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Country Care: "Quality Attendant Care and Home Care Support Services in Rural Areas"

"On returning to my hometown of Rushworth to live, I required quality flexible Attendant Care and in home support from a locally based organisation who understood my personal and family's needs. To meet these needs and provide individualised care to people with similar disabilities living in Rural and remote areas Country Care was established."

John Simpson - Managing Director
Country Care Pty Ltd

Country Care

Country Care provide quality individualised and flexible Attendant Care in your home. This includes Personal Care and Home Support Services. Our dedicated Attendant Care worker's and understanding management team work together with you the consumer and Health Professionals to support your independence at home and in the community.

Country Care provide 1 to 1 In Home Attendant Care and Home Support services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

For further information please contact our friendly team during normal Office hours Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm on (03) 5824 7000

Outside of Office hours and on weekends urgent matters can be dealt with by contacting our after hours Care Co-ordinator on 0409 561 849.

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Have a Hug

Is a non-profit organisation promoting awareness, acceptance and community inclusion for young people with an acquired brain injury (ABI).

We aim to provide quality of life goods, services and activities for kids and young adults with ABI not covered by government agencies or insurers.

All donations are fully tax deductable, so for any further details regarding advertising on the site or sponsoring please contact us.
at Have a Hug and read Adam's story and his father Noel's dedication to him.

Our Services Include

Care at home - tailored to suit your individual care needs
Attendant Care - Looking after your Personal Needs
Personal Care Attendant - Care for community based programs
Domestic Care - Looking after your household
Specific Programs - Helping with any of your specific programs for rehabilitation, training or to assist in support of further education and vocation etc.
Emergency Care - Providing emergency carers if your normal carers can't make it.
Reciprocal Care - Helping with care for other agencies or arranging care for you in another area if you are traveling.
Holiday Care - Arranging carers for your holiday
Respite Care - Giving your Primary Carer a break
Home Care - For all your care needs at home
Post Acute Care - Care needs on discharge from Hospital
Transitional Care - Transitional care assists you on leaving Hospital or Rehabilitation facility ie; Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre and returning to your home.

Significant Change to Modernised Award Transition Commencement -

Advised by Victorian Chamber Commerce and Industry (VECCI) 23rd July 2010

Please be advised that VECCI has identified that Fair Work Australia has made a significant change to the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010; relating to the transitional arrangements contained in Schedule A of the award.

Vice President Watson handed down the decision effecting this change to the award’s transitional arrangements on 20 July 2010.

Previously, the transitional arrangements relating to penalties and loadings were applicable from 1 July 2010. The decision defers the commencement of the transitional arrangements to 1 July 2011.

Transitional arrangements are significant where there is a difference between the pre-modern (‘old’) award and Modern Award as they determine the commencement date and arrangements for phasing in and out of certain award terms. In this instance, these terms include:

casual or part-time loading;
Saturday, Sunday, public holiday, evening or other penalty;
shift allowance/penalty (please note that this does not include overtime)

As a consequence of Fair Work Australia’s decision, the phasing in or out of any applicable penalties or loadings (both higher and lower) is now effective from 1 July 2011.

Until this time, employers covered by the modern award will continue to derive penalties, casual-part time loadings, shift allowances and penalties from the applicable pre-modern award. This means that employers should continue paying all applicable penalties and loadings from their ‘old’ award (e.g. SACS Award, Disability Services Award, Residential and Support Services Award etc) until 1 July 2011.

VECCI will update its award and wage summaries to reflect these changes shortly. Further correspondence in relation to this will follow.

A link to the decision is below.

http://www.fwa.gov.au/awardsandorders/html/PR999525.htm