The AussieCare approach is a combination of three strategies that we utilise to offer tailor-made services. We provide services that embrace:

  • The community-centred approach
  • The asset-based approach
  • The client-centred approach

We believe that community-centred approaches are about mobilising assets within the communities, promoting equity and increasing people’s control over their lives, physical and mental health. We use the asset-based approach to identify the best assets your community has to offer. Taking into consideration the client-centred approach, we put you in the centre of the decision making to satisfy your needs.

We, as an organisation, aim to offer the best community participation to our clients. Using the asset-based approach, we believe that our community offers many assets that can be useful to our clients. We chose asset-based, client and community-centred approaches because they utilise the bottom-up approach taking into consideration the diversity of the grass-roots community organisations and members.

 The AussieCare approach recognises and builds on a combination of the human, social and physical capital that exists within local communities. We acknowledge and build on what people value most and can help ensure that our client s providing the best service as per their needs.

We care for your health and well-being, and we know that our clients do not live in isolation. For this reason, we have incorporated three strands of community-centred approaches which are:

  • Access to community resources
  • Collaborations and partnerships with other service providers
  • Strengthening our client community participation.

THE ASSET BASED APPROACH EXPLAINED

The asset-based approach is based on the Asset-based community development (ABCD). It is an approach to community-based development founded on the principles of appreciating and mobilising individuals’ and community talents, skills and assets.

An asset-based approach makes visible and values the skills, knowledge, connections

and potential in a community. It emphasises the need to redress the balance between meeting needs and nurturing the strengths and resources of our client and their communities.

The asset-based approach is concerned with identifying the protective factors that support the health and well-being of our client. To potentially enhance both the quality and longevity of life through focusing on the resources that promote the self-esteem and coping abilities of individuals and communities.

Features of asset-based activities include:

  • Making individual issues community ones, building around needs and aspirations, building supportive groups and networks, developing opportunities for meaningful engagement
  • Identifying, building on and mobilising clientele, local assets and resources, people, time, skills, experience – mapping the capacities and assets of individuals, associations and local institutions
  • Building and using local knowledge and experience to influence change, engaging people in decision making
  • Empowering the workforce, changing the relationships between users and providers and across providers to share and liberate resources.
  • We focus on facilitating, enabling and empowering those who engage with our therapists; with the potential benefits include more control over their lives and where they live. Furthermore the ability to influence decisions which affect them and their communities.
  • The process may then lead to increased well-being through strengthening control, knowledge, self-esteem and social contacts, giving skills for life and work.
  • Asset-based activities ensure that engagement with individuals is meaningful. Asset-based working also strives to engage with individuals who would not usually get involved.