Tender success secures funding to establish aged care finder program for CALD communities in NSW

Jan 29, 2023 | KLR Communications, News, Tenders

Tender success secures funding to establish aged care finder program for CALD communities in NSW

Care Finder Program
KLR Communications wishes to congratulate our client Advance Diversity Services in its successful bid to deliver the Care Finder program in NSW.

Advance Diversity will receive funding to focus on the establishment of the program for CALD communities in South Eastern Sydney, including the areas of Hurstville, Kogarah, Rockdale, Sutherland and Cronulla.

The establishment of a network of care finders aims to provide specialist and intensive assistance to help people within the care finder target population to better understand and access aged care and connect with other relevant supports in the community.

The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety found that the aged care system needs more localised and face-to-face support to help people to navigate and access aged care services and other relevant supports, particularly for those at risk of falling through the cracks.

Advance Diversity will help to develop and enhance aged care by providing assertive outreach and engagement to those who:

  • are isolated or have no support person (e.g. carer, family or representative) who they are comfortable to act on their behalf and/or who is willing and able to support them to access aged care services via My Aged Care
  • experience communication barriers, including limited literacy skills
  • have difficulty processing information to make decisions
  • feel resistance to engage with aged care for any reason and their safety is at immediate risk or they may end up in a crisis situation within (approximately) the next year
  • are homeless or at risk of homelessness and have no family or close friends who live nearby to help them find and choose services
  • have a cognitive impairment and no family.

“Advance Diversity were referred to us by an existing client serviced by our tender team. This was a new program Advance Diversity was keen to deliver in their regions of operation and, despite the tight turnaround and competing deadlines, we were keen to assist. We are delighted to hear that our client has successfully secured approximately $1 million in funding and look forward to hearing more about the outcomes of the project implementation”, said Kathryn Garth, Managing Director, KLR Communications.

To discuss how KLR Communications may assist your business with your next project or tender application, contact us.

Tender success secures vital funding to deliver Home Care Workforce Support Program

Apr 7, 2022 | KLR Communications, News, Tenders

Tender success secures vital funding to deliver Home Care Workforce Support Program

home care workforce

KLR Communications wishes to congratulate our client Settlement Services International (SSI) in its successful bid to deliver the Home Care Workforce Support Program in NSW and ACT.

SSI is one of six organisations chosen and will share in more than $91 million of funding which has been allocated to organisations in each state and territory.

The Home Care Workforce Program aims to grow the nation’s home care workforce by 13,000 over the next two years.

SSI will help to develop and enhance aged care by:

  • promoting training and support opportunities for new recruits and others who wish to upskill
  • supporting new recruits to navigate and access training opportunities
  • providing virtual mentoring and career guidance support to students undertaking training
  • linking trained personal carers to job vacancies in the home and community care sector
  • providing advice and training to the aged care industry on recruitment strategies and how to maintain a diverse workforce

“This was an exciting tender project to work on with the team at SSI and this win enables this great organisation to expand its services into a new and critically important area. Increasing the home care workforce will allow more people to access personal supports and to remain living independently at home for longer“, said Kathryn Garth, Managing Director, KLR Communications.

To discuss how KLR Communications may assist your business with your next project or tender application, contact us.

Successful appointment to provide Family Group Conferencing services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families in NSW

Nov 25, 2021 | KLR Communications, News, Tenders

Successful appointment to provide Family Group Conferencing services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families in NSW

Veterans Affairs

KLR Communications’ client, ITEC Group, has been successfully appointed to the panel of Family Group Conferencing facilitation service providers, working in conjunction with the NSW Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) to deliver culturally appropriate conferencing services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families in NSW.

ITEC Group will provide culturally appropriate case managers to deliver family-focused, strengths based forms of alternative dispute resolution that encourages greater family decision making and better protects vulnerable members of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.

DCJ objectives include increasing the proportion of children and young people in safe and stable homes, and helping families earlier with services that address their identified needs. Collaboration takes place with government, non-government and community partners to work with children, adults, families and communities to improve lives and realise potential, with a focus on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage.

With an important focus on keeping Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and communities together, the Family Group Conferencing program aims to:

  • Empower parents and families in making decisions to ensure the safety and well-being of children and young people at risk of significant harm, through the development and implementation of a Family Plan.
  • Improve outcomes for children and young people by providing them and their extended family with a stronger voice in decisions about their care.
  • Maintain children in the care of family where possible by including extended family in the FGC process.
  • Build respectful relationships and communication between DCJ and families.

To learn more about this program, click here.

Following a successful application process, utilising strategic tender planning and writing services from KLR Communications ITEC Group will now be delivering these important services in NSW.

“We are always delighted to learn of another successful tender win for our clients and this one is particularly important, given its focus on our vulnerable indigenous families and communities“, said Kathryn Garth, Managing Director, KLR Communications. 

To discuss how KLR Communications may assist your business with your next project or tender application, contact us.

Successful appointment to deliver DVA Community Nursing Services

Sep 20, 2021 | KLR Communications, News, Tenders

Successful appointment to deliver DVA Community Nursing Services

Veterans Affairs

KLR Communications’ client, Holicare, has been successfully appointed to deliver vital Community Nursing Services to those receiving funding under Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA).

About the program

To receive community nursing services for an assessed clinical need, a client must hold either a Veteran Gold Card or Veteran White Card.

Community nursing services meet the clinical needs of both Veterans and war widowed partners, with a view to enhancing independence and the ability for individuals to remain living in their own home for longer.

Community Nursing Providers must meet the requirements set out in the Notes for Community Nursing Providers and have written clinical and administrative policies in place which adhere to the provisions contained in the relevant State or Territory legislation and which are appropriate for a community nursing / aged care setting. 

Following a successful application process, utilising support services from KLR Communications and the policies and procedures of our partner, SoCom Consulting, Holicare will now be delivering these important services in Victoria and is available to take enquiries from eligible care recipients.

“This is further demonstration of the value of our partnership with SoCom Consulting in both the Aged Care and NDIS space. We are excited for the expansion of our client’s business into this important area“, said Kathryn Garth, Managing Director, KLR Communications. 

To discuss how KLR Communications and SoCom Consulting may assist your business with its Aged Care and NDIS services, policies and procedures, contact us.

KLR clients secure a further $1 million+ in latest CHSP Funding Round

Mar 30, 2021 | News

KLR clients secure a further $1 million+ in latest CHSP Funding Round

Female support worker sits with elderly woman to fill out paperwork in her home

KLR Communications this week received notification that we have been successful in assisting our clients to secure more than $1 million in funding under the latest round of the Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP).

“In what was a highly competitive process, it is exciting to know our clients are now funded through to June 2022 to provide important services across NSW, SA and the NT,” said Managing Director, Kathryn Garth.

“This win means we have now secured for our clients more than $10 million under this program in less than 18 months.”

The CHSP assists senior Australians access entry-level support services to enable them to live independently and safely in their own home for as long as possible.

KLR Communications specialises in securing valuable projects and funding across a number of industries and from various sources, so that our clients can continue to deliver important services.

For information on available grants which may be of relevance to your business, contact the team at KLR Communications on +61 7 5665 6768 or via our Contact Us page.

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