For many people, social connectedness is strongly associated with their workplace. Social prescribing is a model of care that involves medical and wellbeing professionals assessing and referring people with health and psychosocial needs to non-medical services that assist in reducing isolation and disadvantage. Southern Cross University independently evaluated the results of the Plus Social pilot…
icare CEO and Managing Director John Nagle today announced the finalists for icare’s 2019 Care & Service Excellence (CASE) Awards. PCCS’ Plus Social for Injured Workers has been announced as a finalist for Excellence in Social Impact. The CASE Awards recognise and reward outstanding contributions to the delivery of insurance and care services in NSW.…
Primary & Community Care Services has been awarded a share in $5 million funding from the icare foundation to develop a tailored health literacy and return to work program for injured workers with language barriers. “We know people with limited language skills often have low levels of health literacy. Simple things most of us take…
A NSW government-backed social venture called the iCare Foundation funds social enterprises that want to help injured people back into work. The focus is on the social needs of people who have often become disconnected after leaving their jobs. Listen here
