UnitingCare Australia
UnitingCare Australia is the national body for the UnitingCare network, made up of the Uniting Church in Australia's (UCA) community services agencies.
It is a sister body to UnitingJustice Australia, and UnitingWorld. All are agencies of the Uniting Church in Australia, National Assembly.
UnitingCare Australia advocates on behalf of the UnitingCare network to the Australian Federal Government.[1]
UnitingCare network
UnitingCare is a brand name under which many Uniting Church community services agencies operate although they may be agencies of the respective Synods, or separate legal entities. Together with agencies under the Uniting Church in Australia without the UnitingCare brand, the agencies form the UnitingCare network.
The network is one of Australia’s largest non-government community services provider networks, with over 1,600 sites Australia-wide. The UnitingCare network has 40,000 employees and 30,000 volunteers nationally, and provides services to children, young people and families, people with disabilities, and older Australians, in urban, rural and remote communities, including residential and community care, child care, homelessness prevention and support, family support, domestic violence and disability services.[2]
Examples of non-UnitingCare branded agencies within the UnitingCare network include Uniting NSW ACT, Juniper (WA), Somerville Community Services (NT), and Uniting Communities (SA). The network also includes the Uniting Missions Network, made up of 34 missions such as the Wesley Missions, and Blue Care in Queensland.
Mandate
UnitingCare Australia's mandate is:
- "To take up community service issues within the theological framework of the Uniting Church, particularly the Church’s social justice perspectives.
- To develop and reflect on the policies and practices of the Uniting Church in community services.
- To pursue appropriate issues within the Uniting Church, with Government and the community sector, with the Australian community and with other parts of the church."
(UnitingCare Australia's role is defined by its Mandate, March 2005)
National Director
The National Director of UnitingCare Australia was Lin Hatfield Dodds until July 2016.
The position is currently held by Acting National Director Martin J. Cowling.
See also
References
- ↑ "Billion-dollar aged care cut to have 'huge' impact: campaigners". ABC News. 2016-06-29. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
- ↑ "The Network - UnitingCare Australia". Retrieved 2016-08-09.
External links
- UnitingCare Australia
- Uniting NSW.ACT
- Uniting Missions Network
- UnitingJustice Australia
- UnitingWorld
- Blue Care