St John Ambulance SA Inc. Annual Report 2019-2020

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St John Ambulance Australia SA Inc Annual Report 2019/20

ENHANCING QUALITY OF LIFE

COMMUNITY CARE

The St John Community Care program extends our community impact by providing support and companionship to the elderly and those at risk of social isolation. Our compassionate and dedicated volunteers make this program possible by delivering a range of services and support to clients. They are matched with clients on a one-to-one basis to accommodate shared interests and goals to create a cohesive volunteer-client relationship. The program focuses on wellness and reablement, with a view to ‘doing with’ the client, rather than ‘doing for’ the client, to enable them to retain independence and lead their lives in a way that is meaningful to them. The second half of the last financial year saw great adaptation to program services due to COVID-19 impacts and adhering to government social distancing and infection control guidelines. We are pleased to report the innovative approaches taken to ensure clients and volunteers remained connected through this time and program objectives were able to be achieved.

Community Care program

Volunteers

Extending the gift of friendship as a volunteer can include home visiting or outings, help with shopping or a friendly chat, to improve quality of life. 371 COMMUNITY CARE

A network of volunteers makes a life-changing difference by building bridges to community involvement, independence, self-esteem and confidence.

4 COMMUNITY CARE REGIONS IN METROPOLITAN ADELAIDE

15,524 VOLUNTEER HOURS $700,155 VALUE OF VOLUNTEERING HOURS 1

CLIENTS MAINTAINING THEIR INDEPENDENCE WITH SOME SUPPORT 113 Male (30%) 258 Female (70%) 327 COMMUNITY CARE VOLUNTEERS 85 Male (26%) 242 Female (74%) 7 COMMUNITY CARE SUPPORT TEAM (Headcount, not Full Time Equivalent) 2 Male (28%) 5 Female (72%)

North East South West

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SPECIALISED SERVICES PROGRAM (METRO-WIDE) - Circle of Friends - Computer Companions - Meaningful Moments - Treasured Stories Program

Funding

Commonwealth Government Department of Health – Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP)

Commonwealth Government Department of Health – Community Visitors Scheme (CVS) Home Care and Residential Care

South Australian Government Department of Human Services – South Australian Home and Community Care Funding (SA HACC)

Office for Ageing Well Positive Ageing Fellowship Grant (PAFG)

The Community Visitors Scheme (CVS) activity received grant funding from the Australian Government.

St John SA Home and Community Care Program (SAHACC) is funded by the Government of South Australia Department of Human Services.

Volunteer: www.stjohnsa.com.au/communitycare Donate: www.stjohnsa.com.au/donate

Commonwealth Home Support Program Funded by the Australian Government Department of Health. Visit the Department of Health website http://www.health.gov.au/ for more information.

Although funding for this program has been provided by the Australian Government, the material contained herein does not necessarily represent the views or policies of the Australian Government.

1 The updated volunteer dollar replacement hourly rate figure for 2019/20 is $45.10 per hour and was provided by Volunteering SA/NT. The basis of this calculation is taken from the biannual Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) average weekly earnings figures for Australia. This methodology follows Associate Professor, Dr Lisel O’Dwyer’s (previously Prof Duncan Ironmonger) approach to calculating a dollar value figure for volunteering, and is one of the calculations that forms the overall value of volunteering figure.