News and views from our community

Easter Reflection from Emily Booth of our Spiritual Care Team

A few years ago, at Easter, I was staying with my sister and her family for the weekend. One afternoon we were all sitting around chatting and the kids were playing when my sister came into the room and placed a tray of fresh, warm hot cross buns on the table

• 16 Apr 2025

Student Volunteer Spotlight - Erin

Did you know that Baptcare has student volunteers at some of our Residential Aged Care communities? Our volunteers are an integral part of our Baptcare community, not only in residential aged care but across many of our programs and services. Volunteers provide essential connection, positivity and assistance to residents, clients and consumers.

• 04 Apr 2025

• Careers
• Family and support
• Foster Care

Staff Spotlight: A Day in The Life of a Foster and Kinship Care Practitioner

Rachel Binger is a Foster & Kinship Care Practitioner at Baptcare’s Ulverstone Hub in Tasmania. She starts the day with penguins, ends it with bingeable television, and in between supports everyday superheroes: foster carers.

• 02 Apr 2025

• Careers
• Residential Aged Care

Volunteer Spotlight: Louise Godwin and her cello

Our Baptcare volunteers are amazing and it is always wonderful to have the chance to get to know them and learn a little about why they volunteer with Baptcare. Louise, a relatively new volunteer at Baptcare Karana Residential Aged Care community, tells us all about her musical talents and why she volunteers her time twice a week to play cello for the residents.

• 01 Apr 2025

Staff Spotlight: A day in the Life of a Customer Enquiry Consultant

Hi, my name is Isabelle Oehler, and I have been working in the Customer Enquiry Centre (CEC) for a little over three years. Essentially, we are the first point of contact for prospective enquiries – acting as the ‘front door’ to Baptcare.  

• 21 Mar 2025

Baptist organisations finalise merger

We are proud to be part of a newly merged national care organisation, BaptistCare, committed to providing exceptional support and services across Australia.

• 07 Mar 2025

Valentine’s Day spotlight: Meet Neil 89 and Pat 86

I met Neil when I was 14 years old and he was 16. We married in 1958 and have been happily married for 66 and a half years. I went to Cooee State School next to the town of Burnie, Tasmania. At the time, Neil lived at the back of Wynyard Airport and was working on a cattle truck.

• 12 Feb 2025

• Faces of Baptcare
• Home Care

Faces of Baptcare | Meet Judy

Meet Judy Pryse, one of our most valued and long-standing home care staff members at Baptcare. Judy’s career reads like a history of home care growth in the Gippsland region. Never one to be behind a desk, her dynamic roles at Baptcare reflect her keen desire to help people and her hands-on approach to community care.

• 29 Nov 2024

• Faces of Baptcare
• Family and support

Empowering families: insights from a Therapeutic Family Violence Practitioner

Perhaps it’s no surprise that Clara* has forged a successful community service career supporting others. From an early age, she remembers keenly observing those around her, and having a curiosity about the different cultures she experienced as she moved from the UAE to India and then to Australia.

• 27 Nov 2024