Kinship carers, including grandparents, aunts, uncles and family friends, play an important role in the community by providing a supportive and stable home environment for children who may have experienced difficulties or disruptions in their lives. Kinship care arrangements can help prevent children from entering the foster care system, helping to minimise stigmatise of being...
Category: human Interest
How Caring for Our Community is also Caring for Our Environment?
One tree is being planted for every care hour delivered through a partnership program. The “One Tree Planted Partnership” is an initiative from Edmen Community Staffing Solutions. Edmen Community Staffing Solutions believe in a sustainable future for people and the environment and in 2022 they launched a project to plant one tree for every...
Connection and Partnership Through Shared Passion to Achieve Outcomes for Life
Organisational partnership is an approach based on mutually beneficial objectives for all stakeholders to ensure improved outcomes for clients . Infinity Community Solutions Ltd (ICS) is an organisation that has embraced partnership. Founding directors Shelley Wall and Annaley Clarke established ICS in 2017 with a commitment to make a difference in the lives of the...
Becoming a Kinship Carer Means Support and Flexibility with KICS KFC
As Kinship Care is a rapidly growing area within the social sector, the need for Carers has increased. In 2020 Kummara and Infinity Community Solutions (KICS) were granted funding for the KICS Kinship and Foster Care Service (KICS KFC) with a child and young person centred, whole of family focused out of home care service...
Interview with Kinship Care – March 2022
Grandmother shares her experiences working with KICS KFC KICS Kinship and Foster Care Service (KFCS) is a partnership between Kummara Limited and Infinity Community Solutions LTD. KICS KFCS receives funding for children and young people (0 to 18 years) who require a statutory out of home care placement with primary/short break Kinship and Foster...
Program Manager Shares Experiences on Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Train the Trainers Course
A challenging opportunity has proven rewarding for Program Manager Catriona. Delivering the TCI program has helped strengthen her leadership capacity and increase her skillset at Infinity Community Solutions. Catriona is the Program Manager for Infinity Community Solution’s Therapeutic Residential Care Service. She has many years of experience in child protection and has worked for...
Infinity Community Solutions Commits to Being a Safe Workplace that Truly Cares About Health and Wellbeing
Helping create a trauma-sensitive environment where everyone feels safe requires commitment and someone willing to manage ongoing delivery of programs that support that outcome. Infinity Community Solutions Therapeutic Residential Care Program Manager Catriona is dedicated to ensuring outcomes for life for young people and staff. Infinity Community Solutions Ltd proudly implements the Therapeutic Crisis Intervention...
Navigating New Job Role and the Impact of Covid-19 in One Year
General Manager reflects on her first 12 months working for Infinity Community Solutions It goes without saying that the last couple of years has been challenging. And if you are a new employee starting out in an organisation, the challenge of finding your way around a new role may have been compounded with the difficulties...
Generosity of Former Socceroo Helps Infinity Boost Awards Kick Goals
Infinity Community Solutions recognises the limitations of government funding when it comes to supporting the exceptional efforts of individual children and young people in care. This is one of the reasons they launched the Infinity Boost Awards in late 2021. After early applications were processed, Infinity Community Solutions is proud to announce the recipient of...
Invisible Disabilities on the Rise
Have you ever seen someone park a vehicle with a visible allocated disabled parking sticker in a designated disability car space and watched as the individual got out without signs of having an apparent disability? What was your reaction? Did you feel upset thinking this person was taking advantage of the privilege of having a...