caring roles, and many more who may not recognise themselves as carers.
Carers often live with significant impacts from their caring work and may not know what free services and supports are available to them. Different Journeys brings lived experience, and peer support to help carers and employers meet these challenges together.
We support carers and employers to understand each other’s needs, and our services improve carer wellbeing to reduce the risk of employers losing valuable staff.
Options for ongoing partnership work with you include but are not limited to the provision of
If you are ready to create a great workplace culture or want to know more please feel free to contact Chief Executive Officer Mel Spencer OAM directly at mel@differentjourneysautism.com or 0412 698 807.
Different Journeys would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the different lands on which we meet today. We respect all Aboriginal Elders past and present We aim to collaborate with our Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander friends in the autistic community to connect, empower and support each other and exchange isolation, prejudice and ignorance with connections, hope and community. We acknowledge that the connection to autism and lived experience is our common ground. We acknowledge, respect and maintain that our custodians have cultivated these lands and we continue to learn together.
